J F Coche Dury Meursault 2015 750ml

Burghound.com, Apr 15, 2018
Like its 2016 counterpart, this is very ripe yet still reasonably fresh with its well-layered nose of red berry fruit liqueur, warm earth and floral scents. The generous yet robust, dense and powerful flavors possess unusually good size and weight for a villages level Meursault, all wrapped in a palate coating and sneaky long finale where the only nit is a touch of warmth. Note that this is sufficiently structured to age well over the mid-term but there is so much sap that it could easily be enjoyed young. If you can find it, check it out.

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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