Domaine Arnaud Ente is one of the hottest wine properties in Mersault today and arguably Burgundy’s brightest rising star. Stylistically Arnaud’s wines lie somewhere between the rich, generous, hedonistic style of Dominique Lafon and the linear, precise, mineral, citrus character of Coche Dury.
During the 1990s Arnaud’s wines attracted a lot of attention for their opulent style, due to his preference to pick late for maximum ripeness. Since 2000 the wines have displayed a more complex, naturally acidic style with enhanced minerality, which reflects the move to a programme of earlier picking. His wines are now amongst the very finest in the village.
Arnaud and his wife, Marie-Odile, work primarily on their own to craft an exquisite range of micro-production white Burgundies from Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet. Precision, purity, elegance, and finesse are the best descriptors of the Ente style.
91 Points Allen Meadows
This too is reduced. As is usually the case this is bigger, richer and more concentrated than the straight Meursault cuvée with its beautifully delineated, intense and attractively textured flavors that possess a very attractive mouth feel, all wrapped in a briskly clean and intense finish. This is a serious villages and recommended. *Outstanding, Top Value*
92 Points Vinous
Pale yellow. Musky aromas of lemon, ginger and flinty silex. Superconcentrated, plush and creamy, with its impression of sucrosite leavened by tactile minerality and piquant flavors of lemon and orange zest. Finishes rich and long, with a spicy nuance and a hint of tannins. Lovely texture and depth here. (ST)
18/20 Jancis Robinson
This is a selection from EN l’Ormeau, which will be shown in London in January 2014.
Hint of smoke on the nose. Then rich on the palate. Almost Riesling-like tension (as in Grosse Gewächse)! Very successful and a lovely combination of richness and raciness. The undertow is of a very rich wine indeed. No trace of the besetting sin of dryness on the finish. As though picked quite late. Hazelnuts and lustrousness on the finish.