Meursault Joseph Drouhin 2021. Producing commune: Meursault. Site: a few kilometres south of Beaune, in the celebrated terroir of Côte des Blancs (Slope of the Whites). History & tradition: Meursault is certainly one of the oldest villages in Burgundy. The camp of Mont Milan, above the present village, was erected and settled in Neolithic times (2,500 BC), before being occupied by the Gauls (500BC) and then the Romans. It was finally abandoned for the present location of the village built during the Gallo-Roman period, at which time the name Muris Saltus (Meursault) was given to it. Soil: different types of soil are found: deep and colourful around the village, clearer and lighter at mid-slope and nearly white and very rocky in the upper reaches of the appellation.