Germain crafts a tiny amount of wine from Meursault’s most revered terroir. Much of Perrières’ soil is made up of limestone debris, bringing great minerality and underlying richness (rocks hold warmth and yet limestone brings mineral freshness). Germain’s version—cropped from just 0.16 hectares in the sector known as Les Petites Perrières is, like his Charmes, of Grand Cru standard. It’s a wine that can only result from perfectly ripe berries and long, patient vinification. Do not expect a lean, austere version of this terroir; instead, Germain always offers up a Perrières that is deep and powerful (yet very mineral). Only one barrel was produced this year. If Jean-Marie Guffens made a Perrières… The yields here were tiny, but you would never know. Super wine.