Meursault Sous La Velle 2024 Domaine Rémi Jobard

The Meursault Sous la Velle 2024 from Domaine Rémi Jobard is a foothill Meursault, a classic village wine, elegant and lively, charming and approachable, faithfully reflecting the generous character of its terroir. It has a rich, unctuous style, especially pleasant in its youth, letting the natural power of Meursault speak while keeping a fine balance between richness and freshness.

Terroir and vines

Sous la Velle is a fine slope of gravel and limestone, lying just below the Château de la Velle, close to the heart of the village of Meursault, at the foot of the slope where the soils are deeper and richer in clay, well drained, giving a naturally round and generous profile. The estate farms about 0.66 to 0.78 hectares of Chardonnay, around thirty years old, under organic farming, with manual soil work, limited treatments and controlled yields. The grapes are harvested by hand at full ripeness, and the very gentle pressing lasts many hours. Fermentation is spontaneous, with indigenous yeasts, in Stockinger demi muids from Austria. The ageing lasts twelve months, half in barrels with around 20 to 25% new oak, and half in large, older foudres, for complexity without heaviness, followed by six months of rest in stainless steel tanks.

Tasting profile

The colour is an intense lemon yellow. The nose, powerful yet light, combines notes of brioche, chalk and jasmine, fresh butter, slivered almond, white flowers, lime blossom and hazelnut, with aromas of white peach, citrus and dried fruit. On the palate, the attack is fleshy, the texture savoury and lean, with a full mineral freshness and a fatness supported by the brightness of citrus. The finish, remarkably persistent for a village wine, is very long.

The estate

Winegrowers for generations, handed down from father to son since the sixteenth century, the Jobard family farms nine hectares in Meursault, entirely under organic farming, taken over by Rémi in 1992. Rémi Jobard seeks pure, clean and precise wines, without oak aromas, with striking clarity of terroir, which comes from impeccable viticulture and a simple, non interventionist approach in the cellar.

Food and wine pairing

This Meursault pairs well with farm raised poultry in a cream and mushroom sauce, roast chicken, scallops, fish, shellfish or cheese. Served between 12 and 14 °C, it can be enjoyed now for its generous character, or cellared for five to ten years.