Henri Germain, Meursault Charmes Vintage:2023 This is a vintage where

This is a vintage where the Cabernet Sauvignon did exceptionally well (55% with 45% Merlot)

The 2008 Malbec (priced just over the limit to qualify for the Value report)

The youthfully reticent nose hints at flinty red cherry

This isn’t a classic example of a steely Caillerets but rather one that should drink well young and repay a few years of cellaring too

Henri Germain, Meursault Charmes Vintage:2023 This is a vintage whereHere the nose is more elegant as well as slightly more complex with a layered and wonderfully fresh array of dried yellow fruit, white peach and acacia blossom that also displays petrol hints. There is solid power and midpalate concentration to the very round flavors that are perhaps more generous than usual as they coat the palate with sap on the tension filled finish that is dry, serious and strikingly persistent. (90 92) 2018+