98 VM / 96 JM The 2016 Richebourg Grand Cru is not as immediate as Thibault Liger-Belair's Richebourg and for a fleeting moment it comes across as a bit disjointed. It only needs a bit of rigorous swirling for it to...
86-88 VM The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet is a blend of several parcels within the appellation and matures in 25% new oak with 30% in 400-litre barrels. It has a straightforward bouquet with fresh apple peelings and a subtle...
88-90 VM The 2019 Puligny-Montrachet Village, raised in 25% new oak with one-third in large barrels, has a fragrant apple blossom and lemon thyme scented bouquet that is very intense for a village cru. The palate is well...
16.5+ JR Cask sample. Weight, precision and concentration. Several notches above the Bourgogne Blanc. Savoury notes to finish. Just a hint of something vegetal (but that could be the rather aged sample). I'm sure this will...
90-92 VM The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles 1er Cru has a clean, precise bouquet that is just missing a little energy at the moment - much like the Les Clavoillons. The palate is well balanced with a tad more weight...
Extraordinary Bourgogne, more like Meursault quality. This comes from the same “Clos” as the Meursault, all of which was historically classified as Meursault. This charming introduction to the Albert Grivault...
17 JR More intense than the Perrières tout court – but also likely to be a lot more expensive (judging by market prices for earlier vintages). Good stuff though.-Jancis Robinson Grivault owns the...
94 VM / 93 JM The 2020 Meursault Les Perrières 1er Cru has a perfumed floral bouquet with white fruit, popcorn, quince and light orange blossom scents. Fine delineation, though not the most powerful. The palate is...
Grivault owns the largest portion of Meursault Perrieres – 2.54 hectares total. The Grivault wines are regular medal winners and frequently earn the coveted “Tasteviné” designation from the...
95 DE / 17.5 JR The best part of Meursault Perrieres is the “Clos des Perrieres” owned entirely by Domaine Grivault. They also own the largest overall portion of Meursault Perrieres – 2.54 hectares total...
89-92 BH The Fuees vineyard is one of Chambolle’s great vineyards that is located on a small plot bordered by Bonnes Mares and les Cras. The Fuees vines here are 20-40 years of age. Tasting note: A quite deeply...
93 JM / 91 BH / 91 WA Fuees is a top Chambolle Musingy Vineyard - an extension of the same slope as Bonnes Mares, which it borders to the southwest. Pure mid purple with a heavenly fruit on the nose, and very little wood...
92-95 JM / 90-92 BH Two plots next to Bonnes Mares and one next to Christophe Roumier’s Cras. Bright even purple. Rather reductive nose. Very fine rich generous fruit in the mouth, optimum ripeness, just firmed up a...
91-93 BH / 89-92 JM A perfumed and exuberantly spicy nose offers up a blend of both red and dark cherry along with floral nuances. The wonderfully sleek, refined and punchy medium weight flavors possess a gorgeous texture...
94 VM / 92-94 JM / 89-92 BH The vineyard is at the northern end of the commune, just north of Chambolle-Musigny village itself. It covers a three-hectare (seven-acre) plot of land at the very base of the Côte d'Or...
91-94 JM / 90-93 BH A fuller purple, showing an exuberant cherry raspberry fruit, with energy behind, and a little thread of acidity. From barrel, this stands head and shoulders above its neighbours. A touch of strawberry...
94 VM / 92-94 JM / 90-93 BH The vineyard lies below Bonnes Mares Note: from vines planted in 1947 The 2020 Chambolle Musigny les Sentiers 1er Cru, courtesy of 70 year old vines, is much more backward on the nose compared...
91-94 JM / 91-93 BH The vineyard lies below Bonnes MaresNote: from vines planted in 1947 A deeper crimson purple, and definitely a greater weight of fruit on the nose. A burst of fruit on the attack, going through to the...
91-94 BH / 89-92 JM Soft notes of wood frame cool, pure and sauvage-inflected red and dark berry fruit and warm earth nuances. The dense, attractively rich and vibrant middleweight flavors possess fine detail on the...
This parcel of Gruenchers was formerly under contract to Thibault Liger-Belair The Gruenchers vineyard is mid-slope on the Cote d’Or with a southeastern exposure giving it good morning sun. The soil has a bit more...
The vineyard lies just below Fuees and Bonnes Mares Note that this is sold under the Anne Sigaut...
87-90 BH The Chambolle Musigny les Cras vineyard is an important terroir that is located immediately south of Fuees. Beyond it, the slope is taken up by Bonnes Mares. It shares the similar limestone marl terroir that Bonnes...
17 JR Deep crimson. Scented bitter-cherry aromas – quite rewarding. Very juicy and well judged though the finish is pretty dry and severe at the moment, but it is possible to see the village character. Very...
91-93 JM / 91 BH Slightly denser purple than for the Charmots. A lifted and distinguished bouquet, a little less fully ripe, but it is rich on the palate with a liquorice touch to the dark sweet cherry, managed by some grip...
88 WA The 2019 Bourgogne Rouge delivers inviting aromas of cassis, sweet berries, spices and orange rind, followed by a medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy palate that's lively and sapid. After the rich, gourmand 2018,...
89-91+ WA / 89-91 VM Less developed than its Volnay sibling due to a late malolactic fermentation, the 2019 Pommard Les Riottes mingles notes of plums and berries with hints of smoke and orange rind. Medium to full-bodied,...
92-94 WA / 92-94 VM The most powerful wine in the cellar is the 2019 Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes, a rich, muscular cuvée that offers up notes of plums, cherries, orange rind, spices and burning embers...
91-93 WA / 91-93 VM / 91-93 BH The 2019 Volnay 1er Cru Les Brouillards is showing very well, bursting with notes of smoky berry fruit, plums and spices. Medium to full-bodied, gourmand and enveloping, with fine tannins and...
91-93 WA / 91 JM The 2020 Volnay 1er Cru Les Brouillards is promising, mingling aromas of cherries, berries and plums with hints of rose petals, orange rind and spices. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and concentrated, it's...
92-94 VM / 91-93+ WA / 91-93 BH The 2019 Volnay 1er Cru Les Santenots was the last wine in the cellar to finish its malolactic fermentation, and its bouquet of smoky blackberries and cherries was still comparatively...
92-94 WA / 91-93 VM Glantenay has been paying very close attention to timing the date of harvest for this bottling, and the results really show in the 2020 Volnay 1er Cru Les Santenots, a medium to full-bodied, velvety wine...
89-92 JM From five plots, including two small 1ers crus, Lurets and Ormeau which together make up 25% of the blend. Mid crimson colour, with a slightly smoky note which soon blows off to release the elegance of the fruit...
92 JM / 91 BH / 90 VM Pale lemon colour. Bring on the white stones. A little touch of seaweed, this has tightened up in bottle says Didier. I really like this. Brilliantly racy, ripe enough fruit of course but the terroirs...
91 JM / 90 BH This comes mostly from the heart of Vaillons with some Séchet. Pale lemon again. Quite a subtle and discreet nose. A little bit of bacon too. There is a classical dry finish, but still a sweetness of...
88-90 JM Dark centre with purple edges. Very dark colours came naturally this year! The nose is not too powerful, helped by one third whole bunch. Very little new wood, 10-15%. Rich plum pudding, slightly dry tannins, but...
17 JR / 91 BH Vosne-Romanee Les Beaux Monts is located north of Richebourg and Brulee, and above Les Suchots and Echezeaux. Bright red fruits, surprisingly lifted and delicate for Beaux Monts. Very fine structure, well...
Size: 2.6 ha (6.4 ac)Variety: Pinot NoirVine Age: Planted 1980-1990Terroir: Blend of lieux-dits: Fixey, Le Village, Le Pré, La Sorgentière and La Vionne; with limestone and marl soils.Viticulture:...
89 BH / 89 JM Tasting note: An equally fresh if less expressive nose combines perfumed and really very pretty notes of earth, violet and dark currant. There is a beguiling richness to the nicely voluminous and caressing...
86 JM From low trained vines in Concoeur, bottled at the end of July. Not much frosted, but mange-bourgeon caterpillars did damage instead. Quite a deep colour, quite a full texture on the palate with darker fruit and a...
90-92 VM / 89-91 JM / 88-91 BH Size: 1.2 ha (2.9 ac)Variety: Pinot NoirVine Age: Planted in 1935, 1949, 1955Terroir: Blend of Aux Réas and Au-Dessus de la Rivière, clay-limestone soils.Viticulture:...
91 BH Note: from Rebichets; 2021 will be the last vintage Tasting note: A slightly riper nose combines notes of white peach, citrus confit and hints of both wood and petrol. The round and caressing middleweight flavors...
91 BH / 17 JR Note: this is now exclusively from Les Boirettes as the parcel of Champ Jendreau was transferred to Blain's son Marc-Antoine Tasting note: Here are the nose is really quite floral in character with a pretty...
89 BH / 16 JR Lightish crimson. Sweet cherry fruit, open. Chewy chocolate-smooth tannins. Firm yet harmonious. --Julia Harding MW, Jancis Robinson Note: from Les Chaumes, Champs de Morjot, La Goujonne and La...
94 WA / 92+ VM / 92 WS / 18 JR The 2008 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is performing nicely from bottle, even if it's not quite as it was five or six years ago, offering up aromas of orange oil, fresh pear, honeycomb, dried...
Colour: bright yellow gold.Nose: frank and pleasant aromas of pear and white peach.Palate: a lively attack on citrus fruits followed by flavours of vanilla, wood and fruits. A rich, round yet refined wine with a...
97 JS / 96 DE / 93-95 JM / 93-94 WA / 92-94 BH / 17.5 JR (Domaine Bottling) The nose of this very beautiful Corton-Charlemagne transports me to an Alpine meadow, when all the wild flowers are blossoming. I love the...
97 DE / 94-96 VM / 93-95 WA / 92-95 BH / 18 JR Tasting in the cellar, I wrote, ‘Wine from another planet’; this is truly spectacular and worthy of notice – super-ripe plummy fruit with an undercurrent of...
Terroir: Two Marsannay parcels, Le Village, les Champforeys Vine Age: Mostly planted in 1987 Viticulture: Lutte raisonnée (converting to organic) Vinification: Delicate pneumatic pressing, 2/3...
90-92 JM / 91 DE 80% is from En Carougeot. A fine lively purple colour, with impressive energy of fruit, deep rich red cherry with some tannins in support and a lovely perfume at the finish. Entirely red fruit, a lovely...
88-91 JM The fruit comes mostly from old vines in Carougeots, plus En Jouise and Belair. Lively pleasing red fruit, shows strawberry behind, raspberry up front, with the peppery finish of a wine which has just missed...
89-91 JM New this year, recuperated from Fougeray de Beauclair. What a weight of fruit is here. Dark, mostly raspberry fruit, with noticeably firmer tannins, which is the site speaking. I love the way the fruit returns...
88-90 WA The 2021 Marsannay La Charme aux Prêtres delivers aromas of spiced plums, red berries and forest floor, followed by a medium-bodied, supple and vibrant palate with a sweet, charming attack but more back-end...
94 DE / 89-91 JM Clair feels Grasses Têtes gives Marsannay’s ‘vin de garde’. From several parcels of old vines that total just over 2ha, fermentation was conducted using 50% whole clusters to bring...
Their method of some whole cluster maceration assures a good structure and brings out elegant Pinot Noir aromas. Bruno Clair’s rosé pays homage to the family’s history as it was his grandfather, upon...
90 DE Initially a bit restrained on the nose, on the palate it opens to show no lack of substance and structure, with subtle, waxy aromas of ripe apple touched with honey. From just over 0.25ha in the lieu-dit Les...
Variety: Chardonnay Vine Age: Planted in 1994 Terroir: Les Boutières, rich deep soils Viticulture: Lutte raisonnée (converting to organic) Vinification: Pneumatic pressing,...
89-91 JM The fruit comes mostly from old vines in Carougeots, plus En Jouise and Belair. Lively pleasing red fruit, shows strawberry behind, raspberry up front, with the peppery finish of a wine which has just missed...
90-92 WA / 89-91 VM From a parcel planted in 1902, the 2021 Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru La Dominode is performing superbly, exhibiting aromas of sweet red berries, petals, orange rind, licorice and spices. Medium to...
88-90 VM The 2021 Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Jarrons 1er Cru has a perfumed bouquet with red fruit, iodine and violet scents. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy tannins, quite solid with firm backbone with a...
95 VM / 94-96 JM / 92-95 BH The 2022 Corton Le Rognet Grand Cru has a ripe and generous bouquet with dark cherries, raspberry coulis and subtle blueberry scents, hints of sous-bois and potpourri percolating through...
94 VM / 91-94 JM / 91-94 BH The 2022 Vosne-Romanée Les Beaux Monts 1er Cru comes from light clayey soils. It offers open, well-defined red fruit, exuding Pinoté like Clavelier's other cuvées, gaining...
94 VM / 92-95 JM / 91-94 BH / 17++ JR The 2022 Vosne-Romané Aux Brûlées 1er Cru has a lilting bouquet with transparent redcurrant, raspberry and strawberry scents, as Clavelier says, ripened by the light...
90-91 JM / 89-91 VM / 89-91 BH 100% whole bunch. 2.5 barrels of ancient vines. Fine mid purple. A wealth of dense very dark raspberry fruit, exciting purple, evidently ripe enough and with good density, spicy white pepper...
97 VM / 96 JM The 2019 Chambertin Grand Cru has a pastille-like bouquet that is a little riper, though not quite as crystalline as Rossignol-Trapet. Maraschino cherries commingle with orange zest, crushed stone and violet,...
93-95 JM / 91-94 VM 100% whole bunch. Beautiful mid to deep purple. This is really lovely, the pure raspberry essence with cream of Charmes has worked really well with the whole bunches. Exceptionally long and fine, no more...
94 JM / 91-93 BH / 89-92 VM Medium deep red, dark raspberry notes and some rose petals, whole bunches. Really lovely bouquet, growing in stature while retaining purity. A little of the sweet and sour character that...
90 VM The 2016 Beaune Clos du Roi 1er Cru has a generous bouquet with warm summer fruit, and touches of gravel. It is just a bit smudged around the edges perhaps indicative of a higher fermentation temperature? The palate...
91-94 JM / 90 BH Made with 40% whole bunches. Paler colour. This is a very stylish Beaune Grèves, with no massive weight, but everything hangs together beautifully and it is very long. Balanced, stylish, a fine...
90 JM Slightly fuller red. Plummy sweet fruit, very ripe strawberries, good acidity before some more rustic tannins in typical Chassagne mode. This will need time to settle down, but the finish is long. Tasted: September...
87-90 JM Slightly fuller red. Plummy sweet fruit, very ripe strawberries, good acidity before some more rustic tannins in typical Chassagne mode. This will need time to settle down, but the finish is long. Tasted: September...
90-92 JM / 89 BH A pale ruby purple. The bouquet is very elegant. Caroline always liked to make a lighter style of Burgundy, yet the intensity of fruit in 2022 adds a degree of intensity without changing the basis of her...
88 BH Tasting note: Pretty and ripe aromas are comprised by notes of mostly red berries, pepper and soft earth. The vibrant and delicious middleweight flavors are sappy and caressing while offering good length on the...
Charles Van Canneyt’s winemaking is very much in line with what Burgundy’s future is, keeping with its fine traditions . Charles’ work at his family’s historic Domaine Hudelot Noellat as head...
88 JM In bottle. From Les Gollardes and Les Goudelettes. Good mid red colour with an easily attractive red fruit nose, nothing complicated here. Tight, more concentrated than expected with dark fruit up front, softer finish...
94 BH / 92-95 JM / 92 WS Tasting note: Subtle but not imperceptible wood sets off the interesting blend of spice and the sauvage-suffused nose of forest floor, red and dark raspberry and evident earth influence. There is...
92-94 BH/ 92-94 JM Tasting note: Here the ripe and fresh nose is quite floral in character with its essence of red cherry aromas where background hints of earth and the sauvage lurk. The rich, delicious and similarly scaled...
95 WS Matchstick and lime blossom aromas introduce this bracing white, whose lemon, citronella, quinine and hazelnut flavors give way to lively acidity on the finish. Intense and long, ending with an aftertaste of roasted...
95 WS / 92-96 JM / 93 BH A racy, well-delineated white introduced by penetrating aromas of lime blossoms and citronella, with apple, stone and lemon oil flavors joining in. This wine's complex mix of flavors is complemented...
92-95 JM / 93 BH From En Charlemagne, ex Domaine Laleure Piot. A healthy crop, the last picked on 3rd September, with six barrels made, two of them new wood. A powerful incisive white fruit bouquet, with oak showing in the...
90-92 JM / 90 BH East facing. Three barrels, one of them new. This has an excellent tightly wound tension to it, all in white fruit, just the right acidity, and barely any sign of the oak. More clearly Pernand-Vergelesses...
93 BH / 93 WS / 89-92 JM Tasting note: Aromas of poached plum, spice warm earth and a floral top note introduce rich and seductively textured flavors that are at once caressing yet powerful while coating the palate with...
92 BH / 91-93 JM / 92 WS Tasting note: There is an interesting suggestion of sweetness to the layered nose of red cherry, acacia, lavender and anise scents. There is impressive volume and concentration to the bigger bodied...
88-90 JM New this year, comprising mostly the younger vines of Taillepieds, which suffered a little in the drought. As they are replanting elsewhere this cuvée will continue. Fresh mid purple with lively fruit and a...
89-92 BH / 89-91 JM Note: from a parcel of .21 ha young vines in TaillepiedsProducer note: Mark O'Connell, owner and winemaker of this 5 ha domaine, described 2022 as "a vintage of excitement and relief. Excitement because...
94 WS / 92 BH / 92-95 JM Note: a .55 ha monopole A mix of black cherry, oak spice and exotic woods—think sandalwood—aromas introduce this complex, detailed and mineral-tinged red, which is heady, yet juicy and...
92-95 JM / 91-94 BH A lightly purple in colour, with fresher dark red berries on the nose. There is a graceful sense of harmony to this wine which fills out the middle of the palate very nicely. Strawberries and ripe...
93 BH / 93 WS / 91-94 JM Tasting note: This had just been bottled and was showing the effects as the nose was moderately reduced though I would not expect it to linger unduly. Otherwise there is excellent volume, intensity...
91-94 JM / 91-94 BH New in 2022. A fine and lively purple. The nose suggests an exciting quality without giving detail yet. Excellent intensity, as befits Santenots-du-Milieu, all in a vivid dark raspberry fruit, good...
95 WS / 94 BH / 94 JG / 93 VM / 91-94 JM A taut, dense red highlighted by a floral element, casting a violet note along with black currant, blackberry, spice and mineral flavors. Featuring a firm yet refined structure, this...
93-95 JM / 92-94 BH / 92-94 VM Made just from the old vines, 85 years. Black colour with a purple rim. Something of blackstrap on the nose, at first seeming to lack the vivacity. A vast heady mouthful but in fact it does...
89 JM / 16 JR Fine old Burgundy. Deep red centre with a bright orange rim. There is a touch of Jerusalem artichoke greenness indicating only modest ripeness. The thickness of texture on the palate indicates a degree of...
96 VM / 96 JM/ 96 DE / 95 WA / 93 BH The 2017 Clos de Tart Grand Cru is showing a bit of new oak on the nose, but it is simpatico with the pure red cherries, cranberry and wild strawberry scents. The palate is medium-bodied...
93 DE / 90-93 JM / 90 BH La Forge de Tart isn't made every year - there was no 2012, 2013 or 2015 - but when it is made, it uses the younger vines planted between 1999 and 2011. For people who can't afford the grand vin,...
91-94 JM / 93 BH / 92 VM / 91 WA This comes from the section known as La Forge, plus a young vine planting from 2011, and “Ballonge 2” where the plant selection could be better – it will be top-grafted...
91-94 JM / 91-93 VM 4000 bottles will be made. 50% new oak and 20% whole bunch with a little bit of press wine. This comes from sectors known as La Forge, Ballonge 2 and Plantation 2011. The first two are being top-grafted...
97 DE / 94 VM / 94 JS / 92-95 JM / 92 BH / 17 JRPlatinum Medal - Decanter World Wine Awards 2020 There is a massively deep purple colour to this Malconsorts, with bundles of energetic red fruit on the nose. The palate...
1er Cru Maltroie has a richness, power, and depth of fruit accompanied by an uncanny balance of acidity and minerality. Scents of wild flowers and honeysuckle mingle with ripe Anjou pear and spearmint, with a depth and...
Actual bottle available shown. The level is about 2 3/4” inches from the bottom of the cork. 92 BH A fully mature and seriously pretty nose of spice, earth, underbrush and an interesting hint of the...
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