Domaine Eric Boigelot
Monthelie Champs Ronds 2023
Reviews
The Wine Advocate 89/100
The 2023 Monthélie Les Champs Ronds is showing nicely, offering up aromas of white flowers, peach and toasted nuts, followed by a medium-bodied, satiny and layered palate with a saline, gently oak-inflected finish.
After two years' apprenticeship at Coche-Dury, one with Thierry Pillot and another with Eric Germain, the young Charles Boigelot was well-prepared to return to his family 8.5-hectare domaine. Divided between Monthélie and Meursault, with some 55% in red and the balance planted to white, with the domaine's older vines derived from massal selections propagated by Charles's grandfather. Charles's father used to sell some three-quarters of the production in grapes or must; but today, that's been much reduced—and Charles has also launched his own label, "purchasing" fruit from the family domaine. At Domaine Éric Boigelot, winemaking for whites predicates crushing, followed by a long and firm press cycle, with 11-12 months' élevage in barrels (today, mainly from Tonnellerie Trémeaux, though some toasty barrels from Gillet remain in rotation), followed by bottling under natural cork without filtration. Reds are destemmed and mature in mostly used wood. My first tasting with Boigelot focused on the whites, which are already accomplished, particularly the gently reductive Les Clous and the concentrated Caillerets. And given Charles's youth, it's only the beginning: this is very much an address to watch.
Reviews
Winehog Flavour of the Year
The 2025 Flavour of the Year recognition goes to Charles Boigelot for his red and whites made in 2022 and 2023. Charles is working his own estate on some of his father’s vineyards …. Eric Boigelot – a good but little-known estate in Meursault. The first vintage is 2022 and this has been followed by equally impressing 2023s. These are detailed, complex and carefully made wines … delicate with a lovely terroir expression. Charles knows how to choose and handle his terroirs. The reds are made with a large share of whole cluster and this gives some delightfully delicate wines … Monthelie Les Plantes is a true delight. The whites do magic with the advanced viticulture … the Meursault Les Pelles expresses a lovely complexity that sends its greetings to one of the legendary estates in Meursault. Charles Boigelot worked for 2 years with Raphaël Coche at Coche-Dury. His wines are however not Coche clones … but they are made in his style and expression … and they have an x-factor found only at the best estates in Meursault – so try them!
