2017 Domaine Antoine Jobard Meursault 1er Cru Blagny

92 points John Gilman"The 2017 Meursault “Blagny” is also a fine bottle in the making. The bouquet is deep and utterly classic, offering up scents of apple, pear, hazelnut, a lovely base of soil tones, vanillin oak and a fine floral topnote gently reminiscent of geraniums. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and rock solid at the core, with fine focus and grip, impressive cut and soil signature and a long, powerful and complex finish. Blagny is never one of the more delicate premier crus in style, but always a good, sturdy example of Meursault and this is certainly the case with this fine bottle from Antoine Jobard in 2017. (Drink between 2023-2050) 92+ points" (12/2018) 90-92 points Allen Meadows - Burghound"A ripe and distinctly smoky nose features notes of both white and yellow orchard fruit that flirts with hints of the exotic. There is more volume if less evident minerality to the attractively textured medium-bodied flavors that coat the palate with dry extract that also s