Domaine Patrick Javillier
About Domaine Patrick Javillier
Based in Mersault, the Javillier family has been farming their family plot since 1945. Patrick took over the management of the estate from his father in 1974 and, over the years, increased his acreage by buying over neighbouring vineyards and merging with those owned by his wife, Catherine’s family.
A Burgundian vigneron who, in the highly knowledgeable eyes of Jancis Robinson MW, remains criminally “under-exposed and under-garlanded”, Patrick Javillier is a low-profile winemaker nestled in the village of Meursault. Focusing on interpreting and coaxing the very best from his vineyard holdings and terroirs, he has consistently received a lot of praise from leading critics.
Viniculture
Patrick Javillier is a firm believer in the wizardry of blending. The masterful vigneron knits together wines from individual “climats”, each with complimenting characters, to create wines that are undoubtedly greater than the sums of its parts.
Admittedly a specialist of Meursault, his village bottlings captures vividly his uncommon blending philosophy. Meursault Les Clousots and Meursault Cuvée Tête de Murger are amongst the most sought-after and special cuvée. Alongside these, Javillier also possesses 0.17 hc of Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru.
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Burgundy | 1 | 87 (VN) | HK$4,390.00 | |||||
Vinous (87)(modest frost losses here): Light yellow-straw color. More minerals and menthol than primary fruit on the nose. Stone fruit and more exotic tropical fruit flavors began a bit lean but turned creamier with aeration. This unusually nuanced Bourgogne Blanc finishes with good subtle length. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 90 (VN) | HK$9,515.00 | |||||
Vinous (90)(bottled in February of this year; all of the other '13s were bottled in November or December of '14): Healthy pale yellow. Aromas of lime, mandarin orange and musky white flowers. Plush and spicy, showing good concentration and decent acid cut to the pear and mineral flavors. I wanted a bit more energy for Corton-Charlemagne. Javillier's vines face south and he lost just 20% of his crop to hail in 2013. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 90-92 (VN) | HK$11,810.00 | |||||
Vinous (90-92)Pale yellow-straw. Aromas of lemon, lime, nutmeg and clove. Rich but dry and tight, showing little easy sweetness to its slightly aggressive flavors of stone fruits, spices and crushed-stone minerality. Shows a penetrating quality but this baby is still youthfully disjointed, even a touch sour on the end. Very difficult to assess with confidence today but the tight finish displays very good length. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 93-95 (VN) | HK$2,955.00 | |||||
Vinous (93-95)The 2020 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, the only cuvée that was not bottled when I tasted it, has a well-defined bouquet with crushed rock filtering through the citrus fruit, kernals of orange rind and litchi. The palate is well balanced with an aniseed tinged entry, good depth and vibrancy with a dash of spice, stem ginger, on the finish. Excellent. |
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Burgundy | 7 | - | HK$8,885.00 | |||||
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Burgundy | 1 | 88-90 (VN) | HK$4,660.00 | |||||
Vinous (88-90)The 2020 Meursault Clos du Cromin is tightly-wound on the nose and needed coaxing from the glass, light citrus lemon, Golden Delicious and earthy tones gradually unfurl. The palate is well balanced with fine depth, a slightly resinous texture that leads to a pithy, wild peach-tinged finish. Give this just a year in bottle. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 91-93 (VN) | HK$6,775.00 | |||||
Vinous (91-93)Bright straw-yellow. Ineffable high notes of brown spices and spearmint lift sexy stone fruit aromas. Wonderfully ripe and intense, conveying terrific inner-mouth perfume and tension to its citrus, stone fruit and spice flavors. Finishes saline and gripping, with terrific class and slow-building length. As tactile as this wine is, it stands out for its energy and light touch. This will be a village wine to seek out. |
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Burgundy | 3 | 91+ (VN) | HK$5,865.00 | |||||
Vinous (91+)The 2020 Meursault Cuvée Tête de Murger has a well-defined nose, although I was expecting a little more presence and energy compared to previous vintages that I have tasted over the years. The palate is well balanced and shows more gumption, fine acidity with a touch of ginger, well-defined with red apple, nectarine and orange pith on the finish. Just give it some time for the aromatics to open. |
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Burgundy | 1 | - | HK$3,880.00 | |||||
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Burgundy | 1 | - | HK$4,290.00 | |||||