Francois Mikulski Meursault Premier Cru Genevrières

Wine Information
The Meursault Premier Cru les Genevrières vineyard that we have cultivated since 1992 is on a sharecropping basis (50% of the crop for the owner, 50% for the tenant).The subsoil consists of limestone gravels on a base of fractured rock plates. Brown soil has filtered down causing silt to settle between the plates. This type of soil provides optimal water storage. The root systems become established in the cracks in the plates.

By ageing with just 20% in new barrels and the rest in barrels that have held one, two or three wines, we preserve the unique character of the terroir.

It has the greatest cellaring potential of all our appellations. It is a powerful wine, elegant, with a very beautiful material.

Size: 0.53 ha (1.31 ac)
Variety: Chardonnay
Vine Age: Planted 1948-1993, 50 years old on average
Terroir: Facing east, 30 cm limestone gravel soils on layered bedrock of brown silt and hard limestone
Viticulture: Organic methods
Vinification: Pneumatic pressing, indigenous yeast fermentation. Aged for 12 months in barrel (maximum 30% new), racked, aged additional 6 months in older oak barrel. Light Kieselguhr filtration, unfined.