A refined Meursault Premier Cru ‘Les Charmes’ from Camille & Guillaume Boillot, expressing the elegant and generous character of one of Meursault’s most celebrated vineyards. Ripe citrus, pear, white peach and delicate floral notes lead into a rich yet precise palate, with fine texture, lively acidity and subtle hazelnut complexity. Long, saline and beautifully balanced.
Camille & Guillaume Boillot Meursault Premier Cru 'Les Charmes' 2024
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Style
A rich and expressive Meursault, combining generosity with elegance and balance. Round and textured, with classic opulence and depth.
Vineyard
Located in the Premier Cru “Les Charmes,” one of the most renowned sites in Meursault. Clay-limestone soils in a warmer, lower-slope position contribute to richness, ripeness, and a more generous style.
Winery
Hand-harvested grapes, whole-bunch pressed and fermented with native yeasts. Aged in French oak barrels (partially new) with lees contact, enhancing texture, complexity, and integration.
Nose/Palate
Ripe orchard fruit, citrus, butter, toasted nuts, and subtle vanilla notes on the nose, followed by a medium to full-bodied palate with a creamy rounded texture balanced by fresh acidity, ripe fruit and light oak flavors, and a long, rich, elegant finish.
Meursault is one of the most celebrated villages of the Côte de Beaune, renowned for Chardonnay with a naturally generous, textured and expressive character. Unlike the more overtly mineral and linear style often associated with Puligny-Montrachet, Meursault is distinguished by its richness, breadth and remarkable aromatic complexity.The vineyards are planted on limestone and marl soils, with variations in clay and soil depth contributing to the diversity of the village. These terroirs give the wines both richness and the mineral freshness needed to maintain balance.Meursault Chardonnay typically shows ripe apple, pear, lemon and white peach, accompanied by almond, hazelnut and subtle buttery or creamy notes. With bottle age, the wines develop greater depth, revealing toasted nuts, brioche and delicate spice.The village has a long history of viticulture and is particularly famous for its Premier Cru vineyards, including Les Perrières, Genevrières and Les Charmes. Although Meursault has no Grand Cru vineyards, its finest Premier Crus can rival the complexity and ageing potential of wines from more highly ranked sites.At its best, Meursault combines generosity with precision — rich and silky without heaviness, supported by fresh acidity, fine minerality and a long, elegant finish.
Les Charmes is one of the most celebrated Premier Cru vineyards of Meursault, located on the slopes just south of the village. Its favourable exposure and limestone- and marl-rich soils create Chardonnay with the characteristic generosity of Meursault, balanced by remarkable freshness and mineral precision.
The vineyard is traditionally divided into Charmes-Dessus and Charmes-Dessous, with the higher section generally regarded as having greater finesse and structure. The combination of elevation, limestone and clay allows the grapes to develop ripe fruit while retaining vibrant acidity.
Chardonnay from Les Charmes typically shows ripe pear, yellow apple, lemon, white peach and white flowers, with classic Meursault notes of almond, hazelnut and subtle creamy or buttery complexity. With age, these aromas become deeper and more savoury.
On the palate, Les Charmes is rich, silky and generous, yet never heavy. Fine acidity and chalky minerality provide balance, while the texture gives the wine its characteristic Meursault depth and elegance.
Les Charmes is a benchmark Meursault Premier Cru — combining richness, texture and hazelnut complexity with freshness, minerality and excellent ageing potential.
2024 was a cool, challenging and highly terroir-transparent vintage in Meursault. A very wet spring and summer created significant disease pressure and reduced yields, but a warmer, drier September allowed the grapes to finish ripening with excellent freshness and balance.The wines show a distinctly fresh and mineral profile, with lemon, green and yellow apple, white flowers and subtle almond notes. Vibrant acidity gives the vintage energy and precision, while Meursault’s natural richness provides texture and depth.Compared with the warmer 2022 and 2023 vintages, 2024 is less opulent and more linear, favouring freshness, salinity and clarity of terroir. The best wines are elegant and focused, with the structure to develop beautifully in bottle.2024 Meursault is a vintage of freshness, precision and balance — less about power, more about purity, minerality and long-term elegance.