Domaine Bernard-Bonin’s Meursault 1er Cru “Les Charmes-Dessus” 2019 is a single-vineyard white Burgundy from the upper section (“Dessus”) of the large Les Charmes Premier Cru climat in Meursault, on the Côte de Beaune. It is 100% Chardonnay, produced by Nicolas Bernard and Véronique Bonin, who have run this small Meursault estate since 1998. The domaine farms organically and biodynamically, and its stated aim is low-intervention winemaking. As Véronique Bonin puts it on the producer’s site, “we accompany the wines…but don’t want to control them too much.”

The result, in the estate’s framing, is a style built around freshness, complexity, and a clear site signature. An importer, M Wines, goes further in an especially strong endorsement of the domaine overall, calling Bernard-Bonin “some of the finest whites coming out of Burgundy today.” While that is not a vintage-specific tasting note, it does underline the reputation these wines have built among trade partners.

For this 2019 Les Charmes-Dessus specifically, iDealwine positions the bottling as both energetic and substantial, describing it as “a pure and full-of-life Chardonnay…reflecting perfectly the flavors of [its] terroir,” and presenting it as a food-friendly, age-worthy Meursault. The same listing notes the warm, low-yielding nature of the year and gives the wine at about 13.5% alcohol, suggesting a naturally ripe profile.

Les Charmes is famously expansive—reported at 31.12 hectares, making it Meursault’s largest Premier Cru—so bottlings can vary across its different sections. Bernard-Bonin’s parcel in the higher “Dessus” area is generally regarded as a strong address within the climat, and the domaine’s minimalist approach is intended to let that origin show through in the glass. No major published critic scores or vintage-specific professional tasting reviews were available in the provided materials for the 2019.