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Meursault
A Côte de Beaune village, a famous Chardonnay origin and a lesson in reading Premier Cru without assuming every celebrated place has a Grand Cru.
The wine-coloured dot marks a general location, not legal vineyard boundaries.
A wider view to put the region in context. Both maps face north.
First, find your bearings
Where are we?
Find Meursault a little south of Beaune in Burgundy’s Côte de Beaune. It sits south of the Côte de Nuits district, near Volnay and Puligny-Montrachet. Begin with the wider Burgundy map, then zoom into the village and its vineyard sites. Meursault is an origin, not another name for Chardonnay.
From the place to the glass
Start with these conversations.
Chardonnay leads
Meursault’s reputation rests principally on dry white wines associated with Chardonnay. The grape provides a route into the wine, while site and producer explain more of the result.
Remember the reds
A small red-wine production exists, associated with Pinot Noir. Read the colour and exact appellation rather than assuming a famous white-wine village never makes red.
Texture has several causes
Fermentation vessel, lees contact, malolactic decisions and maturation can influence the wine. The place name alone does not identify which choices a particular maker used.
Look a little closer
A region has places within it.
Village and named sites
A Meursault wine can identify a particular named vineyard without carrying Premier Cru. Read the classification words rather than promoting every named site by assumption.
The Premier Cru conversation
Names such as Perrières, Genevrières and Charmes belong in the Premier Cru discussion. Follow the full designation and producer’s specific wine, rather than treating reputation as a new legal category.
A connection to Lafon
Dominique Lafon’s Burgundy history supplies a people story beside the regional map. His work in Oregon offers a further connection, while Meursault and Oregon retain different origins.
A name with a story
What the label can tell you.
Meursault has village and Premier Cru wines, but no Grand Cru appellation of its own. “Grand Vin” is not another spelling of Grand Cru. Burgundy’s named vineyards, classifications and producers answer different questions. A highly regarded village wine need not be relabelled mentally as Premier Cru or Grand Cru to be appreciated.
A small Cork Dork discovery
Let the map join the tasting.
Compare a Meursault village label with a Meursault Premier Cru label. Record any vineyard name, the stated classification and the producer. Read the fermentation and maturation notes separately. If tasting, use similar glasses and temperature and notice freshness as well as texture.
Small pours, your own words, and no marks for impressive vocabulary.
Where shall we wander next?
Follow a grape, wine or place.
Behind this introduction
Editorial sources checked 25 October 2026. Maps use public-domain Natural Earth data. Regional markers are approximate; no legal appellation boundary is implied.
Follow the place into the cellar.
Meursault Wines → explores the finished wine, producer examples and production choices.
Explore the wider district.
Côte de Beaune → places Meursault among its neighbours and distinguishes geographical district from similarly named appellations.