Meursault Blagny Premier Cru

A famously high Premier Cru, the wines from here can be very restrained and stony. The long, cool and dry end of season has allowed a wine of delightful precision to be produced. With focused fruits of white blossom and almond, the chiselled palate is long and fine, the finish slowly unpeeling. Drink 2022-2029.
Adam Bruntlett, Burgundy Buyer

What was formerly Domaine François Jobard became Antoine & François Jobard when Antoine joined his father in 2002, evolving into just Domaine Antoine Jobard when François fully retired in 2007, after 50 vintages in Meursault. The style has evolved only slightly with the change of generation. Antoine bottles slightly earlier (typically after 21 months rather than 24), however the winemaking remains traditional here, with no lees stirring and very little new wood; the wines reflecting an unhurried restraint, competence, dedication and precision, giving them complex and elegant characteristics. Antoine Jobard was on very positive form at our tasting. He suffered big frost losses (70 percent) for his Bourgogne Blanc and village wines, with a 30 percent reduction across the Premiers Crus, but the results – he feels – are classic Burgundy, with everything en finesse. Everything is held over two winters, although Antoine does not intend to keep the wines as reductively as his 2015s, believing the vintage does not have the necessary power, and the wines therefore showed more generously.

From La Piece sous le Bois vineyard, the wines in this cooler part of the appellation have done very well in 2015. Antoine Jobard’s example displays a fine, pale colour and a very stylish, refined nose. There is the requisite weight on the palate and a beautiful, persistent aftertaste. Drink 2021-2029.
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer

It is a magisterial range of wines from Antoine Jobard this year, with a depth of flavour rarely seen from any white wine producer. He has taken the unusual step, for him, of racking his 2015s into tank after just one year in barrel, as he thinks maintaining the carbon dioxide levels in the wine is important for them to retain their freshness. Antoine adores power and concentration in white wines as long as you can keep them fresh. We were thrilled with the quality of his 2015s.