Light to medium-bodied and exhibiting a nose of quartz, citrus fruits, and spices, the 2001 Meursault Les Luchets has a flavorful personality studded with spices, lemon drops, and minerals. This crystalline, lace-like offering displays excellent depth of fruit and an admirable finish. It should be consumed over the next 5 years. “Nature wasn’t kind to us in 2001,” said Jean-Marc Roulot, this estate’s director and winemaker, “therefore it is a winemaker’s vintage like 1998 was, but of better quality.” According to Roulot, his village parcels, though not the premier crus, were struck by the hail storm of August 2nd, 2001. Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 524-1524

Crisp, with ripe fruit lurking underneath, offering tropical, apple pie, honey and smoke in a package that gains complexity on the lovely, long, elegant finish. Drink now through 2007. 414 cases made. -PM