Domaine Matrot En Primeur 2022

This comes mainly from Meursault, where the domaine has four hectares, with the rest coming from the family’s two hectares in the Hautes Côtes de Beaune, beside Maranges, plus 3% from Chablis. Crisp and crunchy white peach and pear fruit, approachable and bright. 30% new oak in 2022. Bottled in August 2023, just before harvest. 

The Matrot family makes around 10 barrels of Saint-Romain, the higher-elevation village which is emerging as an appellation to be reckoned with. It is bright and pure-fruited, with crunchy white peach and pear flavours, rounded out with 20% new oak. It is due to be bottled in January 2024. 

The domaine’s village Meursault is a blend from across the family holdings. The average vine age is 35 years old. Flinty minerality and ripe, pure pear and peach fruit on the palate. This is crisp and crunchy, with lots of personality and green apple deliciousness. 12 months of élevage in 1-5-year-old barrels. 

The white soils here – limestone and light clay – contribute to a fine chalky texture, which for me is the signature of this wine. Fine, crushed rock minerality and fleshy white peach, with a nice crunch on the finish. Vinified in 1-3-year-old barrels. 25 barrels were made in total. This has been in stainless steel vat since before the 2023 harvest and will be bottled in March 2024. 

This comes from four sites, totalling just over one hectare. 80% is from the more mineral Charmes du Dessus and 20% from the broader Charmes du Dessous. A wonderfully salty-mineral Charmes, the dominant expression being that of the stonier sites at the top of the slope. It spends 12 months in old oak and then 4-5 months in tank.

The domaine’s Bourgogne Pinot Noir comes from three parcels, two of which are in Puligny-Montrachet and one in Meursault. This has five days of cold soak to bring out its pretty Pinot perfume. Red fruited and crunchy, it is precise and sustained by juicy acidity, the palate framed by fine, chalky tannins. 10%new oak. 

The domaine’s Auxey comes from Les Heptures, close to Les Meix Chauaux, surrounded by the Meursault appellation. This is a cool north-west facing site, 0.5 hectares in size, from which ten barrels were made in 2022. Concentrated red berry fruit, with fine, fruit-coated tannins and fresh acidity. 15-20% new oak. 

The grapes for 1er Cru La Fuissière are bought in (from Adèle Matrot’s husband’s Domaine Bachelet-Monnot). The production here was 12 barrels in 2022, from an area of five hectares. Sweetly red-fruited, with plush, fruit-coated tannins. This is harvested a week before the Maranges village, thanks to its natural ripeness. 15-20% new oak.

This has been one of our favourites for a few years now, a stand-out Pinot Noir from Meursault. Red berry aromas, with a briny seam. The palate is juicy and medium-bodied, highly drinkable. Harvest here started early, on 25th August. 15-20% new oak. 

An emblematic Côte de Beaune Pinot, made from a plot just above Sous le Dos d’Âne (from where Domaine Leflaive’s Meursault comes) and directly beneath the wood of Blagny – hence sous le bois. Focused, pure red wintery berries. On the palate, juicy acidity balances the medium-bodied palate, teeing up for a succulent, fresh finish. A friendly wine of honesty and purity. 100% destemmed. 20% new oak.