Pre Arrival 2023 Bitouzet Prieur Bourgogne Blanc

Notes:

This is also wonderfully fresh and bright with its array of pear and apple compote, zest and discreet floral scents. The succulent, round and fleshy middle weight flavors possess a caressing and rounded mouthfeel before terminating in an equally refreshing, if slightly firmer, finale. Fine quality here in a package that should repay 2 to 3 years of keeping. Burghound Outstanding Top Value!

Bitouzet works a 0.71-hectare parcel of vines in the lieu-dit Les Herbeaux in northern Meursault, adjacent to premier cru Les Malpoiriers, and planted in the early 1950s (with a portion replanted in 2010). Aged 12 months on its fine lees in 228-liter barrels, a maximum of 15% of which are new, the domaine’s Bourgogne Blanc presents as a Meursault in miniature, with sneaky power, pronounced salinity, and a tightly coiled structure that rewards a few years of cellaring.

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