Meursault 'Meix Chavaux', Olivier Leflaive, 2025
Meursault 'Meix Chavaux', Olivier Leflaive, 2025
- 75cl
- 13.5%
- White Still
- Chardonnay
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Optimal drinking window: 2027 - 2033
Est. delivery in 2027
Meursault 'Meix Chavaux' from Olivier Leflaive sits in that sweet spot the village does so well: generous and richly textured, yet kept honest by a stony, mineral backbone that stops the whole thing tipping into excess.
The Meix Chavaux lieu-dit sits on the northern flank of the village, producing wines that are a touch leaner than the great premiers crus but no less satisfying for it.
The Meix Chavaux lieu-dit sits on the northern edge of Meursault, on gently sloping ground at around 250 metres elevation. The soils here are predominantly Bathonian limestone with a clay-limestone mix that gives wines a broader, more generous texture than the sandier, more mineral plots to the south near the premiers crus. The climate in 2025 was warm and dry through the growing season, producing ripe, generous fruit with naturally high sugars — which Leflaive's careful picking dates helped to temper.
Meursault is the largest and most celebrated white wine village on the Côte de Beaune, producing village-level and premier cru Chardonnay with a richness and weight that distinguishes it from its neighbour Puligny-Montrachet. Unlike Puligny, Meursault has no grand cru vineyards, but its premiers crus — Perrières, Charmes, Genevrières — are among Burgundy's finest whites. Village-level Meursault, particularly from named lieux-dits like Meix Chavaux, can offer tremendous value and genuine village character: fuller-bodied, nuttier, and more immediately expressive than Puligny, with less of that tensile, electric quality.
The 2025 vintage in Burgundy remains a work in progress, with harvest only recently concluded and the wines still settling into their skins in cellars across the Côte d'Or. Early reports suggest a season that kept vignerons on their toes, though we're still waiting for the full picture to emerge as the wines complete their primary fermentation and malolactic conversion.
What we can say is that 2025 appears to be shaping up as a vintage that will require patience rather than immediate gratification. The reds seem to have good colour and structure, whilst the whites are showing promising acidity that should reward those willing to wait. We'd recommend holding fire on firm judgements until the wines have had proper time to show their true character, likely not until late 2026 at the earliest. For now, it's one to watch rather than one to declare.

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