2016 Meursault-Perrières, 1er Cru, Michel Bouzereau & Fils, Burgundy

Post-bottling induced reduction presently dominates the nose though there is good freshness and vitality to the almost pungently stony flavours with a succulent mid-palate contrasting with the clean, very dry and youthfully austere finale. This sneaky long effort is relatively tightly wound and is clearly going to need at least a few years to harmonise better and flesh out, but the potential is definitely here.Drink from 2024 onwardallen_meadows, burghound_com.com (June 2018)

The 2016 Meursault 1er Cru les Perrieres, not touched by the frost, has a pleasant bouquet with honeysuckle and Mirabelle aromas, if not quite articulating the mineralit, the stoniness that is the leitmotif of a great Les Perrires. The palate is well balanced with a rounded, lightly honeyed entry with hints of toffee apple and spice complementing the citrus fruit. What I would have liked is just more tension and nervosit on the finish. It is a delicious Meursault if not a top-grade Les Perrires, but maybe it will gain more terroir expression with bottle age?Neil Martin - 29/12/2017

Bright medium yellow. Sexy yellow fruits, pineapple and spices on the nose, complicated by hints of butter and vanilla. Then more grapefruity on the palate, offering more mineral tension than the foregoing wines. Still tight and reserved but quite suave from the outset. It opens out nicely on the back end, finishing broad and vibrant, with a lovely, slowly building length. Jean-Baptiste Bouzereau has told me in the past that the estate’s Perrières is typically more harmonious in the early going than its Genevrières, but this wine is also a very good example of a balanced, essentially pliant 2016 from vines that avoided the frost.Drink 2023 - 2030Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com.com (September 2018)