Domain Michel Bouzereau Meursault Perrieres 2014
The 2014 Domaine Michel Bouzereau Meursault Perrières 1er Cru is a 100% Chardonnay white Burgundy wine produced on the Perrières climat of the Meursault appellation. The Wine Advocate awards it 91/100 and recommends drinking it from 2019 to 2029; Jancis Robinson rates it 16,5+/20, with a drinking window from 2018 to 2025. Critics describe a rich, taut, dense, and balanced white with a slightly waxy texture, driven by nuances of quince and marmalade.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Meursault
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Michel Bouzereau
- Parcelle / Cru
- Perrières
- Millésime
- 2014
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Michel Bouzereau
The Michel Bouzereau et Fils estate is a family-run vineyard in Meursault, in the Côte de Beaune, where the Bouzereau family has been cultivating vines for seven generations. Run by Jean-Baptiste Bouzereau since 1999, the estate comprises 12.5 hectares spread across the Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet areas for the white wines, and Volnay, Pommard and Beaune for the reds. Chardonnay makes up the majority of the vineyard.
- Owner
- Jean-Baptiste Bouzereau
- Maître de chais
- Jean-Baptiste Bouzereau
- Surface (ha)
- 12.50 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 65 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The Bouzereau family is based in Meursault and has been cultivating vines there for seven generations. Michel Bouzereau initially worked alongside his father Robert and his brother Pierre, until the two brothers went their separate ways in 1971. He then began bottling the wine on the estate, at a time when a significant proportion of Burgundy wines were still sold in bulk. Over the years, he expanded the vineyard he had inherited from his father. His son Jean-Baptiste joined the estate in the 1990s and trained alongside him for nearly ten years. In 1999, Jean-Baptiste Bouzereau took over the management of the family estate, which at that time comprised 10.5 hectares. A new building was constructed in 2008 and, since the 2009 harvest, the entire estate has been based at 5 Rue Robert-Thénard in Meursault. The Burgundy Wine Board currently lists the estate’s cultivated area as 12.5 hectares, comprising 10.8 hectares of white grape varieties and 1.7 hectares of red grape varieties. Michel Bouzereau passed away on 16 July 2026.
Perrières
Perrières is a climat officially classified as Premier Cru of the Meursault appellation, distinct from the enclosed Clos des Perrières climat. Its regulatory boundary includes parts of the lieu-dits Les Perrières Dessus, Aux Perrières, and Les Perrières Dessous. The hillside features thin, very stony soils, locally with a steep slope, resting notably on oolitic limestones and Jurassic marls. Characteristics vary between the upper and lower sectors of the climat.
- Vineyard commune
- Meursault
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The term "Perrière" generally refers to an old quarry or land adjacent to a paved road. In Meursault, the name is consistent with the presence of an old quarry separating the Perrières-Dessus and Perrières-Dessous sectors.
- Exposure
- East to south-east depending on the documented sectors
- Slope
- Variable slope, locally steep in the middle of the hillside
- Soil
- Limestone to clay-limestone soils, thin, very stony, and locally marly
- Subsoil and geology
- Bathonian oolitic Chassagne limestone, limestone beds, and Jurassic marls
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.460000 ha
- Indicative vine age
- Vines planted in 1939, 1956 and 2005.
Histoire de la parcelle
The presence of an old limestone quarry has durably structured the site and explains its name. Perrières is among the climats of Meursault recognized for the "premier cru" mention, a classification officialized in 1943; its current parcel composition is specified by the AOC specifications.
