Arnaud Ente Meursault Les Petits Charrons 2010 Bottle (75cl) EA
Arnaud Ente Meursault Les Petits Charrons 2010 is a white Burgundy wine produced by Domaine Arnaud Ente in the Meursault Village appellation. 100% Chardonnay, it comes from the Les Petits Charrons parcel. The Wine Advocate awarded it 91/100 and Jancis Robinson 17/20. Critics describe a dense, energetic Meursault with pronounced acidity, a chalky backbone, vigour and a broad finish. Jancis Robinson recommends drinking it between 2016 and 2023.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Fairly Damaged
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Meursault
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Arnaud Ente
- Parcelle / Cru
- Les Petits Charrons
- Millésime
- 2010
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Arnaud Ente
Domaine Arnaud Ente is a family-run estate based in Meursault, in the Côte de Beaune. It cultivates four hectares of vineyards and produces Burgundy wines, notably in the Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet appellations. Arnaud Ente now works alongside his son Pierre, who is committed to carrying on the family business.
- Owner
- Famille Ente (Arnaud, Marie-Odile et Pierre Ente)
- Maître de chais
- Arnaud Ente
- Surface (ha)
- 4.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 15 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
Arnaud Ente, the grandson of a winegrower, initially pursued a career in science before turning to viticulture. In 1992, he took over the vineyards of his in-laws in Meursault, where his father-in-law, Philippe Thévenot, was a winegrower. The estate was built up around these family-owned plots in the Côte de Beaune. Arnaud Ente subsequently expanded the business with his wife Marie-Odile, the daughter of a winegrower. The estate achieved organic certification in 2012, according to a professional profile published in 2019. Their son, Pierre Ente, who holds a BTS in viticulture and oenology, has joined the family business and is preparing to take it over. Arnaud and Pierre Ente are now involved in the vineyard work and cellar decisions. Since 2017, the estate has gradually introduced Wineglobe glass containers; the estate’s website states that, since 2023, these have been used for the vinification and ageing of white wines, as well as for the ageing of reds.
Les Petits Charrons
Les Petits Charrons is a wine-growing climat or lieu-dit in Meursault, officially listed among the appellation's lieux-dits but not among its Premier Cru classified climats. It is located in the Charrons sector, northwest of Grands Charrons and close to Les Chevalières. A producer's technical sheet describes its soil as predominantly clayey. The eastward orientation documented for the hillside in this sector was not found in a sufficiently precise form to be attributed solely to the Les Petits Charrons climat.
- Vineyard commune
- Meursault
- Origin of the vineyard name
- A professional source links the name to the chemin des Charrons, a former route used by carts and horse-drawn carriages serving the vineyards; this interpretation remains a local hypothesis.
- Soil
- Predominantly clayey soil.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.340000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- owner of two plots
- Indicative vine age
- Two documented plantings, in 1957 and 1990.
Histoire de la parcelle
The Charrons sector is bordered by an old wine-growing path connecting the village to the vineyards, presented by a professional source as a probable former Roman road and as a historical passageway for horse-drawn carriages. Les Petits Charrons and Les Grands Charrons form two distinct cadastral entities, with their qualifiers referring to their respective sizes rather than a qualitative classification.
