2021 Meursault Les Criots Domaine Ballot Millot

Very little frost damage in this lower slope vineyard. Fresh lemon and lime colour. The bouquet shows admirable purity if not much detail yet. A little bit saline at the back, behind an easily adequate volume of fruit.

Here too there is just enough reduction to push the underlying fruit to the background save for a hint of the exotic. The sleeker and finer medium-bodied flavors are not quite as powerful or concentrated but they do flash more evident minerality on the well-detailed, balanced and lingering finish. This is an excellent villages and one that should amply repay 5 to 8 years of keeping.