Meursault AOP

AOC/AOP Regulations

Département

• Côte d’Or

Communes of Production

• Meursault 

Styles and Encépagement

• Blanc: Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc (white wines produced within the Blagny AOC are entitled to Meursault AOC)
• Rouge: Pinot Noir, plus a max. 15% mixed plantings of Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, and Chardonnay
• Blanc/Rouge „Premier Cru“
• Rouge wines may be additionally labeled „Côte de Beaune“

Minimum Potential Alcohol

• Blanc: 11%
• Rouge: 10.5%
• Blanc „Premier Cru“: 11.5%
• Rouge „Premier Cru“: 11%

Minimum Must Weights

• Blanc: 178 g/l (170 g/l prior to 2011)
• Rouge: 180 g/l (171 g/l prior to 2011)
• Blanc „Premier Cru“: 187 g/l (178 g/l prior to 2011)
• Rouge „Premier Cru“: 189 g/l (180 g/l prior to 2011)

Maximum Residual Sugar

• Blanc: 3 g/l
• Rouge: 2 g/l

Élevage

• Wines may not be released until March 30 of the year following the harvest

Minimum Planting Density

• 9,000 vines per hectare

Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)

• Blanc: 57 hl/ha (45 hl/ha prior to 2011)
• Rouge: 50 hl/ha (40 hl/ha prior to 2011)
• Blanc „Premier Cru“: 55 hl/ha (45 hl/ha prior to 2011)
• Rouge „Premier Cru“: 48 hl/ha (40 hl/ha prior to 2011)

Principal Soil Type

• marl-limestone

AOC Established

• 1937 (last updated 2011)

Links

• AOP Cahier des Charges
• AOC Map
• Map of Meursault AOC (Official Wines of Burgundy Website)

Premier Cru Vineyards of Meursault (19)

Vineyard	Size**	Major Producers	Notes
Blagny	23.44 ha	Thierry Matrot	Premier Cru Blagny includes all of the following sites: La Jeunellotte, La Pièce sous le Bois, Sous le Dos d’Ane, Sous Blagny, and Les Ravelles. Only white wines may be labeled Meursault Blagny Premier Cru.
	Origin of Name: „Blagny“ is likely derived from the name of Belenos, a Celtic god worshipped in pre-Christian Gaul.
Charmes	31.12 ha	Robert Ampeau, Comtes Lafon, Bouchard, Bitouzet-Prieur, Guy Bocard, Guy Roulot, François Mikulski, Antoine Jobard	Charmes includes the lieu-dit Les Charmes Dessus.
	Origin of Name: „Charmes“ is derived from the Latin calmis, or „pasture land.“ The vineyard lay fallow (en friche) for a period prior to being replanted.
Clos des Perrières	0.95 ha	Albert Grivault, monopole	This climat is located within Les Perrières.
	Origin of Name: Le perrier was a worker who extracted stone from a quarry.
Genevrières	16.48 ha	Comtes Lafon, Guy Bocard, Jobard, Latour-Giraud, Guy Roulot, François Mikulski, Remí Jobard, Michel Bouzereau	Genevrières includes the four lieux-dits Chaumes des Perrières, Les Genevrières Dessus, Les Genevrières Dessous, and Les Chaumes de Narvaux.
	Origin of Name: „Genevrières“, like genever, means „juniper“; juniper bushes used to grow on this site.
Les Bouchères	4.41 ha	Latour-Giraud, Bouchard, Guy Roulot
	Origin of Name: The Old French bouchiere designated a place filled with bushes and shrubs.
Les Caillerets	1.0 ha	Coche-Dury, François Mikulski	This vineyard is adjacent to Volnay Premier Cru Caillerets.
	Origin of Name: „Caille“, or calliou (Old French) refers to a pebbly, stony field; the clay-limestone soils here are covered with pebbles.
Les Cras	3.55 ha	Henri Darnat	Henri Darnat has a monopole lieu-dit within this vineyard, the 0.63 ha Clos Richemont.
	Origin of Name: „Cras“ is derived from craie, or „chalk.“
Les Gouttes d’Or	5.33 ha	Alain Coche, Jean-Michel Ganoux, Arnaud Ente
	Origin of Name: „Les Gouttes d’Or“ literally translates to „drops of gold“; which flinty stones in the vineyard may recall in shape and color.
La Jeunellotte	5.05 ha		This Blagny vineyard only produces white wines as Meursault Premier Cru.
	Origin of Name: „Jeunellotte“ may be derived from the Latin juvenis, indicating young vines, or it may be derived from gallina („hen“). The vineyard is located near the woods in Blagny, a habitat for the animal.
La Pièce sous le Bois	11.15 ha		This Blagny vineyard only produces white wines as Meursault Premier Cru.
	Origin of Name: The vineyard parcel is located „below the woods.“
Les Plures	10.5 ha		This vineyard only produces white wines as Meursault Premier Cru. Red wines are labeled as Volnay Santenots Premier Cru. In the past, Les Plures was known as Les Petures.
	Origin of Name: „Plures“ is derived from pelure, or „peel.“ The vineyard was fallow for a time, and then it was „peeled“ and cultivated with the vine again.
Le Porusot	4.3 ha		Le Porusot is located within Porusot.
	Origin of Name: „Porusot“ derives from the Latin petrosa, or „stony.“
Les Ravelles	1.30 ha		This Blagny vineyard only produces white wines as Meursault Premier Cru.
	Origin of Name: „Les Ravelles“ is derived from ravin, or „ravine.“ The site’s steep slopes flow into a small ravine.
Les Santenots Blancs	2.9 ha		This vineyard only produces white wines as Meursault Premier Cru. Red wines are labeled as Volnay Santenots Premier Cru.
	Origin of Name: „Santenots“ is derived from the Latin sentes, or „bramble.“ „Blanc“ indicates the presence of stony, white soils in this parcel.
Les Santenots du Milieu	15.6 ha	Comtes Lafon	This vineyard only produces white wines as Meursault Premier Cru. Red wines are labeled as Volnay Santenots Premier Cru. In 1855, Dr. Jules Lavalle ranked this as the single „téte de cuvée“ vineyard in Meursault. Les Santenots du Milieu includes the 1.19-ha Clos des Santenots, which Jacques Prieur produces as a red Volnay Premier Cru monopole.
	Origin of Name: „Santenots“ is derived from the Latin sentes, or „bramble.“ This vineyard is the „middle of Santenots.“
Perrières	12.77 ha	Robert Ampeau, Coche-Dury, Comtes Lafon, Thierry Matrot, Michel Bouzereau, Pierre Morey	This vineyard includes the lieux-dits Les Perrières Dessus, Les Perrières Dessous, and Grivault’s monopole Clos des Perrières.
	Origin of Name: Le perrier was a worker who extracted stone from a quarry. Quarries are located throughout the Côte d’Or; hence the proliferation of climats named Les Perrières.
Porusot	11.43 ha	Antoine Jobard, François Mikulski, Remí Jobard	This site includes the lieux-dits Le Porusot, Le Porusot Dessus, and Le Porusot Dessous.
	Origin of Name: „Porusot“ derives from the Latin petrosa, or „stony.“
Sous Blagny	2.21 ha		This Blagny vineyard only produces white wines as Meursault Premier Cru.
	Origin of Name: „Under the hamlet of Blagny“
Sous le Dos d’Ane	5.03 ha		This Blagny vineyard only produces white wines as Meursault Premier Cru.
	Origin of Name: „Dos d’Ane“ means „the donkey’s back,“ in reference to the shape of the vineyard.
**Coates, Clive. The Wines of Burgundy. Rev. ed. Berkeley: The University of California Press, 2008.