The 2013 Meursault les Charmes 1er Cru has a lifted pear-drop bouquet accompanied by fresh pear and lychee scents. The palate is a little shrill on the entry, with pointed acidity, very citric at the moment and needing a little more substance toward the bitter lemon-tinged finish. If this can gain more fatness by the end of its maturation then it may merit a higher evaluation.

This is the first wine to display any appreciable amount of wood and even here it is quite subtle and easily allows the very Meursault nose of hazelnut, orchard fruit and soft floral scents to have center stage. There is a lovely freshness and vivacity to the cool and restrained middle weight flavors that exhibit plenty of minerality onto the clean, dry, balanced and solidly persistent finish. In a word, lovely.