Juillot's finest white from Mercurey is the 2017 Mercurey 1er Cru Clos des Barraults Blanc, a medium to full-bodied, satiny and concentrated wine that's attractively pure and precise, offering up a charming bouquet of green orchard fruit, flowers and beeswax.

The deepest and most concentrated of Juillot’s white Mercureys, the 2016 Mercurey 1er Cru Clos des Barraults Blanc offers up aromas of crisp orchard fruit, citrus oil and peach, subtly framed by some spicy new oak. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, glossy and gourmand, sharing the succulent but generous profile that distinguishes this domaine's whites.

Laurent Juillot's 2015 Mercurey 1er Cru Clos des Barraults Blanc offers up aromas of buttered apples, white peach and almond paste, followed by a medium-bodied, open-knit palate with juicy acids and a chalky finish that turns just a touch soapy on the back end. It's a good wine, but it misses some of the depth and persistence I found from barrel, and I suspect this site may simply have struggled in the warm, dry 2015 vintage.