Domaine Buisson-Charles’s 2015 Meursault 1er Cru Goutte d’Or is a Chardonnay from one of the estate’s smallest holdings: roughly 0.26–0.27 hectares in the heart of the Goutte d’Or climat, with an east-facing aspect and limestone-clay soils. Buisson-Charles is known for late picking and a low-intervention approach—no chaptalization, no fining or filtration, and restrained use of new oak—which tends to produce Meursault with both breadth and drive.

This bottle is well reviewed across the board, with Decanter delivering an excellent 95-point rating. Decanter highlights “cool green orchard fruit, subtle citrus and iodine,” followed by “a glossy, textural palate” and, importantly for the vintage, “impressive cut and energy.” The same review is explicit about the wine’s trajectory: “this will deserve and demand patience,” and it assigns a long drinking window of 2025–2050. Decanter also notes Patrick Essa’s view that the terroir can yield “the most long-lived wines in the village,” underlining the wine’s Premier Cru ambitions.

Burghound (93 points) frames the 2015 as notably ample but not blowsy, calling it “riper still yet retains good freshness,” with “smoky aromas of apricot, pear, white peach and apple.” On the palate it “possesses even more size, weight and richness,” finishing with “an attractively dry finish.” Burghound’s conclusion is direct: “a big, powerful and very serious wine… built to age,” and it “will need at least a few years to unwind.”

Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate (92 points) finds a touch more reserve early on, saying the wine “demanded some coaxing,” then opened to “yellow flower, citrus fruit and lemon curd.” The palate is “medium-bodied,” with “lightly honeyed citrus fruit” and “freshly shaved ginger lending a sense of tension,” finishing with “good weight and personality.” Overall, it’s a concentrated, age-worthy Meursault that balances ripe 2015 depth with clear structural energy.