{"product_id":"domaine-roulot-meursault-casse-tetes-2024","title":"Domaine Roulot Meursault Casse-Têtes 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Land\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCasse-tête is French for a puzzle or a headache, and the name is a warning from the people who first tried to plant here. Les Casse-Têtes sits at the top of Meursault's slope, just south of Les Tessons and above the village's old quarries, facing east. There is very little soil: thin, pebbly, rocky ground over limestone, hard enough that earlier generations struggled to establish vines in it. With so little to hold onto, the vines draw straight from the rock, and the wine picks up a stony, almost flinty intensity rather than the hazelnut-and-butter richness associated with lower Meursault sites. This is Chardonnay from Meursault at its most mineral, shaped more by stone than by soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100% Chardonnay. Pneumatic pressing, with a light crush first when the fruit is healthy, then fermentation with natural yeasts and roughly a year in barrel, no more than 20 percent new for village wines, before months in steel tank on the lees. Fining is minimal and filtration very light. Roulot first bottled Casse-Têtes in 2023, and early tasters found it more reductive than the other cuvées, with a flinty edge, pear and citrus peel fruit, and a chalky finish. The 2024 season in Meursault was cold and wet, pressured by mildew and hit by early summer hail, and it produced Roulot whites with low alcohol and cool, just-ripe fruit. Expect white pear, green apple, struck flint, and a linear, saline finish. Roulot Meursault Casse-Têtes 2024 will reward a few years in the cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe People\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJean-Marc Roulot began stripping back chemical treatments after taking over in 1989 and realized around 2000 that the domaine was effectively farmed organically; certification followed with the 2013 vintage. There are no herbicides, only plowing. When old vines fail, they are replaced by massal selection, using cuttings from the domaine's best old vines, with the Clos du Haut Tesson, A Mon Plaisir, serving as the mother vineyard. That lineage matters here, because Casse-Têtes sits right beside Tesson. The parcel came to Roulot from Bouchard Père \u0026amp; Fils with the 2023 vintage, one of a handful of new sites Jean-Marc has brought in to extend his reading of the hillside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCasse-Têtes wants food with clean lines that will not bury its minerality. Oysters on the half shell with a shallot mignonette are the most direct match for the wine's salinity. Pan-seared sea bass with lemon, capers, and a drizzle of good olive oil lets the acidity sharpen the fish. Langoustines or large shrimp grilled with olive oil and Espelette pepper put a little smoke against the flint. For something earthier, try a risotto of spring peas and Parmigiano. Open it on a quiet night when there is time to watch the wine change in the glass over the course of dinner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Stelvio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67987892142303,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0439\/7436\/1248\/files\/PA170552.jpg?v=1792285080","url":"https:\/\/denverwinemerchant.com\/products\/domaine-roulot-meursault-casse-tetes-2024","provider":"Denver Wine Merchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}