- With Your Chicken
- Or Thai Food
- On a Tuesday
- And You Don't Want to Spend $60-100+
- This Basic Human Right Is Being Returned to You Today
Laurent & Karen Boussey
- Style Is the Perfect Marriage of Density and Elegance
- Some Richness - But An Element Balanced by Minerality
- A Very, Very Good Producer
- On the Very Early Part of the Recognition Curve
- Direct from the Winery
- Below the Bottom of the Market Prices
- This Is an Unreal Deal for Elite Terroir Burgundy
2019 Laurent Boussey Meursault Vieilles Vignes
- Gorgeous Nose of Classic Meursault Aromas
- More on the Candied Rocks and Mineral Side
- Lime Blossom
- Butter, Toasted Apples, Iodine, Floral, Wet Earth
- Palate: Ripe and Rich
- Incredibly Elegant
- Superb Finesse
- Freshness on the Palate is just Amazing
- Perfectly Integrated Oak
- A Terrific Wine - Would Cost $65+ at Retail, $44.99!
2019 Laurent Boussey Monthelie Blanc 1er Cru "Sur la Velle" Blanc
- Nose: Mineral and Hazelnut
- Lovely Floral Aromas
- Intense Mineral Depth
- So Appealing, Aromatic and Ever Changing
- The Palate - Turns up the Volume
- Insanely Fresh and Mineral
- Amazing Inner Mouth Aromas
- Sick Minerality
- Deep and Super Concentrated
- Insane Energy and Electricity
- Purity Is just off the Chain
- Apple, Pear
- Finish Echoes with Juicy Fruit, Sick Limestone Minerality
- Uncommon Depth
- 2019 1er Cru White Burgundy For Under $40!
"People of the Philippines: I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil-soil consecrated in the blood of our two peoples. We have come dedicated and committed to the task of destroying every vestige of enemy control over your daily lives, and of restoring upon a foundation of indestructible strength, the liberties of your people."- General Douglas MacArthur
The Return of Under $45 Meursault
This quote is of course from General Douglas MacArthur's press release when he returned to the Philippines during World War 2 to defeat the Japanese who had defeated US forces under his control in 1942. It was one of the worst defeats in US military history and resulted in a huge amount of human suffering. MacArthur returned in 1944 and liberated the Philippines from Japanese control. MacArthur certainly had a strong command of the English language and a strong sense of the theatrical. The photo of him walking on the beach during the landing at Leyte is iconic.
OK, perhaps selling Meursault under $45 is not quite comparable to the liberation of a people from tyranny. But I am very, very excited about this offer.
As we all know, Burgundy prices have been steadily rising and I have always been incredibly proud of my ability to sell Meursault from very good rising producers for under $45.
Some days you just want a bottle of top flight Burgundy with your chicken or Thai food on a Tuesday. And you don't want to open a $100 bottle of wine. Well, once again, that power is yours.
1) This is elite tier White Burgundy Terroir.
2) This is a winery that has not yet made it big in the US or even in France.
3) The wines are spectacularly well made. They are as Fassy as can be.
4) They display that Meursault richness that you want but it is tempered by the stunning minerality and acidic balance.
At my direct from the winery prices, these wines are among the best value white Burgundies available in the US market, particularly for 1er Crus from the top 3 villages (Puligny, Chassagne, Meursault).
Nuff said.
The Wines
First Up I've got the Fass Selections sweet spot Burgundy price point wine. I love selling village wines like Chassagne, Meursault and Puligny for around $50 a bottle. These are great villages that make
exceptional wines and through my buying direct I get to offer these awesome wines for $50 or under. Those things converge again today with the 2019 Laurent Boussey Meursault Vieilles Vignes for $44.99 a bottle on a 4-pack. First thing in my notes is that I say it tastes like a '14. I don't know how Laurent gets the freshness he does but he is a master of this. This is a stunning wine
exceptional wines and through my buying direct I get to offer these awesome wines for $50 or under. Those things converge again today with the 2019 Laurent Boussey Meursault Vieilles Vignes for $44.99 a bottle on a 4-pack. First thing in my notes is that I say it tastes like a '14. I don't know how Laurent gets the freshness he does but he is a master of this. This is a stunning wine
Just a gorgeous nose of classic Meursault aromas but more on the candied rocks and mineral side with less butter and nuts. I love this style of Meursault. What a nose. Meursault symphony. Amazingly deep minerality. So much limestone. Lime blossom. Butter, toasted apples, iodine, floral, wet earth, super complex and inviting aromas. Reeks of terroir.
Palate is ripe and rich but incredibly elegant and wow this has superb finesse and freshness. Lovely almost weightless mouthfeel. Elegant to the max. Easily 1er Cru quality. The freshness on the palate is just amazing and there is such impressive purity. Terrific finesse and elegance as that seems to be his style with the whites along with a serious structure that portends a nice 10-15 year future ahead of it. Again, perfectly integrated oak.
Long and persistent finish. Nice sap and grip on the finish. Awesome lingering minerality. Beautiful. Love the marriage of opulence and cut. Superb. This is opening up so well. Wow. Ridiculous finish pumps out minerals and leaves your mouth wanting more. No rush at all on this but hard to resist. These wines have all the energy and minerality one expects out of great white Burgundy.
Up next I have one of the more interesting wines in all of Burgundy and that is the only white version of a 1er Cru that is always red. That is the great 1er Cru of "Sur La Velle" in Monthelie. Many of you have had the brilliant red version that I've offered in 15,16, 17 and 2018 but the white, which I've tasted in 17,18 and 19 as well has finally reached Fass Selections standards as it is so brilliant. This is from young vines that are 15 years old and 2017 was the first vintage where the wine has broken out, but in 19 it is a legend. I liked it very much in 17 and 18 but man this blows smoke in 2019.
The 2019 Laurent Boussey Monthelie Blanc 1er Cru "Sur la Velle" Blanc can be had for $39.99 a 4-pack. It's a stupid value as this is rare (Laurent is the only one who makes it) and spectacular in 2019 as the wine has broken out. The wine has ridiculous energy on the palate. Like insane.
Nose is mineral and hazelnut with a kiss of wood which should integrate by shipment time. There's some lovely floral aromas as well as such intense mineral depth and some pear as well. It's such a unique nose. Really hard to place but so, so appealing, aromatic and ever changing.
The palate though is where the volume gets turned up. Whooo, wheeee. It's insanely fresh and mineral with just amazing inner mouth aromas and sick minerality. Deep and super concentrated with just insane energy and electricity. It is so so intense. The purity is just off the chain. Sappy and so structured and has the purest texture and fruit (apple, pear, maybe even plantain) with just insane freshness and acidity.
The finish just echoes with juicy fruit, sick limestone minerality and uncommon depth. Such a classic Fass Selections wine. Some weird thing (white 1er Cru made from red 1er Cru sure), young producer, overlooked appellation and a great price all come together to create a wine that is essentially what this company is all about.
2019 Laurent Boussey Meursault Vieilles Vignes - $46.99 ($179.96 4-Pack)
2019 Laurent Boussey Monthelie 1er Cru "Sur la Velle" Blanc - $41.99 ($159.96 4-Pack)
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