Domaine Francois Mikulski Meursault Meix Chavaux 2023 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2023 Domaine François Mikulski Meursault Meix Chavaux is a white Burgundy wine, classified under the Meursault village appellation and made from 100% Chardonnay. This parcel-specific cuvée comes from Meix Chavaux, located to the northwest of the village of Meursault. The estate cultivates roughly 35-year-old vines here using uncertified organic farming on a subsoil of thin flagstone rocks. It describes this Meursault as particularly mineral and generally recommends five to ten years of bottle maturation in the cellar.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Meursault
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Francois Mikulski
- Parcelle / Cru
- Meix Chavaux
- Millésime
- 2023
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Francois Mikulski
Domaine François Mikulski is a family-run estate based in Meursault, in the Côte-d’Or. Founded with its first vintage in 1992 by François Mikulski and his wife Marie-Pierre, it cultivates around 9.5 hectares spread across Meursault, its premiers crus and several appellations in the Côte de Beaune. Thomas Boccon, the son-in-law of François and Marie-Pierre Mikulski, is now in charge of winemaking.
- Owner
- Famille Mikulski-Boccon (François et Marie-Pierre Mikulski, Anna Mikulski et Thomas Boccon)
- Maître de chais
- Thomas Boccon
- Surface (ha)
- 9.50 ha
Histoire du domaine
François Mikulski learnt the art of viticulture from his uncle, Pierre Boillot, in Meursault. He took over the running of this vineyard in the early 1990s and founded Domaine François Mikulski with his wife, Marie-Pierre; the estate’s first vintage was produced in 1992. The first vineyards cultivated were partly sourced from the Boillot family, notably under a leasehold arrangement. The estate subsequently built up a vineyard of around 9.5 hectares, mainly located in Meursault, with plots also classified as Bourgogne, Volnay, Saint-Aubin and Monthélie. The vines are cultivated using uncertified organic practices, as stated by the estate. In the cellar, fermentation relies on indigenous yeasts and ageing takes place mainly in barrels for around twelve months. Thomas Boccon joined the estate in 2011; he is the son-in-law of François and Marie-Pierre Mikulski and oversees the winemaking process. The estate is now owned and run as a family business involving François, Marie-Pierre and Anna Mikulski alongside Thomas Boccon.
Meix Chavaux
Les Meix Chavaux is a 10.25-hectare climat located in the northwest of Meursault, near Auxey-Duresses and at the mouth of its combe. It occupies the middle of the hillside, between approximately 240 and 260 meters, immediately above the Ruisseau des Clous. The soils are clay-limestone, stonier and shallower in the upper part, with generally favorable drainage. The sector, subject to the cool influence of the combe, falls under the Meursault appellation at the Village level.
- Vineyard commune
- Meursault
- Origin of the vineyard name
- « Meix » designates the land or rural estate around a house; « Chavaux » is thought to be linked to « chef val », the upper part of a small valley. However, the published interpretations are not entirely consistent.
- Altitude
- 240–260 m
- Soil
- Clay-limestone soils, stony and relatively deep in the lower part, more gravelly and shallower in the upper part.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.500000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Vines farmed by the estate; land tenure unspecified
- Indicative vine age
- Average age announced by the estate: 35 years.
Histoire de la parcelle
The UNESCO nomination dossier for the Climats du vignoble de Bourgogne lists Les Meix Chavaux in cadastral section AL of Meursault, on plots 17 to 35 of the 1971 cadastre, covering 10 ha 25 a 58 ca. The site was already distinguished in the 1861 wine classification, where Les Meix-Chavaux appeared among the third-class terroirs of Meursault.
