A discreet touch of reduction knocks the earthy green fruit nose down slightly but the ripe clean naturally sweet and powerful flavors are unaffected and this is unusually finely detailed for Poruzots and while this is moderately structured there is such good mid-palate fat that the firm acidity is pushed to the background. Very solid quality in the context of the vintage.

Displaying smoky and nutty piquancy on the nose and palate that are quite common for this site Mikulski's 2006 Meursault Poruzots maintains the themes of bright juicy citricity and overtly crushed stone minerality struck by his entire collection. This impressively concentrated lively take on Meursault misses the dramatic intensity of the Gouttes d'Or today but gives every indication of being similarly worth following for 5-7 years mininum. -David Schildknecht