The 2023 Meursault Village is the most structured of these three communal-level whites, exhibiting notes of pear, white flowers and toasted nuts, followed by a medium-bodied palate with good cut and a saline finish.

The 2023 Meursault Village has a lovely nose, perhaps the best of the white Village Crus from Drouhin, with lovely yellow fruit and melted butter aromas. The latter comes through on the palate with a countervailing saltiness toward the finish. This is recommended.

Cask sample. Very slightly creamy on the nose, acacia blossom. This is good. The energy runs like a lightning rod through the wine, through the acidity, making the fruit crack and snap with vigour. The attack is full frontal and then it swoops into a circle and fills every corner. Chiselled stoniness but every groove is filled with juicy white-yellow fruit. For a village-level wine, this is fabulous. Touch of cedar on the finish, but it’s slight and doesn’t define the wine. (TC)