Meursault 1er Cru Les Caillerets

The Pillots have cultivated vines in the Côte de Beaune village of Chassagne-Montrachet since 1625. A new and exciting chapter began when, in the 1990s, father-son team Fernand and Laurent Pillot extended their family’s vineyard holdings to also include a few incredible plots in neighboring Pommard and Volnay.Today, the Pillots cultivate 15 hilly hectares, covering 50 parcels (including 12 Premiers Crus). Since Fernand’s retirement, Laurent and his son Adrien are continuing the family’s legacy with a tireless focus on maintaining the utmost quality. Everything is harvested and sorted by hand and yields are kept painfully low. Every plot is worked under strict “agrobiologie” principles, and the estate has been proudly HVE-3 certified since 2021 - no easy feat. The family have also been members of the environmental research group DEPHY-EcoPhyto since 2012.

This small 1er Cru is situated above the village of Meursault. The soil is red and very stony resulting in earlymaturity of the grapes, especially in hot years.

The grapes are hand-picked and pressed. The juice is then fermented in French oak barrels (50% new). The wine is barrel aged until the following summer. In this way, the wine has time to integrate and confirm its personality. The wine is aged in French oak barrels for 11–12 months.

The Meursault 1er Cru ‘Caillerets’ is a refined wine with a velvety texture. Ample on the nose, with a veritable palate of aromas, white flowers, exotic fruit, toasted notes and a slight minerality.