Domaine Michelot’s Meursault Narvaux is a village-level lieu-dit wine from one of Meursault’s named parcels situated on the eastern, flatter side of the village, producing Chardonnay of a distinctive character: the deeper, more clay-dominant soils of the Narvaux lieu-dit produce wines of greater weight and textural generosity than the Premier Cru hillside sites, with a rich, round, early-approachable style that makes this one of the most immediately accessible wines in the Michelot range. The domaine’s commitment to natural fermentation and restrained new oak allows the Narvaux terroir’s natural character to express itself clearly, and the 2020 vintage’s warmth amplifies the site’s naturally generous profile into a wine of considerable immediate appeal.

The 2020 Meursault vintage was the warmest and most accessible of recent years, producing wines of generous concentration and early aromatic development that have proved extremely popular in the primary market but which the most demanding cellars may find lacking the mineral tension and structural depth of the finest cooler-vintage Meursaults. For a village lieu-dit wine like Narvaux, whose natural profile already tends towards richness and generosity rather than mineral austerity, the 2020’s warmth produces exactly the kind of immediately pleasurable, rich Chardonnay that the appellation’s widest audience seeks.

Meursault Narvaux from Domaine Michelot is the most accessible and immediately approachable wine in the estate’s range, positioned as a reliable and enjoyable village lieu-dit expression that provides the characteristic Michelot quality at the entry level of the domaine’s production. For collectors who follow the estate and wish to drink Michelot Meursault with some regularity without committing to Premier Cru prices and ageing requirements, the 2020 Narvaux is the ideal and obvious choice.

Gold with a generous and open nose of ripe white peach, warm butter, hazelnut cream, vanilla and a light mineral thread from the Meursault limestone. Full-bodied with rich texture, good concentration from the warm vintage and a long, rounded, generously proportioned finish of uncomplicated pleasure. Drink now through 2027.