The 2020 Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières opens in the glass with aromas of pear, lemon oil, freshly baked bread and mint. Medium to full-bodied, lively and concentrated, it's taut and chalky, with bright acids and a long, saline finish.

From a parcel high on the hillside in the direction of Blagny, the 2018 Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières unwinds in the glass with notes of pear, vanilla pod, fresh mint and orange oil. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and precise, it's quite open-knit for a young Perrières, but the site reasserts itself in the form of chalky back-end grip.

The 2015 Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières has a refined and expressive bouquet with scents of hazelnut, almond and slate emerging with time, all well defined and neatly integrated with the oak. The palate is fresh and vibrant, saline and lightly spiced on the entry, veins of lemongrass leaving the mouth tingling after the wine has departed. It does not have the delineation or nervosité of the very best wines from this auspicious vineyard, but it is certainly well made and may improve in bottle.

The 2013 Meursault 1er Cru les Perrieres has a very backward nose that refuses to budge, despite vigorous coaxing (though I found this to be not unusual during my tastings.) The palate is very well balanced with crisp acidity, intense lightly honeyed fruit, but like this domaine’s other 2013s, it will need three or four years to open.