(Please see my overall vintage review here.)
Jadot not infrequently blocks malo-lactic fermentations for white wines, and in 2018 blocked them for for 70% of the whites. Alcohols are in the range of 13-13.5º.
Wines not indicated as from Domaine Louis Jadot, Domaine Gagey, Domaine des Héritiers Jadot, Domaine Duc de Magenta, or Domaine Prieur-Brunet are negociant wines.
2018 Marsannay blanc Domaine Louis Jadot
The nose is mineral, and the body is round and ample with moderate acidity and some sucrosity or residual sugar to go with the Chardonnay fruit. (85-87)
2018 Pernand-Vergelesses Clos de la Croix de Pierre Domaine Louis Jadot
This wine includes Jadot’s premier cru holdings in this vineyard. The wine has floral Chardonnay fruit aromas. The mouth shows moderate acidity and is round with Chardonnay apple fruit, good density, and chewiness of texture. (86-88)
2018 Montagny 1er Cru Chaniots
2018 is the first vintage for this wine from Jadot. The nose is floral. The mouth is chewy with juicy apple blossom fruit, a medium-full body, and moderate acidity. (86-88)
2018 Beaune 1er Cru Grèves Le Clos Blanc Domaine Gagey
The nose is mineral and chalky. In the mouth, the wine shows good firmness for this vintage, and it is medium-weight with apply fruit, length, roundness, some salinity, and maybe a touch of butter. (87-90)
2018 Meursault Forges Domaine Prieur-Brunet
This wine will be sold under the Domaine Prieur-Brunet label, not the Louis Jadot label. The nose has butter and lime aromas. The mouth shows more substance, freshness, and acidity than the preceding wines, with some power, and lime and butter flavors. (90-92)
2018 Meursault 1er Cru Genevrières Domaine Louis Jadot
A nose with floral and butter hints. The mouth is medium-weight but not quite the concentration and acidity of the Forges — just a touch flat Good finesse, though. (90-92)
2018 Meursault 1er Cru Perrières Domaine Louis Jadot
Typically stony in the nose. The mouth shows some tension and quite a bit of weigh and power go with apple blossom flavors. (91-94)
2018 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Grande Montagne
This is a vineyard very high in altitude. The nose is pretty and floral with good precision. The mouth shows apple fruits, freshness, energy, and minerality. (92-94)
2018 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot Clos de la Chapelle
Domaine Duc de Magenta
The nose is quite spicy; the mouth is ripe but mineral with some firmness and tension to go with apple fruit and adequate acidity. (91-93)
2018 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Folatières
Domaine Héritiers Louis Jadot
Lime and floral aromas; in the mouth, the wine is medium weight with apple fruit, moderate acidity, roundness, some freshness, and some salinity. (91-93)
2018 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Garenne Domaine Duc de Magenta
The nose here is complex and more developed than the others. The mouth is round and fleshy but with acidity that supports it. Spiced apple flavors. (92-94)
2018 Bâtard-Montrachet
The nose is floral with apple blossoms. The mouth is dense and almost sappy with ripe apple fruit and roundness. (90-93)
2018 Chevalier-Montrachet Demoiselles Domaine des Héritiers Jadot
The nose is stony, noble, and typical of young Chevalier-Montrachet. The mouth is dense, almost sappy, but with great race, stoniness, apple fruit, and no heaviness. (93-96)
2018 Corton-Charlemagne Domaine des Héritiers Jadot
The Corton-Charlemagne is tightly-wound with moderate acidity, good depth, chewiness, a broad texture, and white and yellow fruits. (92-95)