2019 | Domaine Méo-Camuzet | Au Cros Parantoux

This wine produced from Méo’s 0.3ha parcel of Cros Parantoux is exuberant and forward, with lots of lots of ripe cherry fruit and a hint of rose petals. It is at the top of the vineyard, with Les Barreaux above and the Varoilles section of Richebourg below, giving the wine an attractively fresh character, but also plenty of substance and impressive length.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Aromas of cherries and raspberries—complemented by hints of potpourri, spice and toasty new oak—preface the 2019 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Au Cros-Parantoux, a full-bodied, layered wine that's bright and precise, with a concentrated, tightly wound core, lively acids and a long, mineral finish.

• Allen Meadows: Here the nose is quite reserved yet aggressive swirling helps to liberate the very spicy, cool and perfumed aromas that reflect notes of sandalwood, cassis and raspberry liqueur. The rich, intense and mineral-driven flavors also possess excellent mid-palate volume before concluding in a mouth coating, balanced, youthfully austere, and hugely long finish.

Producer Information

Domaine Méo-Camuzet is a wine producer located in Vosne-Romanée in the Côte de Nuits. It produces some of the most celebrated wines from the Côte d'Or from a range of grand cru vineyards, including Richebourg, Clos de Vougeot, Corton and Echézeaux. Most of Méo-Camuzet's wines are made from Pinot Noir, and are known for their delicate aromatic concentration. The founder of the estate was Etienne Camuzet, an early-20th Century politician based in Paris, who offered parts of his estate to a variety of sharecroppers to farm. Eventually, it came into the hands of Jean-Nicholas Méo in 1986, who realized that the extensive sharecropping meant that only a small portion of vines were under the domaine's control. He set out a long-term strategy to regain the plots from the sharecroppers who were currently working them, with the goal of eventually having estate-grown fruit and bottling under his own label, Méo-Camuzet. One of these landholders was iconic Burgundy producer Henri Jayer. He had farmed the domaine's land to bottle under his own label for about 40 years. He retired in 1988 and helped to advise Jean-Nicholas on the reacquisition of his vines. Méo-Camuzet now has 14 hectares (35 acres) of vines, including a part of the Cros Parantoux Premier Cru site, which was made famous by Jayer. Most of the vineyards are farmed as organically as possible, but Méo-Camuzet has chosen not to be certified, in order to be able to treat vines as the vintage dictates. Along with the grand cru wines, there are several wines made from premier cru vineyards along the Côte de Nuits, as well as a number of more generic village-level and Bourgogne wines.

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