Outstanding
Tasting note: While the rest of the range in 2002 is clearly impressive, the '02 Perrières is a huge step up and in every dimension. This is wonderfully elegant, strikingly complex, gorgeously pure and stunningly precise and long, replete with the pungent minerality of a great Perrières and the class and linearity of a top grand cru. While it can't match the Corton-Charlie for raw powerful and sheer size, this is its equal in style and grace.
Wafting from the glass with aromas of pear, sweet stone fruits, confit lemon, iodine and toasted nuts, Jean-François Coche's 2002 Meursault 1er Cru Perrières is full-bodied, rich and satiny, with a deep, layered mid-palate that's framed by lively acids and chalky extract, exhibiting terrific concentration and concluding with a long, smoke-inflected finish.
Drink Date: 2012 - 2037
WA: 97
