Vincent Girardin Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes-Dessus 2021

Vincent Girardin Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes-Dessus 2021

becoming something to contemplate as well as enjoy

One of the most concentrated wines of the vintage (as well as one of the most concentrated Bordeaux’s I have ever tasted)

The backward 1985 Eisele Vineyard is marvelously concentrated

The round and seductively textured medium weight flavors exude a fine bead of minerality on the appealingly detailed

The still very firm and backward middle weight plus flavors possess both excellent mid-palate density and plenty of minerality that carries over to the hugely long finish that is impeccably well-balanced

One of the more finesse driven wines in the vertical

this is profoundly great Syrah

There is very good richness and volume to the sleekly muscular middle weight flavors that possess just enough minerality to notice

The 2001 Vintage Port Nacional is a typical blend

There is fine richness and plenty of punch to the more voluminous and once again solidly concentrated flavors that are shaped by surprisingly sleek tannins on the firm

and length

leads to a spectacularly flamboyant and aromatic nose of earth