Benjamin Leroux Meursault Les Vireuils
Wine Information
Size: 0.45 ha (1.11 ac)
Variety: Chardonnay
Vine Age: Planted in the mid-1970s
Terroir: High altitude, just below the forest at top of hill, facing east/southeast, terres blanches, meaning "white soils" abundant limestone
Viticulture: Lutte raisonnée
Vinification: Whole-cluster pressing, light settling before transfer to 300L barrels (15% new oak), indigenous yeast fermentation. Aged for 18 months, fined and/or filtered only if necessary.
- Product Name: Meursault Les Vireuils
- Producer: Benjamin Leroux
- Importer: Becky Wasserman Selections
- Country Region Appellation:
- France
- France
- Burgundy
- France
- Burgundy
- Cotes de Beaune
- France
- Burgundy
- Cotes de Beaune
- Meursault
- Varietal: Chardonnay
- Agricultural Standards: Sustainable
- ALC %: 13