Domaine Patrick Javillier
About Domaine Patrick Javillier
Based in Mersault, the Javillier family has been farming their family plot since 1945. Patrick took over the management of the estate from his father in 1974 and, over the years, increased his acreage by buying over neighbouring vineyards and merging with those owned by his wife, Catherine’s family.
A Burgundian vigneron who, in the highly knowledgeable eyes of Jancis Robinson MW, remains criminally “under-exposed and under-garlanded”, Patrick Javillier is a low-profile winemaker nestled in the village of Meursault. Focusing on interpreting and coaxing the very best from his vineyard holdings and terroirs, he has consistently received a lot of praise from leading critics.
Viniculture
Patrick Javillier is a firm believer in the wizardry of blending. The masterful vigneron knits together wines from individual “climats”, each with complimenting characters, to create wines that are undoubtedly greater than the sums of its parts.
Admittedly a specialist of Meursault, his village bottlings captures vividly his uncommon blending philosophy. Meursault Les Clousots and Meursault Cuvée Tête de Murger are amongst the most sought-after and special cuvée. Alongside these, Javillier also possesses 0.17 hc of Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru.
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(12x75cl) 2022$428.00 -
$203.00 -
Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (94)
Bright yellow. Cool aromas of underripe peach, lichee and cinnamon. Penetrating on entry, then intensely flavored and tactile in the middle palate, with a captivating sweetness to its gripping lemon and stone flavors. Really reverberates on the back end. Offers a lovely acid/sugar balance but this very promising Corton-Charlemagne, like the Meursault Tete de Murgey, will be better for five or six years of bottle aging. (Javillier's single barrel of Meursault Charmes was in the middle of its malolactic fermentation.)$1,970.00 -
(6x75cl) 2013Vinous (90)
(bottled in February of this year; all of the other '13s were bottled in November or December of '14): Healthy pale yellow. Aromas of lime, mandarin orange and musky white flowers. Plush and spicy, showing good concentration and decent acid cut to the pear and mineral flavors. I wanted a bit more energy for Corton-Charlemagne. Javillier's vines face south and he lost just 20% of his crop to hail in 2013.$1,150.00 -
Burghound (92)
A more elegant and slightly more complex broad-ranging nose reflects an assortment of green apple, white flower, pear, mineral reduction and a wisp of oak. The overtly rich, full-bodied and powerful flavors coat the palate with sappy dry extract that also serves to buffer the moderately firm acid spine shaping the stony and saline-inflected finale. This too will need at least a few years of patience.$218.00 -
Vinous (90-92)
Pale yellow-straw. Aromas of lemon, lime, nutmeg and clove. Rich but dry and tight, showing little easy sweetness to its slightly aggressive flavors of stone fruits, spices and crushed-stone minerality. Shows a penetrating quality but this baby is still youthfully disjointed, even a touch sour on the end. Very difficult to assess with confidence today but the tight finish displays very good length.$1,095.00 -
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Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (94-96)
Only recently racked. An even mid lemon. The nose offers stones up front. The palate a wealth of concentrated white fruit supported by a little oak, and while the detail is not forthcoming, the quality and length of the finish impress. A vibrant mineral finish surrounded by an impressive weight of fruit. Drink from 2030-2037. Tasted Dec 2024.$246.00 -
(6x75cl) 2020Vinous (88-90)
The 2020 Meursault Clos du Cromin is tightly-wound on the nose and needed coaxing from the glass, light citrus lemon, Golden Delicious and earthy tones gradually unfurl. The palate is well balanced with fine depth, a slightly resinous texture that leads to a pithy, wild peach-tinged finish. Give this just a year in bottle.$435.00 -
Vinous (93)
(the yield here was a very low 25 hectoliters per hectare owing to hail; no new oak): Inviting high-pitched scents of orange juice, white flowers, ginger and gunflint. Fine-grained and sharply delineated, saturating the palate with youthful flavors of soft citrus fruits, spices and stone. Impeccably balanced but backward today. A lovely essence of Meursault, and an outstanding village wine.$161.00 -
(1x75cl) 2020Vinous (91+)
The 2020 Meursault Cuvée Tête de Murger has a well-defined nose, although I was expecting a little more presence and energy compared to previous vintages that I have tasted over the years. The palate is well balanced and shows more gumption, fine acidity with a touch of ginger, well-defined with red apple, nectarine and orange pith on the finish. Just give it some time for the aromatics to open.$117.00 -
(6x75cl) 2020Vinous (91+)
The 2020 Meursault Cuvée Tête de Murger has a well-defined nose, although I was expecting a little more presence and energy compared to previous vintages that I have tasted over the years. The palate is well balanced and shows more gumption, fine acidity with a touch of ginger, well-defined with red apple, nectarine and orange pith on the finish. Just give it some time for the aromatics to open.$623.00 -
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Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (92-93)
Not yet in bottle. This is significantly more backward. The nose in particular. But then this blend of Casse Tete and Murger de Monthelie is always the most profound. It shows in the density of ripe orchard fruit on the palate, and the energy of the fruit at the finish. The vin de garde among the Meursaults. Drink from 2029-2035. Tasted Dec 2024.$130.00 -
(1x75cl) 2017Vinous (89-91)
(just a single new oak barrel out of 13): Deeper-pitched and more brooding on the nose than the Tillets. Fat and thick on entry but surprising acidity gives it a distinctly austere, clenched quality. Finishes tactile, chewy and long, with a fresh lemony edge to its ripe stone fruit flavors. This youthfully disjointed wine will need longer to knit than the Tillets. Marion Javillier presented me with a sample representative of the ultimate blend but noted that the wine had not yet been assembled.$126.00 -
Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (91)
In bottle. An attractive mid lemon yellow. Not as immediately forthcoming as Les Tillets, though still showing a compact white orchard fruit. Fresh apples, quite intense. With a certain crunchiness. Laid back but with plenty in reserve. Drink from 2028-2032. Tasted Dec 2024.$99.00 -
Vinous (89-92)
(aging in one-third new oak): Sexy, restrained aromas of yellow peach and spices, with a note of lime emerging with air. Then juicy and sharply chiseled on the palate, showing more citrus than yellow fruits and a repeating spicy character. A firm spine of acidity and minerality gives this leanish wine clarity and lift and draws out the finish. Production here was around 50 hectoliters per hectare, or close to normal, according to Marion Javillier. I like this style.$527.00 -
(6x75cl) 2021$392.00 -
Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (92)
Mid lemon yellow, with a most attractive ripe fruit nose, still with its characteristic hint of lime blossom. Splendid energy on the palate, with a hillside thread providing limestone clarity, and just a little fresh pepper at the finish. In bottle. Drink from 2027-2031. Tasted Dec 2024.$126.00 -
(6x75cl) 2022$475.00 -
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