Benjamin Leroux’s Meursault “Les Vireuils” 2022 is a village-level Chardonnay from a notably cool, upper-slope site in Meursault, and it shows the producer’s preference for clarity and terroir definition over overt richness. Leroux, who founded his domaine in 2007 after serving as winemaker at Domaine Comte Armand, has worked with fruit from Les Vireuils since 2002, giving him long familiarity with this lieu-dit.

The wine comes from the high-altitude “Vireuils Dessus” section, an east-facing, late-ripening climat with rocky limestone and flint in the soils. Sources describe old vines at around 45 years of age. The site sits above well-known Meursault lieux-dits such as Les Chevalières and Les Rougeots, and is often cited as one of the stronger village terroirs—an address that typically brings a firmer mineral line to the appellation’s natural breadth.

In élevage terms, Jasper Morris reports a measured approach: “One new barrel in seven, all 300 litre size,” a detail that suggests oak is intended as seasoning rather than a headline. Morris’s review is an excellent one for a village Meursault, scoring the wine 92 points and emphasizing style over sheer weight. He notes “a fine elegance to the bouquet,” describing it as “on the stony side for Meursault, not an old-style rounded version.” On the palate, Morris finds detail and lift, including “a little liquorice touch” and “a refreshing vigour on which to finish.”

From tank, Vinous critic Neal Martin characterizes the 2022 as having a “feisty” edge (89–91 points) and suggests a drinking window of 2024–2034. Taken together, the reviews point to a Meursault that balances ripeness with energy, leaning into tension, stone, and persistence rather than opulence.