98-99 Points James Suckling
What a fascinating and almost totally mineral wine this is! So cool and restrained for the hot year with a dangerous freshness. Lots of wild herb and wild flower character, too. Staggering finish in which ripeness and mineral energy are almost perfectly intertwined. From two plots with very rocky limestone soil.
Barrel Sample: 98-99
96 Points Decanter
The notes of lemon zest, aromas of apricot and white flowers, and the salty mineral edge give complexity to this beautiful expression of Perrières. The wine is concentrated and substantial on the palate, but it has the acidity to ensure it never loses its balance. The grapes are from two parcels – one in Dessus, on the border with Puligny, the other in Dessous, touching the Clos des Perrières. The old Roman quarries bring the minerality that sets this wine apart. The grapes were picked on 1 September, the same day as the Montrachet.
95 Points Tim Atkin
There are two bits of vines here that are picked, vinified and aged separately. One is on the Puligny side which Barnier calls "the real Perrières". The other is in the "Dessus", which shakes up the cuvée with its lemon zest freshness. The combination is a riot of flavors with marked minerality, XL-sized tension and a lovely, lightly pithy finish.
92-94 Points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Bright and tensile, Bouchard's 2022 Meursault 1er Cru Perrières offers up aromas of pear and green apple mingled with hazelnuts, white flowers and wet stones. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and incisive, it's racy and electric, concluding with a saline finish.
92-94 Points Vinous
The 2022 Meursault Les Perrières 1er Cru has a crisp, minerally bouquet with a clever reduction, just lending a bit of tension and bite. The well-balanced palate has good intensity, very linear and tensile, crushed stone infusing the slightly peachy fruit with a long tail on the finish. Excellent.
