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Domaine Coche-Dury Meursault 2013
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By Daniel Min · Tasted 2020-12-01 · Published 2026-09-30 · Updated 2026-09-30
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5.0/5 — higher than Vivino's 4.6 average · world avg price US$1,084 · A family that once sold its grapes began putting its name on bottles and became the benchmark for white Burgundy.
Wine-Searcher aggregate of 4 critic reviews: 91. Vivino lists a 92 without naming the publication. Jancis Robinson's 2018 note, quoted on Wine-Searcher, found the bottle still too young and closed.
Market note: World average US$1,084 / 750ml (Wine-Searcher, ex-tax, Sep 2026). Single bottles run from US$989 in the US (ex-tax) through US$1,064.40 in France (tax incl.) and US$1,199.99 in the US (ex-tax) to US$1,685.87 in Kazakhstan (tax incl.). UK in-bond bottles start at US$795.26. From the same house, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is US$6,487 (97), Meursault 1er Cru Perrières US$3,748 (96) and Bourgogne Chardonnay US$407 (90).
Father's note — Daniel Min
Original author of the notes“2020년 나의 올해 최고의 화이트. 첫 뫼르소의 깨볶는 아로마 장막이 걷히면서 버건디 화이트다운 각종 날카로운 미네랄의 향연이 펼쳐진다. 하지만 팔렛에서 미네랄 이후 완전 반전. 어렸을 때 느꼈던 연인과의 키스처럼 혀와 입안 전체를 감싸면서 부드러운 감각을 모두 불러일으킨다. 이후에 피니쉬는 잔향, 잔당감 정도가 아니라 아무것도 먹을 수 없었다. 단연 최고의 뫼르소.”
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“minerals citrus oak lemon butter cream apple peach stone vanilla honey toast oil nutty brioche 2020년 나의 올해 최고의 화이트. 첫 뫼르소의 깨볶는 아로마 장막이 걷히면서 버건디 화이트다운 각종 날카로운 미네랄의 향연이 펼쳐진다. 하지만 팔렛에서 미네랄이후 완전 반전. 어렸을때 느꼈던 연인과의 키스처럼 혀와 입안전체를 감싸면서 부드러운 감각을 모두 불러일으킨다. 이후에 피니쉬는 잔향, 잔당감 정도가 아니라 아무것도 먹을수 없었다. 단연 최고의 뫼르소.”
In the scent column: 'toasted sesame, then stone.' What I learned today: toastiness can come from the barrel, not just the pan.
Saturday. The moment I opened the door, a toasty smell greeted me first. Master Seo was roasting hazelnuts on a small burner behind the counter — snacks for the first customers, he said. Then he poured a white into a glass, set it in front of me and said: smell the pan first, then the glass. If something is in both, tell me.
From the pan, roasted nuts. From the glass, lemon, white peach, wet stone, and in front of them a thin nuttiness. Lighter than the pan, more finely ground. The smell that first rises when you toast sesame seeds. Before I could say it aloud, a Tuesday night in December opened.
Twenty-two, the first Tuesday of December. That night Dad poured from several cloth-wrapped bottles in turn. There was a red, and something with bubbles. The last bottle was white. At the first sniff I asked who was toasting sesame. Dad laughed. After a while the nuttiness lifted, and cold, pointed stony smells came out one after another. But in the mouth that pointedness turned round, unbelievably. It lingered so long after I swallowed that I put the tangerine I had been about to peel back on the table. When I looked up, Dad had put down his fork too. Neither of us ate any more that night. I don't know the name of the bottle.
The notebook has four lines for that date, and the last is the longest. 'My best white of the year.' As 'the curtain of toasted-sesame aroma lifts', sharp minerals unfold, he wrote. On the palate, a complete reversal. And after the finish, he couldn't eat anything. Five stars. The bottle was Coche-Dury Meursault 2013. I stuck on the wine-name Post-it. Probably Dad put down his fork that night for the same reason I put down my tangerine.
When I told Master Seo the name, the hand shaking the pan paused for a moment. Then he said just one thing. In his two years in Burgundy, he only ever got as far as that house's door.
After closing, I wrote the bottle's name on page thirty-nine of the new notebook. In the scent column: 'toasted sesame, then stone.' What I learned today: toastiness can come from the barrel, not just the pan.
What this wine is
Coche-Dury didn't start out selling bottles. In the 1920s Léon Coche gathered parcels of vines in Meursault but sold most of his grapes to négociants (Wikipedia). In 1964 his son Georges took on his inherited share and expanded the holdings, and in 1973 Georges's son Jean-François took charge. When Jean-François married into the Dury family, the two surnames joined to form today's name.
Under Jean-François this small domaine became the benchmark for white Burgundy. The critic Clive Coates called it one of the finest white-wine domaines in the world; Robert Parker counted him among the five or six best white-wine makers in Burgundy. His son Raphaël helped in the cellar from the age of fifteen (Inside Burgundy), joined full-time in 1999 and took over the winemaking when his father retired in 2010.
About 9 hectares, some 3,500 cases a year. The grapes are firmly crushed before pressing, then fermented and aged in oak barrels; new wood rarely exceeds 25% except for the top wines. In July the barrels are blended, then returned to wood for a second winter before bottling the following April. The village Meursault comes from several unnamed village parcels.
What the world says
The four critic reviews on Wine-Searcher aggregate to 91. Among them, Jancis Robinson opened this bottle in 2018 and wrote that it had density but was still far too young and closed.
Vivino's drinkers see it differently. The 2013 averages 4.6 from 435 ratings, with 175 fives and 230 fours. The label as a whole also averages 4.6 from 5,891. Suggested drinking window: 2015–2025.
"Very precise, straight, flinty. Opens beautifully and gives layers of lemon, citrus, lemongrass, almonds." — Vivino review, Jan 2018, 5 stars
Structure shows intensity 3.8, acidity 3.4 and sweetness 1.7. Minerals (105 mentions), citrus and lemon mix almost evenly with butter (90) and oak, followed by hazelnut, nuts, brioche and toast. Many reviews also mention flint and smoke — reductive notes.
The world average is US$1,084 / 750ml (Wine-Searcher, ex-tax, Sep 2026). A wine from unnamed village parcels sells at this price because the name on the bottle is the house itself.
How I drank it
December 1, 2020, 5 stars. I logged four bottles that day: Maison Leroy's Monthélie Rouge (2 stars), Arboleda Carmenère (4), Bollinger Special Cuvée (4), and this one (5).
My first sentence was 'my best white of 2020.' When the curtain of toasted-sesame aroma lifts, the sharp minerals of white Burgundy come out one after another. But on the palate it reverses completely, wrapping the tongue and the whole mouth and calling up every soft sensation. The finish went beyond lingering aroma or a hint of sweetness — it lasted so long I couldn't eat anything afterwards. By far the best Meursault.
The community's 4.6 and my 5 are close. The critics' aggregate of 91, and the 2018 verdict of 'still closed', are further away. I opened mine two years after that. Whether the closed door had opened in the meantime, or my glass was simply lucky that night, I can't say. All I recorded was the fact that I couldn't eat anything afterwards.
Vivino community data
2013 vintage rating distribution (435 ratings, average 4.6)
| 5★ | 175 (40%) | |
| 4★ | 230 (53%) | |
| 3★ | 24 (6%) | |
| 2★ | 4 (1%) | |
| 1★ | 2 (0%) |
Most-mentioned aromas
| Family | Mentions | Top keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Earth & leather | 253 | minerals 105 · stone 34 · smoke 28 · honey 25 · flint 20 |
| Citrus | 233 | citrus 100 · lemon 70 · lime 26 · grapefruit 7 · lemon zest 7 |
| Oak | 224 | butter 90 · oak 77 · vanilla 30 · caramel 8 · butterscotch 5 |
| Tree fruit | 161 | apple 31 · pear 28 · peach 25 · apricot 21 · green apple 17 |
| Yeast & toast | 101 | hazelnut 24 · nutty 18 · brioche 17 · toast 17 · almond 14 |
Structure: Acidity 3.4/5 · Intensity 3.8/5 · Sweetness 1.7/5
Average by vintage (all vintages: 5891 ratings, average 4.6)
| Vintage | Average | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4.3 | 35 |
| 1999 | 4.4 | 56 |
| 2000 | 4.4 | 73 |
| 2001 | 4.6 | 55 |
| 2002 | 4.5 | 83 |
| 2003 | 4.5 | 61 |
| 2004 | 4.5 | 137 |
| 2005 | 4.6 | 182 |
| 2006 | 4.6 | 195 |
| 2007 | 4.5 | 262 |
| 2008 | 4.5 | 247 |
| 2009 | 4.6 | 342 |
| 2010 | 4.6 | 286 |
| 2011 | 4.6 | 364 |
| 2012 | 4.6 | 297 |
| 2013 | 4.6 | 435 |
| 2014 | 4.5 | 215 |
| 2015 | 4.6 | 464 |
| 2016 | 4.6 | 290 |
| 2017 | 4.6 | 378 |
| 2018 | 4.6 | 382 |
| 2019 | 4.6 | 267 |
| 2020 | 4.6 | 204 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 77 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 91 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 44 |
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What kind of wine is Coche-Dury Meursault?
A village-level white made by the family domaine Coche-Dury from Chardonnay grown in several Meursault parcels, spending two winters in barrel. The 2013 averages 4.6 on Vivino (435 ratings) with a Wine-Searcher critic aggregate of 91.
How much does it cost?
Wine-Searcher's world average is US$1,084 per 750ml (ex-tax, Sep 2026). Single bottles overseas run from US$989 in the US (ex-tax) to US$1,685.87 in Kazakhstan (tax incl.).
What food goes with it?
The Vivino community suggests shellfish, pasta, rich fish such as salmon or tuna, mild soft cheese and cured meat.
Why is a village Meursault so expensive?
It's a rare case where the maker's name sets the price more than the vineyard's rank. Coche-Dury is a small domaine of about 9 hectares, counted among Burgundy's best white producers since Jean-François Coche's time. Even its Bourgogne Chardonnay averages US$407 on Wine-Searcher.
Links & sources
View on Vivino · Prices on Wine-Searcher
- Vivino — wine page and community data
- Wikipedia — Domaine Coche-Dury
- Inside Burgundy — Domaine Coche-Dury
- Wine-Searcher — 2013 Coche-Dury Meursault
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