CELLAR RAID... Meursault's Own Boisson

Cellar finds in warehouse... entering their drinking window and quite delicious after sampling.  

Pierre and Anne Boisson, Meursault

Today, the Boisson name is split between Bernard's children Pierre and Anne.  Once known as Domaine Boisson-Vadot, the labels are developed under both Pierre and Anne with oversight from Bernard.  All production (3,000 - 4,000 bottles between the two of them) happens under the same roof in their family's winery and cellars. The wines today are as fine as they have ever been in the long and illustrious family history. 

The Boisson wines have remained classic, with an excellent terroir-driven spine, racy edge and gentle influence of wood. Their formula is simple enough... a high percentage of old vines, careful vineyard work to nurture the greatest potential of each vintage, and patient and slow winemaking in the cellars allows the unique, underlying terroirs of each vineyard to take center stage in the finished wines. Wines are fermented with native yeasts with little or no settling of the lees, spending a relatively long elevage of 19-22 months, which the Boissons feel gives the wines additional depth and refinement. 

In the 2018 vintage, Pierre added two single vineyard Bourgogne Blancs to the offering: Les Herbeaux (from 1961 plantings) and Murgey de Limozin (from 1924 plantings). Historically these were blended into Pierre's Bourgogne Blanc, but he felt they merited isolation and distinction, and we are thankful he followed through. 

Additionally, Pierre makes a village Meursault from single lieu-dits, Sous la Velle (planted in 1947, 1952, 1987, 1990 and bottled under Anne Boisson); and Grands Charrons (planted in 1988 and bottled under Pierre Boisson). The Grands Charrons bottling is the most exuberant of his Meursault village wines ("the most Meursault-y" says Bernard) while the Sous la Velle is broad yet refined, perhaps a slightly more elegant version of the Grand Charrons. All the wines are excellent and quite age-worthy and behave much more like top premier crus than they do village wines.

The Boisson lineup is rounded out with a bit of Haute Cotes de Beaune Rouge, Auxey-Duresses and Pommard, as well as a tiny amount of Aligote from a block of 60-year-old vines in the commune of Meursault. With many of the finest examples these appellations and terroirs have to offer, Boisson has firmly established itself in the pantheon of Meursault producers that have elevated this village to the status it enjoys today as one of the most dynamic villages in the Cote d'Or.

Grab some bottles for yourself.  These wines are IN-STOCK!

Orders which include wines marked PRE-ARRIVAL that are combined with in stock items will be available for shipping/collection once all items have arrived at our warehouse.

-The Bottle List