2021 Domaine Francois Mikulski, Meursault 1er Cru Les Poruzots, Burgundy, France

ABOUT THIS WINE

50+ year old vines from the higher altitude portion of Poruzots-Dessus, this Poruzots presents a nicely layered nose blends notes of green fruit, exotic tea, citrus and an abundance of floral elements. As is typically the case, there is more volume and power to the bigger bodied flavors that possess very good mid-palate density before terminating in a moderately austere, compact and built-to-age finale.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCER

François’ Mikulski’s father was Lieutenant Mieczyslaw Mikulski who escaped from occupied Poland in 1939, fleeing to England and joining the Resistance troops of the Free Polish Forces. There he met his future wife, a Burgundian woman working on an English army base, and moved to Brussels where François was born and raised. Luckily for us and the world of wine, François spent his formative summers in Burgundy, where he fell in love with the agrarian lifestyle and determined that he would one day make wine himself. He inherited his first plots of Meursault in 1992 from his late uncle, Pierre Boillot. Since that time, he has relentlessly pursued his authenticity, purity and elegance through acute attention to biological balance in the vineyard and terroir minded élevage practices in the cellar. After meticulous sorting in the vineyards the grapes are de-stemmed and lightly pressed. Natural yeasts are used in the fermentation after which the wines undergo an élevage 10-12 months. François typically restrains his new oak use to about 20%, believing that excessive wood masks full expression of the terroir.