Light-bodied and lemony, the focused, satin-textured 2001 Meursault Les Vireuils is pure, expressive, and possesses a long, citrus juice-filled personality. Drink it over the next 3 years. “Nature wasn’t kind to us in 2001,” said Jean-Marc Roulot, this estate’s director and winemaker, “therefore it is a winemaker’s vintage like 1998 was, but of better quality.” According to Roulot, his village parcels, though not the premier crus, were struck by the hail storm of August 2nd, 2001. Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 524-1524