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Domaine Coche-Dury, Meursault Premier Cru Les Perrières

A premier cru that trades at grand cru prices: Coche-Dury's Perrières.

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Domaine Coche-Dury's Meursault Perrières, from about 0.5 hectares of premier cru, is priced by the market above most producers' grands crus.

Made by
Domaine Coche-Dury
From
Meursault, Burgundy
Style
WhiteChardonnay
Bottles made in a typical year
2.5K
The kind of wine

Burgundy premier cru

A Burgundy from a vineyard one step below the very top rank.

What a bottle like this costs to make

A glass of red wine on a small barrel in a candle-lit stone cellar

Good years and bad

One square for each year. The darker the square, the better the weather was for the grapes. Tap a year to read about it.

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The essentials

The wine and its economics

Domaine Coche-Dury's Meursault Perrières, from about 0.5 hectares of premier cru, is priced by the market above most producers' grands crus.

Every year in a tableHow each year was rated, and the price the producer first asked
VintageHow the year was ratedRelease priceHow rare (0–100)The growing season
2023Very Good — 96
2022Excellent — 96
2021Difficult — 97The 6–8 April frost destroyed much of the crop; the smallest Burgundy harvest in decades.
2020Excellent — 97
2019Exceptional — 98Hot, dry summer with low yields; concentrated wines released into the 2021–22 peak.
2018Excellent — 98
2017Very Good — 99
2016Very Good — 99April frost cut some Côte de Beaune producers' crops by more than half; very small…
2015Exceptional — 100Warm, dry summer; ripe, concentrated reds widely rated as a great vintage.
2014Very Good — 100
2013Good — 100
2012Very Good — 100
2011Good — 100
2010Excellent — 100
2009Excellent — 100
2008Very Good — 100
2007Good — 100
2006Good — 100
2005Exceptional — 100
Release price is what the producer first asked for a bottle. A dash means no price was published.

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What does this wine cost to make?Our estimate: $22–$98 a bottle

We estimate it costs about $22 to $98 to make one bottle of a wine like this. The price in the shop is far higher because the land is scarce, the name is famous, and many hands take a share on the way to you.

ComponentLowHigh
Imputed land cost$6.08$51.20
Vineyard operations$3.92$10.24
Oak barrels$0.38$1.29
Winemaking labour and cellar work$2.50$5.00
Cellar aging$0.96$2.56
Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling$3.90$10.40
Winery overhead$3.00$7.00
Financing over the aging period$1.00$9.82
Estimated winery production cost$21.73$97.51
One standard bottle, at the winery door. Built in US dollars and shown in your chosen currency.

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Recent auction resultsWhat bottles of this wine fetched when collectors sold them
Sale dateVintageHouse and saleFormatLot pricePer bottle
Jun 20262013Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online Day 1: Featuring the Collection of Ken Follett (sale 24640) · lot 1211 × 75 cl≈$2,315≈$2,315 with premium
Oct 20252012Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: London Edition (sale 24578) · lot 631 × 75 cl≈$3,142≈$3,142 with premium
Oct 20252011Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: London Edition (sale 24578) · lot 621 × 75 cl≈$3,307≈$3,307 with premium
Oct 20252010Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: London Edition (sale 24578) · lot 611 × 75 cl≈$3,638≈$3,638 with premium
Oct 20252008Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: London Edition (sale 24578) · lot 602 × 75 cl≈$7,441≈$3,721 with premium
Oct 20252011Christie'sA Prodigious Private Cellar of Impeccable Provenance Part II: Online (sale 23825) · lot 52141 × 75 cl≈$2,708≈$2,708 with premium
Oct 20252009Christie'sA Prodigious Private Cellar of Impeccable Provenance Part II: Online (sale 23825) · lot 52132 × 75 cl≈$5,097≈$2,549 with premium
Oct 20252008Christie'sA Prodigious Private Cellar of Impeccable Provenance Part II: Online (sale 23825) · lot 52121 × 75 cl≈$3,186≈$3,186 with premium
May 20252009Christie'sA Prodigious Private Cellar of Impeccable Provenance (sale 24173) · lot 52411 × 75 cl≈$2,867≈$2,867 with premium
May 20252007Christie'sA Prodigious Private Cellar of Impeccable Provenance (sale 24173) · lot 52401 × 75 cl≈$3,186≈$3,186 with premium
Feb 20252013Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: LA Edition (sale 23748) · lot 3491 × 75 cl$2,000$2,000 with premium
Feb 20252009Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: LA Edition (sale 23748) · lot 3481 × 75 cl$3,000$3,000 with premium
Prices are in the currency of each sale. Christie’s and Sotheby’s include the buyer’s fee; Hart Davis Hart shows the price before it.

All lots on record

The detailsClassification, grapes, bottle sizes and the rest
Region
Appellation
Classification
Premier cru
Style
White
Grape composition
Chardonnay100%
Bottle sizes
750 ml
Bottles made in a typical year
2,500 bottlesTrade reporting
First vintage made
1980
Great years
8 of 19 rated excellent or exceptional

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Sources

  1. Meursault appellation, BIVB, 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
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