Producer · Burgundy, France

Ballot Millot & Fils

The Ballot and Millot families began buying vineyards in Meursault in the mid seventeenth century, and sixteen generations later the domaine is still in family hands. Charles Ballot took over from his father Philippe in 2000 and has quietly raised the bar ever since, cutting yields and moving the vineyards away from chemical treatments.

The estate farms around ten hectares, most of it in Meursault itself, with premier cru parcels in Perrières, Genevrières and Charmes alongside village lieux-dits such as Les Criots. Charles avoids bâtonnage, and the style is chiselled and mineral rather than rich and buttery. This is Meursault at its most precise.

Winery at Meursault, Burgundy · Chardonnay · £89.95 a bottle