Domaine Arnaud Tessier’s Meursault Génevrières magnum from the great 2016 vintage is one of the most compelling white Burgundy offerings in this catalogue, combining the quality of the producer, the exceptional character of the frost-reduced 2016 vintage and the Premier Cru credentials of one of Meursault’s finest sites in the ideal ageing format. Génevrières, the 16.5-hectare Premier Cru immediately adjacent to the northern boundary of Bâtard-Montrachet, is widely considered one of the three finest Meursault Premier Crus alongside Perrières and Charmes-Dessus, producing Chardonnay of exceptional mineral precision and ageing depth from its clay and limestone soils at mid-slope above the village. The Tessier estate’s minimal-intervention approach, with limited new oak and natural fermentation, allows the Génevrières terroir to express itself with the transparency and honesty that the finest independent Meursault estates achieve.

The 2016 white Burgundy vintage was shaped by catastrophic spring frosts that reduced yields dramatically across the Côte de Beaune, with some estates losing the majority of their crop to multiple frost events. The wines that survived are consistently described by those who have followed their development as among the most intense, mineral-precise and age-worthy produced in the village in the past decade, combining the concentration of low-yield material with a structural depth and natural freshness that promises evolution well into the 2030s and beyond. A Génevrières Premier Cru magnum from this vintage from a quality-focused small estate is therefore a wine of outstanding cellaring potential and unusual scarcity.

Meursault Génevrières in magnum from a 2016 vintage of low yield and exceptional quality, produced by a small independent estate of good repute, is precisely the kind of wine that the finest private Burgundy cellars seek: a well-sourced, carefully produced Premier Cru from an exceptional vintage in the larger format that provides the optimal conditions for long-term development. For those who follow Arnaud Tessier’s work and for those discovering the estate through this offering, it represents one of the most age-worthy and rewarding white Burgundy acquisitions currently available at this level.

Pale gold with a concentrated and mineral nose of lemon oil, white peach, chalk, flint, toasted almond and a restrained floral note from the Génevrières limestone soils. Full-bodied with excellent natural acidity, remarkable concentration from the low-yield 2016 vintage and a very long, mineral, structured finish. Best from 2026 through 2040.