Description
Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur Meursault Les Corbins — Côte de Beaune 2023
Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur is one of Meursault’s most respected family estates, known for wines of precision, tension, and genuine terroir expression. Les Corbins is a southeast-facing lieu-dit located north of the village of Meursault on the road to Volnay, sitting just beneath the premier cru Les Plures — a position that speaks to the quality of the site. François Bitouzet farms a hectare and a half of Chardonnay here, planted between 1974 and 1987 in a particularly deep and rocky clay-limestone soil that imparts the wine’s signature intense minerality and acid-driven tension. Aged 16 months in 20% new barrels, this is a textbook Meursault of excellent weight and complexity — a village wine that drinks with the authority of a premier cru.
The nose is enchanting: intense minerality, subtle buttercream, spice, and a lifted touch of mint. On the palate, it is weighty and precise — the Bitouzet house style of acid-driven tension is fully on display, with the deep clay-limestone soils delivering concentration and structure alongside the classic Meursault richness. A wine of real distinction that will reward cellaring.
67 Wine — “Les Corbins sits just beneath the premier cru Les Plures, and it shows. Intense minerality, buttercream, spice and mint — with the acid-driven tension that defines the Bitouzet-Prieur house style. A village Meursault that drinks like a premier cru.”
- Producer: Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur, Meursault, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France
- Vintage: 2023
- Appellation: Meursault AOC
- Lieu-Dit: Les Corbins (SE-facing, north of Meursault village, below premier cru Les Plures)
- Varietal: 100% Chardonnay
- Vine Age: Planted 1974–1987
- Soil: Deep, rocky clay-limestone
- Aging: 16 months, 20% new oak barrels
- Size: 750ml
- Tasting Notes: Intense minerality, buttercream, spice, mint, excellent weight, acid-driven tension, long finish
- Cellar Potential: Drink 2025–2035+
- Best Paired With: Lobster, roast turbot, scallops, roast chicken with cream sauce, aged Comté
Southeast-facing, clay-limestone, vines from 1974 — Bitouzet-Prieur’s Les Corbins is the village Meursault that earns its place among the greats.
