Domaine Arnaud Tessier is a focused, quality-driven small estate in Meursault producing wines from Premier Cru sites including Les Charmes with a minimal-intervention philosophy that prioritises natural fermentation, limited new oak and the preservation of terroir character above all cosmetic considerations. Arnaud Tessier is recognised among Meursault specialists and the small-domaine Burgundy trade as a producer of genuine integrity and rising quality, representing exactly the kind of small independent estate that serious collectors seek when looking beyond the well-established names and négociants of the Côte de Beaune. The domaine’s wines are distributed through a selective network of importers who value individual estate character and honest winemaking.

The Charmes Dessus designation identifies the upper section of Meursault’s largest Premier Cru, Les Charmes, where slightly shallower soils and a marginally higher elevation produce Chardonnay of greater mineral tension and aromatic precision than the lower-slope Charmes Dessous. The 2016 Meursault vintage was produced in the aftermath of the devastating spring frosts that struck the Côte de Beaune across multiple stages, drastically reducing yields at many estates to a fraction of a typical harvest. The wines that did result are regularly described by critics as among the finest produced in Meursault in the past decade: intensely concentrated, with extraordinary mineral focus and a structural depth that promises development well into the 2030s.

A magnum of 2016 Meursault Premier Cru Charmes Dessus from a quality-focused independent estate is a wine of formidable cellaring potential. The combination of the low-yield vintage’s concentration, the mineral precision of the Charmes Dessus sub-climat, Tessier’s minimal-intervention approach to vinification and the inherently slower development of the magnum format creates a wine that should be treated as a serious ten-to-fifteen-year cellar proposition. Collectors of white Burgundy who seek wines outside the well-known names will find this a richly rewarding discovery.

Domaine Arnaud Tessier is a focused, quality-driven small estate in Meursault producing wines from Premier Cru sites including Les Charmes with a minimal-intervention philosophy that prioritises natural fermentation, limited new oak and the preservation of terroir character above all cosmetic considerations. Arnaud Tessier is recognised among Meursault specialists and the small-domaine Burgundy trade as a producer of genuine integrity and rising quality, representing exactly the kind of small independent estate that serious collectors seek when looking beyond the well-established names and négociants of the Côte de Beaune. The domaine’s wines are distributed through a selective network of importers who value individual estate character and honest winemaking.

The Charmes Dessus designation identifies the upper section of Meursault’s largest Premier Cru, Les Charmes, where slightly shallower soils and a marginally higher elevation produce Chardonnay of greater mineral tension and aromatic precision than the lower-slope Charmes Dessous. The 2016 Meursault vintage was produced in the aftermath of the devastating spring frosts that struck the Côte de Beaune across multiple stages, drastically reducing yields at many estates to a fraction of a typical harvest. The wines that did result are regularly described by critics as among the finest produced in Meursault in the past decade: intensely concentrated, with extraordinary mineral focus and a structural depth that promises development well into the 2030s.

A magnum of 2016 Meursault Premier Cru Charmes Dessus from a quality-focused independent estate is a wine of formidable cellaring potential. The combination of the low-yield vintage’s concentration, the mineral precision of the Charmes Dessus sub-climat, Tessier’s minimal-intervention approach to vinification and the inherently slower development of the magnum format creates a wine that should be treated as a serious ten-to-fifteen-year cellar proposition. Collectors of white Burgundy who seek wines outside the well-known names will find this a richly rewarding discovery.