Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes Cuvee Bahezre de Lanlay 2022162th Hospices De Beaune Wine Auction on the 21st November 2022 Vintage Report Louis de Bahzre de Lanlay, Inspector of telegraph lines, bequeathed his fortune to the Hospices de Beaune in 1884, thus enabling the construction of several care facilities. The "Charmes" Climat is the most extensive in Meursault with approximately 31 hectares of production. This Cuve is made in equal parts from the "Charmes du Dessus" and "du Dessous", facing East and on

Les Bressandes the elegance while les Teurons rounds out the picture

the 2017 Grand-Puy-Lacoste was aged in French oak barriques

Strong reduction again suppresses the underlying fruit

This is a wine that captures the essence of its historic terroir while reflecting the warmth and ripeness of the 2020 vintage

offering pure red fruits and delicate floral notes characteristic of Chambolle Musigny

this is clearly meant to age and will need plenty of it

although you cannot deny the purity of fruit: cassis and blueberry at first

This too would benefit from having better depth

highlighting its finely nuanced and harmoniously balanced aromatic qualities

Robert Parker: 97 / 100

brings to the wine a quality always more accomplished

bilberry and graphite aromas that gain intensity in the glass