The 2015 Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières was tasted from a one-year-old barrel. The nose is fragrant with pineapple, hints of passion fruit and subtle flinty aromas, a little richer than the 2014 but still very well defined and pure. The palate is well balanced with a silver thread of acidity, linear and vibrant with a gorgeous fresh lemongrass-tinged finish that bodes well for the future. This is a fine Meursault Perrieres, though this year I have a preference for the Genevrières.

(aged in 40% new, lightly toasted barrels): Very pale yellow. More precise and complex on the nose than the Folatières, offering aromas of lemon, menthol, minerals and spices. Also much tighter in the mouth, with the very ripe stone fruit flavors framed and lifted by lemon and stone elements. For all its thickness, this wine is drier and more classic than the Puligny Folatières--more dynamic and less obviously 2015 in character. Finishes brisk, minerally and backward, still a bit disjointed and in need of cellaring.