The 2015 Meursault Les Tillets is lovely, wafting from the glass with notes of yellow orchard fruit, hazelnut and beeswax. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, concentrated and intense, with chewy extract, a bright line of acidity, and a precise, penetrating finish.

The 2014 Meursault Les Tillets has that wonderful mineral bite on the nose: cold granite, sea cave and with just a cheeky hint of praline in the background. The palate is very well balanced, with a piercing thread of acidity that fans out with hints of dried honey. Orange peel, mandarin and dried quince are on the long finish. This is one of the finest wines that Jean-Marc Roulot has produced from this vineyard. Tasted February 2017.

The 2012 Meursault Les Tillets has more reduction on the nose than the 2014 Tillets, although it blew away with aeration. It is very focused and intense, with waxy aromas of honeysuckle and jasmine, yet still with a quasi-Mosel personality. The palate is very well balanced, with fresh citrus peel, orange pith, Chinese 5-spice and nutmeg notes toward the sustained finish. This appears to be improving with age. It's a complex and quite riveting Meursault that will root you to the spot. Tasted February 2017.

I loved this wine last year and I love it now! The 2011 Meursault Tillets is extremely well defined on the nose with wet limestone, dewy green apple and apricot blossom scents all intact. The palate is quite rich and open for Jean-Marc Roulot, but beautifully balanced with a succinct apricot and orange zest finish that is suffused with tension and offers great length. Wonderful.

The best elements of the vintage come together in the 2010 Meursault Tillets. Bright, floral aromatics lead to beautifully finessed, delineated fruit in this focused, vibrant white. The Tillets is at once long, but also remarkably deep, with great balance, and tons of harmony. Clean, saline notes frame polished, vibrant finish. Anticipated maturity: 2014+. (Not yet released) Jean-Marc Roulot commented that 2010 was easy in the vineyard but not so simple in the cellar, mostly because of very long malolactic fermentations that did not finish until the following August! The harvest started on September 17 and the wines came in with 12.8 -13.5 natural alcohols, which is at the higher end of the range for the domaine. Because of the lengthy malos, the 2010s were bottled a little later than normal. The 2010s are quite representative of the year in that they have considerable richness and at the same time high acidities. They are remarkably vivid, expressive to site and flat-out gorgeous. Readers will notice a new wine in 2010, the Auxey-Duresses, and can look forward to a new Clos de la Baronne and Clos des Boucheres with the 2011 vintage. Roulot fans will also want to be on the look out for Jean-Marc Roulot’s new line of eau de vies, an old family tradition that goes back many generations. The Framboise is one of the most pure expressions of fruit I have ever tasted, while the Abricot, made from Gerard and Jean-Louis Chave’s organically grown apricots in St. Joseph, is a bit more honeyed and liqueur-like.Unfortunately, my bottle of the Poire eau de vie broke, but I hope to be able to taste it soon. Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 524-1524