Roulot, Meursault 1er Cru, Porusot 2023

While there are as many expressions of these unique sites as there are vignerons making them, some of the purest, most vivid Meursaults come from the cellar of Domaine Roulot.

And Jean-Marc Roulot uses this intense, delineated style to give voice to a particularly wide array of different Meursault sites, with the unique characters of his four premier crus and six village lieux-dits delivered with stunning definition.

Roulot has long been a lieu-dit specialist, as Jean-Marc’s father Guy Roulot, both through purchases and through marriage to Geneviève Coche (of Meursault's celebrated Coche family) built up the domaine's number of choice villages parcels, bottling them separately to showcase their singular personalities.

Today, Jean-Marc upholds the Roulot tradition of championing the diversity of their terroirs while refining the domaine’s classic restrained style; in so doing he has earned a reputation as one of the Côte d’Or’s finest winemakers for the beautiful purity, elegance, complexity and individuality of his Meursaults.

All of Roulot’s Meursault holdings are on the slope south of the village, home to Meursault’s best terroirs—the soil mixes are the same; the only distinction between the 1er crus and the village climats is a difference in exposure—and they offer a compelling study in site character.

Vireuils is at a lower elevation and facing east, is Vireuils, rich yet racy.