Comtesse de Cherisey Meursault-Blagny La Genelotte Premier Cru 2016/2017

Intensely perfumed with violets, roses, plums, and exotic spices, la Genelotte has the grace, finesse, and precision of a dancer—a famous ballerina in the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite comes to mind. There is a dreamy, ethereal side to this beauty.

The lost hamlet of Blagny, up in the hills between Puligny-Montrachet and Meursault in the Cote d’Or in Burgundy, is home to Comtesse de Cherisey. This almost magical, lost-in-time corner of the world boasts a unique microclimate, with a slightly different average temperature, exposition and soil than the rest of Burgundy. In their humble opinion, their friend and vigneron, Laurent Martelet, creates the most haunting masterpieces that emerge from this terroir. All of the de Cherisey vines are premier cru, are at least 60 years old, and they encircle their ancient cellar in the Hameau de Blagny.