1996 | Domaine Arnaud Ente | Meursault

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White Wine: 1996 | Domaine Arnaud Ente | Meursault

The palate is powerful and complex. A wine of great finesse and an impressive length in the mouth.

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Producer: Domaine Arnaud Ente

Ratings: WA | 90

Vintage: 1996

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Chardonnay

Country/Region: France, Mersault

The palate is powerful and complex. A wine of great finesse and an impressive length in the mouth.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The Meursault Goutte d’Or (6 year old vines) has intense, golden fruit, anise, and floral aromas and an intense, broad, medium-to-full-bodied, and candied almond-laden flavor profile. It is a more refined and detailed wine than one would expect from this vineyard (generally characterized by its power). It will be at its best if consumed before 2002. The rating, with the range of scores in parentheses, indicates the wine was tasted from cask, not bottle.

Producer Information

Domaine Arnaud Ente is one of the leading wine estates in Meursault, and in all of Burgundy. Previously known for their opulent style, Ente’s wines now combine richness with balanced acidity and minerality.The Ente family originally hail from Armentires, near Lille in northern France and on the border with Belgium. Arnaud Ente’s father, however, married into a Puligny-Montrachet family.Arnaud married Marie-Odile Thvenot in 1991 and the pair established what would become Domaine Arnaud Ente in Meursault the following year. In the 1990s, Ente gained a reputation for opulent wines, picking Chardonnay grapes at maximum ripeness.The estate dialled this back at around the turn of the century and the wines consequently show more acidity and freshness than initial offerings.Production is tiny, and comes from just four hectares (10 acres) of vines, which are divided across 10 parcels. Ente’s biggest holdings are in the village-level Meursault En L’Ormeau vineyard.