Restock | 2024 Ballot-Millot Meursualt + Rare Mags | Excellent Reviews

Domaine Ballot-Millot has established itself as one of Meursault’s quietly impressive estates, marrying classical richness with contemporary precision.  Since taking over the family domaine in 2001, Charles Ballot has introduced many improvements, such as hand harvesting, natural farming methods, and reducing yields.

Additionally, everything in the cellar is now done to encourage finesse and delineation rather than overt power.  White wines see only 10-20% new oak and there is no battonage. They are aged 12 months in barrel, and then racked to tank for an additional six months to keep them tensile and polished.  The 2024 premier crus on offer today are an excellent opportunity to acquaint yourself with this under-the-radar producer.

"As the comments and ratings confirm, this is an outstanding set of wines, indeed it is exceptionally rare that every wine is recommended. If you're not familiar with the Ballot wines, do yourself a favor and get to know them - you'll thank me." - Allen Meadows

2024 Meursault 1er Cru Perrieres
• 95BH, 93-95JM, 92-94VN

"A hint of matchstick-character is present on the elegant, ripe and airy aromas of cool citrus, wet stone, green apple and acacia blossom scents. Once again there is excellent intensity and to the medium weight flavors that possess terrific mid-palate concentration along with the hallmark bracing minerality, all wrapped in a hugely long and surprisingly powerful finish that is akin to rolling rocks around the mouth. This bone-dry effort is stunningly good, indeed it is one of the wines of the vintage and a wine that is also worth a special search to find." - Allen Meadows

"The 2024 Meursault Les Perrières ler Cru has a well-defined bouquet with appealing slate-like aromas combining beautifully with the citrus fruit. More reserved compared to the Les Genevrières, as you expect. The palate is surfeit with energy on the finish thanks to the line of acidity, fresh and sapid, with a touch of white pepper towards the intense finish. It feels tightly-coiled so be prepared to be patient. Readers should note that this cuvée may well be bottled later." - Neal Martin

2024 Meursault 1er Cru Genevrieres
• 94BH, 94-96(Outstanding)JM, 92-94VN

"It's a clear theme in 2024 as this too is aromatically cool, pure and wonderfully elegant if distinctly restrained with its cool nose that only reluctantly offers up its vaguely exotic aromas of citrus, floral and spiced jasmine tea. On the palate the medium-bodied flavors are almost a blend of the Bouchères and Charmes as there is some of each including minerality, intensity and focused power on the refined, balanced and highly complex finale. This is a knockout and worth a search to find plus it should age marvelously." - Allen Meadows

"The 2024 Meursault Les Genevrières ler Cru has a very different bouquet to the Les Charmes, hints of oyster shell and seaweed filtering through the slightly honeyed citrus fruit. The palate is taut and fresh with fine acidity, perhaps a little more nervosité compared to the Les Charmes with a fresh citrus finish. This is another Meursault cut in a more elegant style. Very classy." - Neal Martin

2024 Meursault 1er Cru Charmes
• 93BH, 92-94JM, 94-96VN

"Once again the nose is cool and admirably pure with its aromatic profile that is comprised by notes of just sliced green apple, pear, rose petal and an array of citrus elements. There is again excellent verve to the delicious medium weight flavors that possess a highly beguiling texture, all wrapped in a sappy, caressing, dry and balanced finale. This lightly stony effort could use better depth but the aging track record of the Ballot Charmes is beyond reproach. Excellent." - Allen Meadows

"The 2024 Meursault Les Charmes ler Cru comes from the Puligny side of the appellation and sees 10% new oak. It has a tightly wound bouquet with yellow plum, wax and light walnut scents that unfurl in the glass. Just a light wet clayey scent loiters off-stage. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, plenty of salinity, precise and linear. It lingers beautifully in the mouth as if hovering just above the ground. Real mineralité here, a superb Meursault." -  Neal Martin

2024 Meursault Clos de la Marquise
• NR

2024 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Morgeot Tete du Clos
• 93BH, 92-95JM, 91-93VN

"This is the first wine to display any post-bottling reduction and even here, it is only enough to blur the nuances of the citrus and white orchard fruit scents. The texture though of the larger-bodied flavors is completely different compared to that of the Perrières with less refinement but more power and a certain chewiness before terminating in a palate staining and hugely long finale. This isn't a wine of finesse or overt minerality but it's impressive all the same." - Allen Meadows

"The 2024 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Morgeot Tête du Clos ler Cru sports a subtle reduction on the nose. Well-defined, quite backward at first, it reveals lanolin and beeswax aromas with time in the glass. The palate is very harmonious, not huge weight but tensile with a sapid, quite nutty/smoky finish that fans out as a Premier Cru ought to. Clean and precise." - Neal Martin

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