J F Coche Dury Meursault 2005 750ml

Burghound.com, Jul 28, 2016
This remains remarkably youthful with its super primary, pure and very fresh nose of hazelnut, orange peel and subtle spice note. There is outstanding punch to the impressively, indeed almost painfully intense and vibrant middle weight flavors that brim with obvious minerality on the impressively long and palate staining finish. This is first rate juice for a villages level wine and the balance is so good that this will easily hold for many years to come. In a word, terrific. Note that while this isn't quite at its peak it's not so far away that it couldn't easily be enjoyed now.

The Domaine was established in the 1920s by Leon Coche. Some vineyard plots with established grapevines were purchased and Leon bottled some wine himself.The vineyard land was passed down to Leon's three children, with Georges Coche taking control of his share in 1964 and continuing to run the estate and purchase new vineyard land. Jean-Francois Coche took over from his father Georges, on his fathers retirement in 1973. Jean-Francois's wife has the surname Dury which was added to the name of the estate.
Jean-Francois Coche officially retired in 2010 but there will clearly be continuity of style in the hands of his son Raphael who has been working alongside his father since 2003. There have been some changes already in the detail: the vineyards are now all ploughed, and a pneumatic press has been ordered to work alongside the old mechanical Vaslin.
The wines are firmly crushed before pressing, which must surely be a factor in the Coche-Dury style, then fermented and matured in barrels using a relatively low percentage of new wood, not exceeding 25% except for the very top wines.

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