Meursault

American  

[mur-soh, mœr-soh] / mɜrˈsoʊ, mœrˈsoʊ /

noun

1. a dry, white Burgundy wine produced in the district around Meursault in E France.

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Etymology

Origin of Meursault

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Mr. Ozon’s star is the appropriately stone-faced Benjamin Voisin as Meursault, who like Camus is an ethnically French citizen of Algeria, which for more than a century was a French colony.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Garten also likes to serve a Morgon and for white wine options, she suggests a Meursault or Montrachet.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2025

He became a newspaper columnist and won international acclaim in 2015 for his first novel The Meursault Investigation, which was a reworking of The Stranger by Albert Camus.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024

“Maybe you choose a wine that acts like liquid butter like a Meursault or a white Burgundy.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2022

Without looking up at me he asked, “They’re not going to take him away from me, are they, Monsieur Meursault? They’ll give him back to me. Otherwise, what’s going to happen to me?”

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus