2006 | Domaine Arnaud Ente | Meursault Les Petits Charrons

Pure aromas of peach, citrus peel and acacia flower. Supple and sweet but with ripe, penetrating acidity giving this fruit bomb lovely inner-mouth perfume. There's an almost creamy quality to the ripe peachy flavor. Finishes long and open.

Reviews:

• John Gilman: The 2006 Petits Charrons, which is a beautifully situated lieu à dit right below Chevalières on the slope, is absolutely brilliant. Monsieur Ente’s parcel of vines here are fifty-seven years of age, and they clearly have excelled in 2006, as this is the first vintage (since the wine’s inception in 2004) that it has been serve after the premier cru of Goutte d’Or. The wine is stunning, as it soars from the glass in a stunning mélange of apple, tangerine, lemon, iodine, almonds, lovely minerality and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, very deep and racy, with stunning expression of minerality, great acids and cut, a bottomless core of fruit and brilliant length and grip on the complex and profound finish. Magical wine.

• Burghound: This is somewhat riper with citrus, floral, orchard fruit and an appealing hint of spice that complements the textured and nicely concentrated flavors that possess solid dry extract levels on the focused and distinctly linear finish. This is impressive and again, if depth is added in bottle, this should make for an outstanding villages.

Producer Information

Domaine Arnaud Ente is one of the leading wine estates in Meursault, and in all of Burgundy. Previously known for their opulent style, Ente's wines now combine richness with balanced acidity and minerality. The Ente family originally hail from Armentières, near Lille in northern France and on the border with Belgium. Arnaud Ente's father, however, married into a Puligny-Montrachet family. Arnaud married Marie-Odile Thévenot in 1991 and the pair established what would become Domaine Arnaud Ente in Meursault the following year. In the 1990s, Ente gained a reputation for opulent wines, picking Chardonnay grapes at maximum ripeness. The estate dialled this back at around the turn of the century and the wines consequently show more acidity and freshness than initial offerings. Production is tiny, and comes from just four hectares (10 acres) of vines, which are divided across 10 parcels. Ente's biggest holdings are in the village-level Meursault En L'Ormeau vineyard. This parcel is split into three based on the age of the vines, and grapes from the vineyard are used to make the generic Meursault, the Clos des Ambres, and the La Sève du Clos cuvées. Arnaud Ente also makes a few premier cru wines from vineyards in Mersault (the domaine has 0.2 hectares/0.5 acres in Les Gouttes d'Or) and Puligny-Montrachet, where Ente farms another 0.2 hectares of the Premier Cru Les Referts. The estate's red wine portfolio includes the Volnay Premier Cru Les Santenots, and Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire made from 100 percent Gamay, from vines planted in 1938. The top wines are fermented and spend their first year in older oak barrels, then are moved to tanks for around six months before bottling without fining or filtration. Aligoté, Bourgogne Blanc and some regular Meursault wines are vinified in larger 600-liter barrels.

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