The existence of a forest in Meursault could be corroborated by the name of the river that passes the town: Le Ruisseau des Clous, which appeared as Agine in medieval texts (since 1155).

Lebel gives the reconstruction of this name as *Hagina, a derivation from haga “enclosed forest” followed by a Germanic suffix -ina (possibly from Proto-Germanic -*īnaz).

The Franks called enclosed forests haga or *hagja, which remains in the Burgundian language as age, and is also related to French haie and English hedge.

[6] The author states that the name Meursault is derived from Latin Murissaltus, and suggests that it means "the forest of the rat" without giving further explanations.

This has however not stopped the wines of Meursault from competing with the white burgundies from the villages Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet, where several Grands Crus are situated.