The 2020 Meursault Les Narvaux opens in the glass with aromas of pear, orange oil, nutmeg, freshly baked bread and beeswax. Medium-bodied, racy and chiseled, with good concentration, tangy acids and a long, precise finish, it's a lovely wine from this underrated producer.

The best of these communal bottlings is the 2018 Meursault Les Narvaux. Offering up aromas of orange oil, white flowers and musky peach, it's medium to full-bodied, fleshy and saline, with a layered core of fruit and a saline finish. It was matured in foudre.

The 2015 Meursault Les Narvaux has a more enticing bouquet compared to 2015 Meursault Les Tillets: dried honey, a touch of orange rind and smoke emerging with time, demonstrating commendable intensity for a village cru in this vintage. The palate is well balanced with impressive energy and tension. Touches of dried honey emerge towards the finish flanked by quince and nectarine, yet it maintains good energy and finishes with good precision. There is a lot going on here, rendering this an engaging Meursault. It comes recommended.

The 2013 Meursault les Narvaux is missing a little fruit intensity on the nose compared to the other crus. The palate is crisp on the entry with fine acidity, although it does not quite have the harmony or the complexity of fellow 2013s on the finish.

The 2012 Meursault Narvaux is more distant on the nose than the other village crus from the domaine, with limestone and fume scents only reluctantly emerging. The palate is more intriguing with a touch of quince on the entry. It is nicely balanced with a fine bead of acidity, finishing with a lick of honey that lends it richness. Closed now – but it will be open for business in 2 or 3 years. Drink 2015-2024. It was my first time visiting this domaine and young winemaker Vincent Boyer. Their winery is situated in the lower reaches of the hilly Meursault village. Their set up is one whereby tourists are welcomed to visit the cellars and purchase bottles directly. That is often interpreted as a sign of more commercial wines for less discerning tourists, after all, you never see Aubert de Villaine beckoning visitors inside. Do not make that mistake here. I was impressed by both the estate’s enviable portfolio of holdings scattered over 10 hectares in Meursault, Puligny, Auxey-Duresses and Pommard, and Vincent’s assiduous approach to winemaking. If anything, his 2012 whites are so vibrant and surfeit with minerality that it exaggerated what I found lacking in the small number his reds, even if they are peripheral within Yves’ portfolio. The holdings were accumulated by Vincent’s ancestors on both his paternal and maternal lineages, hence the hyphenated name. It was the marriage of Andre Boyer to Juliette Deveze that linked Meursault with Puligny respectively. Then their son Yves was married to Marie Cecile Martenot in 1976. Between 1997 and 2007 the domaine has discretely acquired further holdings. Yves has a simple approach to winemaking. He uses new oak thoughtfully, so that it is embedded and frequently barely noticeable within his wines, thereby allowing the terroir to be articulated. He bottles relatively early. His 2012 whites had all been bottled when I tasted them in October, 2013, though Vincent expressed a desire to extend the barrel aging if space permits. Then again, judging by the performance of these wines, I am not totally convinced that is entirely necessary. Vincent Boyer’s premier crus are all matured in a judicious one-third new oak. The reds are not exported to the United States. Importer: Michael Skurnik, Peter Vezan.