A fresh nose is comprised by an array of green fruit aromas along with hints of apple, citrus and hazelnut. The impressively rich, concentrated and muscular large-scaled flavors possess evident power that really comes up on the very firmly structured and built-to-age finish. Like the Blagny, there is an abundance of dry extract that makes the mouth feel quite seductive.

Score: 91-93 Allen Meadow (AM), Bourghound (BH), June 2019

The 2017 Meursault 1er Cru Poruzots is showing brilliantly, soaring from the glass with aromas of pear, Meyer lemon and oatmeal, framed by a light touch of reduction. Medium to full-bodied, racy and incisive, this is a deep, tensile and incipiently textural Poruzots that displays superb reserves of concentration and energy.

When I tasted these wines from barrel last year, I wrote that Antoine Jobard´s incisive but concentrated style was a perfect match for the 2017 vintage, and that contention was resoundingly confirmed by their performance in bottle. Antoine took over from his father, François, in 2004, but the rudiments of winemaking here haven´t changed: long fermentations, protracted sur-lie élevage without stirring and moderate percentages of new wood are still the order of the day. In the 2015 vintage, Jobard´s wines underwent fully 20 months of élevage, the last eight being spent in stainless steel tank, a medium that resulted in much more pronounced reduction than is the case when the wines spend their second winter in wood. Accordingly, he tells me, he has decided to subject his 2017s to a shorter stay in steel—a sensible decision, to my mind. Given Jobard´s preference for long élevage, I have decided it is more interesting to review his finished wines in bottle rather than attempting to assess them a year into their élevage, when they are sometimes still troubled by suspended lees or otherwise inscrutable; so I look forward to reporting on his 2018s next year.

Score: 94 William Kelley (WK), The Wine Advocate (WA), February 2020