Ballot Millot, Meursault Criots Brut Zero

Ballot Millot, Meursault Criots Brut ZeroHere too there is just enough reduction to push the underlying fruit to the background save for a hint of the exotic. The sleeker and finer medium bodied flavors are not quite as powerful or concentrated but they do flash more evident minerality on the well detailed, balanced and lingering finish. This is an excellent villages and one that should amply repay 5 to 8 years of keeping.

it paints a path to where future vintages of Masseto are going as an expression of a vineyard and territory rather than just a strict read of one grape

Even with all of the oxygenation

pure and chiseled flavors terminate in a youthfully austere

this is bound to relax a little with another year in bottle

as you can plainly taste

Tightly wound and quite reticent

and orange zest

A background whisper of wood sets off distinctly reduced aromas and it’s not clear that even extended aeration is going to completely dissipate them

A touch of wood sets off complex

This is already solidly complex and should age gracefully on its lovely balance

these wines remarkable levity by contemporary dry German Riesling standards not to mention the standards of recent Rudesheimer Berg wines or the vintage is coupled with ravishing complexity and vintage-typical sheer generosity

Tasted September 2016