Benjamin Leroux Meursault Vireuils 2022
AppellationMeursault Les Vireuils
CountryFrance
ColourWhite
Alcohol13.5%
Bottle750ml
Drink window2025–2033
A village‑level Chardonnay from Meursault, Benjamin Leroux’s 2023 Les Vireuils presents a poised and restrained elegance, with cool citrus and crystalline orchard fruit underpinned by a chalky mineral spine.
Tasting
- Aroma
- crystalline citrus and white peach
- Palate
- precise acidity with stony mineral drive
- Finish
- long, chalk‑infused persistence
Pairs with
- seared scallops
- creamy risotto
- soft goat cheese
- lightly grilled sole
Vineyard & Cellar
- Vinification
- Whole-cluster pressing, light settling before transfer to 300L barrels (15% new oak), indigenous yeast fermentation. Aged for 18 months, fined and/or filtered only if necessary.
From the Archive
Terroir: High altitude, just below the forest at top of hill, facing east/southeast,