✎ roulot [Oxidized Burgundies]

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====== Background information ======
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  * General Information: Starting with the 1994 vintage, the Roulot wines are aged 16-18 months before bottling. The wines spend only 12 months in barrel and then an addtional 4 to 6 months in stainless steel tanks. (In this respect, quite similar to Leflaive.)
  * In Issue 49 of the IWC (Jul/Aug 93), Steven Tanzer describes this estate's then-current batonnage practices as follows: Since Jean-Marc Roulot took over following the 1988 harvest, this estate has used "less batonnage-'to avoid odd, animal aromas and flavors. Some do it as often as three or four times a week: I've cut it to once or twice each month."
  * In vintage 1996: batonnage was done, but "very infrequently " //Note: this is another producer who admits to significant "cork problems" per Allen Meadows (Burghound Issue 16), who reports "enormous bottle variation" and cork problems acknowledged by Roulot//. //In IWC Issue 127 Stephen Tanzer reports that 1996 is still considered by Roulot to be his greatest vintage, followed by 2002 and 2004.//
  * In vintage 1999: per Tanzer: lees stirred "only six or seven times in total." Per Meadows: "did less battonage than normal and stopped, as he usually does, when the malos began."
  * In vintage 2004: Roulot claimed that there was a "lot of oidium" and did two passes through the vines which had oidium infestations to in order to eliminate the affected grapes. Did very little batonnage
  * In vintage 2005: stirred the lees only until the malos started in November or December of 2005.
  * In vintage 2006: per Allen Meadows "has goine to an almost 100% coating of paraffin and has raised his free SO2 target to between 30 and 35 ppm."
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====== Wines ======
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===== 1989 =====

  * **Meursault Perrieres** (Dec 2010): not oxidised; still very youthful in color and maturity; stunning [Dana Gaiser]
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===== 1992 =====

  * **Meursault Tillets** (Nov 2010): not oxidised; simply splendid (Adrian Latimer)
  * **Meursault Tessons** (May 2014) not oxidized - fantastic bottle (R DeAngelo)
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===== 1994 =====

  * **Meursault Tessons** (Feb 2016) not oxidized - very youthful and a major success for the vintage (R DeAngelo)
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===== 1995 =====

  * **Meursault Perrieres** (23 Feb 2011): clearly advanced, but not yet oxidized. See 95-2000 Retrospective Tasting Notes. [Don Cornwell]
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===== 1996 =====

  * **Meursault Bouchères** (29 Oct 2006): not oxidised, lovely wine [Jan-Tore Egge]
  * **Meursault Charmes** (Jul 2004): not oxidised [WK Choy]
  * **Meursault Charmes** (24 Jan 2006): not oxidised, absolutely amazing [G Deschamps]
  * **Meursault Luchets** (Dec 2006): not oxidised [Michael Lux]
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (Jan 2006): minerals, bright yellow, no sign of oxidation [H Sharf]
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (Oct 2011) Not oxidized, but not enough fruit for the acidity? or off bottle? [Stuart BH Niemtzow]
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (March 2013) Oxidized, not super unpleasant, but clearly oxidized in the premox sense [Stuart BH Niemtzow]
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (March 2013) Clearly oxidized in the premox sense [Stuart BH Niemtzow]
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (March 2013) A fine bottle of Meursault; what one would expect in a youngish, vibrant, acidic Roulot lieu dit villages Meursault. [Stuart BH Niemtzow]
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (March 2016) oxidized (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (Sep 2004): no sign of oxidation, 93+ [John Gilman]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (25 Jan 2006): no oxidation, see 96 tasting notes; //N.B.//This is controversial--see Burghound Issue 16 and Burghound tasting notes database [Don Cornwell]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (July 2008) Not oxidised [WK Choy]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (August 2008) Not oxidised [WK Choy]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (March 2009) not oxidized - from magnum [R DeAngelo]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (23 Feb 2011): not oxidized and an excellent wine. See 95-2000 Retrospective Tasting Notes. [Don Cornwell]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (18 May 2011): not oxidized, but not as good as the bottle in February. [Don Cornwell]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (6 march 2014): not oxidised, outstanding [Don osborne]
  * **Meursault Tillets** (Nov 2005): showing some signs of oxidation [JE Simond]
  * **Meursault Tessons** (Dec 2013) not oxidized. Still tensile and racy (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Luchets** (Sept 2015): not oxidised, beautiful [Adrian Latimer]
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===== 1997 =====

  * **Meursault Charmes** (Dec 2006): not oxidised, awesome, the best 97 white burgundy I had to date [J. Prandi]
  * **Meursault Charmes** (Mar 2010): not oxidised, excellent. A little left over the next day was still fine. This has a Puligny delicacy to it but with Meursault flavours. I have had 4 bottles out of the case so far and every one has been excellent. [JC25]
  * **Mersault Luchets** (July 2016) Orange, oxidised, Not sure if this is considered premature. Storage conditions not known [S Whitaker]
  * **Meursault Tessons** (Dec 2005): not oxidised [JE Simond]
  * **Meursault Tillets** (Dec 2005): not oxidised [JE Simond]
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===== 1999 =====

  * **Meursault Boucheres** (Sep 2005): not oxidised [WK Choy]
  * **Meursault Boucheres (magnum)** (Dec 2006):Fresh and complex nose, beginning to fray and soften markedly on the backend- 1st stage premature oxidation. (J. Gilman)
  * **Meursault Charmes** (Feb 2008) 2 bottles - 1 oxidized, 1 great (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Charmes**( Oct 2009) - not oxidized; an amazing bottle of wine that needs several more years of age (MSaviage)
  * **Meursault Luchets**( Oct 2009) Not oxidized, better the next day, some complexity. [Hillard Sharf]
  * **Meursault Luchets** (Jan 2010) Not oxidized, better the next day. [Stuart BH Niemtzow]
  * **Meursault Luchets** (Oct 2010) Not oxidized, better the next day. [Stuart BH Niemtzow]
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (Jan 2010): not oxidised; decent acidity; started out a bit disjointed but came on strong (MSaviage)
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (July 2011): (magnum) not oxidized; excellent [David Honig]
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (Feb. 2012): Oxidized. Have had great results with the 1er Cru but not so much the Lieux-dit [JasonH]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (30 Jan 2007): not oxidized; awesome wine [Don Cornwell]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (Aug 2008) Oxidised. 3 out of 5 bottles oxidised. Drink up if you have it. [WK Choy]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (23 Feb 2011): not oxidized and a truly fabulous wine. See 95-2000 Retrospective Tasting Notes. [Don Cornwell]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (Aug 2011): Sourced directly from the producer during a 2009 visit. Not oxidized, very young, and stunningly good. [David Honig]
  * **Meursault Perrières** (Apr. & Nov. 2016): 2 bottles not oxidized. 2nd bottle decanted, better that way. Honied nose (not from premox) carries over on to the palate. Undecanted bottle had a strange musky nose redolent of crabapples & something curd-like, with light balsamic notes. Impeccable source (Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant). A rather unexceptional wine for such a prestigious estate & terroir. [Rayner Cheung]
  * **Meursault Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir** (Jan 2006): not oxidised, great [J Prandi]
  * **Meursault Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir** (March 10, 2006) oxidized - Kermit Lynch label (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir** (April 14, 2006) not oxidized - polar opposite form the bottle I had on 3/10 (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir** (March 2009) not oxidized - from magnum [R DeAngelo]
  * **Meursault Vireuils** (Aug 2005): not oxidised [WK Choy]
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===== 2000 =====

  * **Meursault Charmes** (29 Oct 2006): no oxidation, still young (from magnum) [Jan-Tore Egge]
  * **Meursault Charmes** (5 Feb 2008) no oxidation. See 2000 tasting notes [Don Cornwell]
  * **Meursault Charmes** (8 Mar 2010): not oxidized and charming indeed. [Don Cornwell]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (Sep 2005): fabulous, no sign of oxidation [Bill Nanson]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (5 Feb 2008): no oxidation. See 2000 tasting notes [Don Cornwell]
  * **Meaursult Perrieres** (21 April 2009): no oxidation. (Marcus Titley)
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (23 Feb 2011): completely oxidized. See 95-2000 Retrospective notes. [Don Cornwell]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (May 2015): no oxidation, great and youthfull bottle [J. Poell]
  * **Meursault Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir** (March 2015) not oxidized but fully mature (R DeAngelo)
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===== 2001 =====

  * **Meursault Charmes** (March 2009): not oxidized - from magnum [R DeAngelo]
  * **Meursault Charmes** (May 2015): not oxidized [R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Charmes** (June 2015): not oxidized but more mature / less fresh than bottle from last month [R DeAngelo]
  * **Meursault Charmes** (Aug 2015) not oxidized - drinkable but on the edge (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Charmes** (Sept 2015) not oxidized - outstanding (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (4 Feb 2009): not oxidized; see related 2001 tasting notes. [Don Cornwell]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (1 July 2009): not oxidised. (Marcus Titley)
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (25 Sept 2010): not oxidized; ordered at restaurant in Germany; still a baby with great fruit and minerality [MSaviage]
  * **Meursault Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir**(Oct 2006): three bottles, one oxidized [Nick Eanet]
  * **Meursault Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir** (Sept 2013) not oxidized - brilliant! (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir** (Aug 2015) oxidized (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Luchets** (May 2015) not oxidized (R DeAngelo)
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===== 2002 =====

  * **Bourgogne Blanc** (29 Oct 2004): no oxidation [Jan-Tore Egge]
  * **Bourgogne Blanc** (8 Nov 2008): no oxidation [Jan-Tore Egge]
  * **Meursault Charmes** (Aug 2010): no signs of premox; right where it should be at this age; great wine (MSaviage)
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (July 2008) oxidized [R DeAngelo]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (18 Feb 2010): not oxidized and my favorite wine of Night One of the 2002 White Burgundy Tasting and Oxidation Check. See notes. [Don Cornwell]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (1 Oct 2010): showing initial signs of oxidation; ordered at restaurant in Paris; color was a bit advanced but not bad; slight nose of caramel and had other oxidative notes that didn't go away; not much spine; compared to the 2001 we had a few nights before, this was much more advanced [MSaviage]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (April 2011): not oxidized. Quite closed at the moment [Will Cashman]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (June 2011): not at all oxidized. Still very tight and young. No hesitation about letting this sit for another 3-5 years. [Stu Jakub]
  * **Meursault Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir** (June 2008) not oxidized - brilliant. From magnum [R DeAngelo]
  * **Meursault Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir** (Sept 2010: 2 bottles badly oxidised [Marcus Titley]
  * **Meursault Tillets** (29 Oct 2006): no oxidation [Jan-Tore Egge]
  * **Meursault Vireuils** (Jun 2006): rich with good balancing acid, no sign of oxidation [John Guyton]
  * **Meursault Vireuils** (Aug 2012) oxidized (R DeAngelo)
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===== 2003 =====

  * **Meursault Perrieres** (March 2009): no oxidation, very fine for vintage [Tom Reddick]
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===== 2004 =====

  * **Meursault Charmes** (Mar 2011): Young and fresh, no signs of premox [MSaviage]
  * **Meursault Charmes** (July 2012): Not oxidized; still young and mostly primary; needs time (MSaviage)
  * **Meursault Charmes** (April 2013) not oxidized - stunning wine (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Charmes** (June 2014): not oxidized; still vibrant and fresh; can't wait for this to grow up and be an adult (MSaviage)
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (Mar 2010): no signs of premox; young and vibrant; great fruit and acidity [MSaviage]
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (Dec 2010): no premox; drinking well right now [MSaviage]
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (Sept 2012) not oxidized - showing very young (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (Oct 2013) not oxidized - once again, showing very young (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (June 2014) not oxidized (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (June 2016) not oxidized but fully mature (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (Oct 2016) not oxidized - showing great (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (June 2017) not oxidized (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Luchets** (Oct 2016) not oxidized (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Luchets** (June 2017) not oxidized - terrific showing (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (Dec 2011): no premox but not ready yet [Guillaume Deschamps]
  * **Meursault Tessons** (May 2011): no signs of premox - still young and fresh [MSaviage]
  * **Meursault Tessons** (Sept 2011) not oxidized - excellent. [R DeAngelo]
  * **Meursault Tessons** (Jan 2012): not oxidized - still young and primary [MSaviage]
  * **Meursault Tillets** (Apr 2011): no oxidation, but not as young and vibrant as expected [Stu Jakub]
  * **Meursault Tillets** (Aug 2011) - not oxidized. Actually got much better with air. Impressive. [R DeAngelo]
  * **Meursault Tillets** (Nov 2011) not oxidized - excellent [R DeAngelo]
  * **Meursault Tillets** (Jan 2012) 2 bottles not oxidized - excellent, young and fresh as a daisy [TSim@rud]
  * **Meursault Tillets** (Sept 2012) not oxidized - young! (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Tillets** (Aug 2014) not oxidized - continues to show great (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Tillets** (Feb 2016) not oxidized - another solid bottle (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Vireuils** (Aug 2011) - young and fresh; no signs of premox [MSaviage]
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===== 2005 =====

  * **Meursault Charmes** (May 2010): no oxidation but a bit lean in the midpalate [Alan Weinberg]
  * **Meursault Charmes** (July 2017): still quite tight [Adrian Latimer]
  * **Meursault Charmes** (May 2019): odd. light yellow, no pox and not fair to call a 14yr old wine 'advanced', but the fruit is definitely fading. Lots of extract & minerality but this one needs drinking up.  Well stored & from domaine.[Adrian Latimer]
  * **Meursault "Les Meix Chavaux"** (Jul. 2018): Not oxidized but corked. Same provenance as my btl of "Les Tillets" below. [Rayner Cheung]
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (June 2011): no oxidation and showing great. WOTN with the '02 and several other MP's. [Stu Jakub]
  * **Meursault Tessons** (Oct 2012): thought to be oxidized at first, but it blew off after 4-6 hours; must have been reduction; wine still wasn't completely all together, but checking on it again a day later it was better and shed some of the disjointedness it had when first opened[MSaviage]
  * **Meursault Tessons** (March 2013) not oxidized (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Tessons** (May 2015) not oxidized, taught & mineral, some reduction (Adrian Latimer)
  * **Meursault Tessons** (July 2019) nasty dull gold, dead (Adrian Latimer)
  * **Meursault Tillets** (Oct 2012): no signs of premox in the nose/mouth, although more gold in color than I would have expected; didn't improve with air [MSaviage]
  * **Meursault Tillets** (Feb 2014): oxidized; got worse with air (MSaviage)
  * **Meursault "Les Tillets"** (Jul. 2018): Oxidized. More caramel than gold in color. Initially still drinkable, but got worse with air. Purchased in Apr. 2015 from the auction platform of a reputable West Coast retailer. See also 2005 "Les Meix Chavaux" above. [Rayner Cheung]
  * **Meursault Boucheres** (Nov 2012) not oxidized - great wine (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (Dec 2015): no premox, fat and rich which is par for the vintage (Mike Saviage)
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===== 2006 =====

  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (Mar 2009): amazing, no problems [P Muto]
  * **Meursault Tessons** (July 2012): no signs of premox - still needs time [TSim@rud]
  * **Meursault Tessons Clos de Mon Plaisir** (Dec 2013): No premox. lovely. [Adrian Latimer]
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===== 2007 =====

  * **Bourgogne Blanc** (Nov 2010): not oxidised, one of the best bourgogne blancs out there. [Stu Jakub]
  * **Meursault Boucheres** (Apr 2017): not oxidized, superb, will hold for some time but I am not convinced it will ever be better. [K. Lamb]
  * **Meursault Charmes** (Mar 2015) no ox, wonderful wine [HaraldS]
  * **Meursault Charmes** (Sept 2016) not oxidized - painfully young (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Luchets** (Sept 2014) not oxidized (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Luchets** (Dec 2014) Not oxidized. [Adrian Latimer]
  * **Meursault Luchets** (Sept 2015) not oxidized - another great bottle (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Luchets** (Jan 2016) not oxidized - excellent! (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Luchets** (Nov 2016) not oxidized - from magnum (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Tessons** (Oct 2012):Slightly corked, but no signs of premox . [TSim@rud]
  * **Meursault Tessons** (Dec 2012): No premox. 12 hours in the decanter and still incredibly young. [TSim@rud]
  * **Meursault Tessons** (Nov 2015) not oxidized - outstanding from magnum (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Tessons** (April 2016) not oxidized - outstanding from 750 too! (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Tillets** (June 2017) horrible surprise, first ever pox Roulot - completely dead (Adrian Latimer)
  * **Meursault Tillets** (June 2017) oh God, and again...poxed (Adrian Latimer)
  * **Meursault Tessons** (July 2010): x 2 both tight, mineral, austere. [Adrian Latimer]
  * **Meursault Genevrieres HdeBeaune, elevage J-M Roulot** (June 2017) x 2 - no pox, splendid, thankfully after the Tillets (Adrian Latimer)
  * **Meursault Perrieres** (July 2013): no oxidation.12 hours in the decanter and unbelievably young [TSim@rud]
  * **Meursault Meix Chavaux** (Sept 2016) not oxidized - outstanding from magnum (R DeAngelo)
  * **Merusault** **Vireuils** (Sept 2017) not oxidized, wonderful [MM]
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===== 2008 =====

  * **Bourgogne Blanc** (Nov 2011-Jan 2012):3 bottles, not oxidized, one of the best bourgogne blancs out there. [TSim@rud]
  * **Bourgogne Blanc** (April 2012):Not oxidized. Still tight and needs age. [TSim@rud]
  * **Bourgogne Blanc**(August 2012):Not oxidized. [TSim@rud]
  * **Bourgogne Blanc** (Sept 18, 2013): not oxidized, lovely BB, my second bottle in 2013, both OK. [Kjetil Finsrud]
  * **Bourgogne Blanc**(Mar 2014):Not oxidized. Moving along slowly[TSim@rud]
  * **Meursault Tessons** (Mar 2012) - not oxidized. [Guillaume Deschamps]
  * **Meursault Tessons** (Mar 2013) - not oxidized. Young. [TSim@rud]
  * **Meursault Tessons** (Mar 2014) - not oxidized. Moving along at a glacial pace. [TSim@rud]
  * **Meursault Tessons** (Oct 2015) oxidized (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Tessons**(Nov 2015) not oxidized - great bottle (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Tessons** (Jan 2016) not oxidized - another great bottle (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Luchets** (June 11 2013): Not oxidised [Don Osborne]
  * **Meursault Tillets** (Oct 2016) not oxidized (R DeAngelo)
  * **Meursault Vireuils** (Nov 2017) oxidized!! (slightly; but enough to not be enjoyable) [MM]
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===== 2009 =====

  * **Bourgogne Blanc** (July-Sept). 2 bottles not oxidized. (TSim@rud)
  * **Bourgogne Blanc** (Dec 2014): not oxidized. (N. Lau)
  * **Meursault Vireuils** (October 2011) Not Oxidized [Leah Amir]
  * **Meursault Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir** (Mar 2012): Not oxidized. Very young and light on its feet for the vintage [TSim@rud]
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===== 2011 =====

  * **Meursault Luchets** (July 2017): Not oxidized, lovely [Adrian Latimer]
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===== 2012 =====

  * **Bourgogne blanc** (June 2016, May 2017) - not ox, very good (Adrian Latimer)
  * **Meursault Luchets**( June 2016). Quite splendid. (Adrian Latimer)
  * **Meursault Tessons CMP** (June 2016). Very young, very fine. (Adrian Latimer)

===== 2013 =====

  * **Bourgogne blanc** (July 2018, May 2019) - not ox, lightish but v. nice(Adrian Latimer)