Burgundy

A. P. de Villaine Bourgogne Blanc les Clous Aime 2015 (750ML)

A. P. de Villaine Bourgogne Rouge la Digoine 2016 (750ML)

A. P. de Villaine Bouzeron Aligote 2015 (750ML)

Alain Chavy Bourgogne Blanc 2015 (750ML)

Alain Chavy has quietly been producing some very fine white Burgundy in recent years from his winery located behind his house on the outskirts of Puligny village. “July was dry and warm,” he explained just prior...

Albert Bichot Domaine de Pavillon Volnay Santenots 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

93 BH Tasting note: Here there is a lovely freshness to the very pretty nose of various red berries, spice and floral scents where violet nuances are especially prominent. There is both excellent vibrancy and delineation to...

Arnoux-Lachaux Nsg 2010 (750ML)

90 WS " A dark well of black cherry, plum and charred oak aromas and flavors are allied to equally dense tannins. Muscular, if a bit monolithic, with a spice and tar finish. Impressive, but for fans of the style. Drink...

Arnoux-Lachaux Nsg Les Proces 2010 (750ML)

89-92 BH Tasting note: More restrained but more elegant and more complex aromas of elegant red berries, earth and a hint of underbrush marry into fresh, intense and focused medium-bodied flavors that display controlled...

Benjamin Leorux Nuit St Georges aux Boudots 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

92-94 WA The 2015 Nuits Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Boudots has a clean and precise bouquet, quite intense with blackberry, crushed strawberry and crushed violet scents, the whole bunch component barely recognizable. The...

Blain-Gagnard Chassagne Montrachet les Caillerets 1er Cru 2016 (750ML)

92 BH The expressive nose also displays a whiff of the exotic on the layered aromas of pear, resin and petrol. I very much like the sense of underlying tension on the mineral-driven and beautifully delineated flavors that...

Bonneau Du Martray Corton Charlemagne 2015 (750ML)

95 VM / 92-94 BH Light straw-yellow. Deep, soil-inflected aromas and flavors of white stone fruits, clove, hazelnut, marzipan, white pepper, smoke and minerals, with a note of orange bitters emerging after extended aeration...

Bonneau Du Martray Corton Charlemagne 2016 (750ML)

94 WA The 2016 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is showing superbly from bottle, unwinding in the glass with a classy bouquet of crisp green apple, pears, almond paste, fresh pastry and Meyer lemon. On the palate, the wine is...

Bruno Clair Chambolle Musigny les Veroilles 2015 (750ML)

88-91 BH Tasting note: An exuberantly fresh nose features the essence of red cherry and pomegranate aromas that are liberally laced with subtle spice nuances. There is once again good detail and minerality to the highly...

Bruno Clair Gevrey Chambertin les Cazetieres 1er Cru 2009 (750ML)

91-94 BH Note: from 40+ year old vinesProducer note: Bruno Clair describes 2009 as a "vintage that gave us excellent quality and very good quantity even though there was a high proportion of shot berries. We began picking...

Bruno Clavelier Chambolle Musigny La Combe d'Orveau 1er Cru 2016 (750ML)

91-93 VM (just three barrels made): Bright medium red. Dark, complex nose melds black cherry, raspberry, licorice, minerals and rose petal. Plush, fine-grained and broad on entry, offering a captivating hint of sweetness,...

Bruno Colin Chardonnay 2012 (750ML)

It is aged in barrels along side his top growths and delivers a blast of clean, pure, chalky Chardonnay fruit with plenty of complexity. -Importers Notes

Charlopin Parizot Gevrey Chambertin les Evocelles 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

91-93 WA / 90-92 VM The 2015 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Evocelles was showing a little reduction on the nose, although underneath I found some lovely ripe cranberry and mulberry fruit mixed with fine mineral notes. The palate is...

Chateau de Puligny Montrachet St Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly 2015 (750ML)

90-92 WA / 89-92 BH The 2015 Puligny Montrachet is actually 80% declassified vines in the Chalumeaux vineyard. It has an expressive, granite and slate-tinged bouquet that is nicely focused, more intense than many village...

Christian Moreau Chablis Les Clos 2015 (750ML)

93 WA / 90-93 BH /93 VM When I tasted the 2015 Chablis Grand Cru les Clos from barrel, I opined that it was not showing at its best. Now in bottle, it reveals a well-defined bouquet with scents of white flowers, granite,...

Clos Frantin Chambolle Musigny les Amoureuses 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

94-96 WA   2015 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Amoureuses, which contains 20-25% whole bunch fruit, has a surprisingly understated bouquet when considering both the precocity of the vintage and the esteemed vineyard in...

Clos Frantin Vosne Romanee Malconsorts 1er Cru 2014 (3.0L)

93 BH / 92-94 WA / 89-92 VM Discreet wood adds to the breadth of the overtly spicy and fresh if restrained nose of dark currant, plum and violet scents. There is both good volume and muscle to the mineral-inflected...

Comtes Lafon Macon Clos de la Crochette 2016 (750ML)

87-90 BH / 89 VM Tasting note: Reduction presently flattens the underlying fruit. On the plus side there is both good detail and unusually good refinement to the succulent yet tension-filled flavors that exude a fine bead...

Comtes Lafon Macon Milly Lamartine Clos du Four 2016 (750ML)

88-90 BH / 88+ VM Tasting note: This is also quite firmly reduced. There is a bit more volume to the sappy and extract-rich mid-palate that exhibits impressive intensity while delivering slightly better depth and...

Comtes Lafon Meursault 2015 (1.5L)

89-91 BH / 90 VM  Note: from a blend of fruit that includes parcels of villages vines in En la Barre, Crotots, Clos de la Baronne and Luraule plus the usual declassified juice from young vines Genevrières and...

Comtes Lafon Meursault Desiree 2015 (750ML)

89-92 BH / 89-92 WA   Note: from the 1er Les Plures, which is a lieu-dit within SantenotsTasting note: The lemony essence of liqueur-like pear and apple is trimmed in wood, citrus and a pretty floral wisp. The mouth...

Comtes Lafon Vire Clesse 2016 (750ML)

88-91 BH / 90 VM Tasting note: This too exhibits enough reduction to render the nose difficult to evaluate. More obviously mineral-driven middle weight flavors possess both excellent detail and intensity while coating the...

Confuron-Cotetidot Vosne Romanee les Suchots 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

95+ VM / 91-94 BH / 17+ JR Dark red-ruby. Incredible nose melds black raspberry, licorice, Asian spices, minerals and cocoa powder. Densely packed and powerfully structured but the wine's finesse of texture ensures a...

Courcel Pommard Grand Clos Des Epenots 1er Cru 2010 (750ML)

93 BH / 92 VM A beautifully layered nose of purple fruit, violets and soil tones leads to exceptionally rich, velvety and sappy medium weight plus flavors that brim with dry extract that does a fine job of buffering the...

de Montille Beaune Perrieres 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

90-92 VM / 89-91 WA (two-thirds vendange entier; 25% new oak): Bright, full red. Distinctly limestone-driven aromas of raspberry, earth and smoky minerality. Silky, sappy and impressively concentrated, with black raspberry...

de Montille Clos Vougeot 2015 (1.5L)

 93-95 WA / 91-94 BH / 91-93 VM There are four barrels of the 2015 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru (100% whole cluster and 50% new oak). It has a very pure and attractive bouquet with ample ripe blackberry, raspberry preserve...

de Montille Volnay Brouillards 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

  Volnay is the stronghold of the family estate. This modestly-sized appellation of 207 hectares, entirely devoted to Pinot Noir, is nestled on the middle of the slopes and composed of a terroir dominated by clay, marl...

Desaunay-Bissey Echezeaux Grand Cru 2015 (750ML)

94 WA The 2015 Echézeaux Grand Cru is superb, wafting from the glass with a youthful bouquet of red cherry, raspberry, espresso, lapsang tea, game bird, licorice and wood smoke. On the palate, the wine is broad,...

Desaunay-Bissey Vosne-Romanee les Beaux Monts 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

93 WA The 2015 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts, which hails from 80-year-old vines, offers up a brooding bouquet of plums, black cherry, espresso roast, blood orange, game bird and rich soil that is classic...

Domaine de l'Arlot Mont des Oiseaux 2015 (750ML)

90-92 WA / 89-91 VM The 2015 Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Mont des Oiseaux is the same vineyard as the Petit Arlot, which is to say that it still comes from the younger vines in Clos de l'Arlot. At the time of my visit, the...

Domaine de l'Arlot Nuits Saint Georges Clos des Forets 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

93-95 WA / 94 BH / 91-94 VM The 2015 Nuits Saint-Georges 1er Cru Clos des Fôrets Saint Georges includes around 55% whole bunch and is actually a blend of six different cuvées. What is interesting is that the...

Domaine Dujac Puligny Montrachet les Folatieres 1er Cru 2016 (750ML)

91-93 WA The 2016 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Folatieres was touched by the frost, one plot more affected than the other. It has a clean and pure bouquet with subtle scents of lychee, citrus peel and minerals, tight at first...

Domaine Vocoret & Fils Chablis 2015 (750ML)

90 DE / 88 BH Muted lime and wet stone nose. The concentrated palate is vigorous, giving a finish that's both fruity and mineral. A touch austere now, but has potential. - Decanter A ripe but cool and pretty nose combines...

Dominique Laurent Volnay Clos des Chenes 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

91-94 VM (two-thirds of these vines are among the oldest of the appellation, according to Laurent; vinified with a small percentage of whole clusters; just a single new barrel of this juice): Red-ruby. Fruit-dominated...

DRC Romanee St Vivant 2013 (750ML)

93-95 BH / 94-97 VM Here the nose is not only more expressive but more floral and perfumed as well with its elegant and airy array of highly spiced red currant, blue pinot fruit and exotic tea scents. There is a silky...

Drouhin Laroze Chambertin Clos de Beze 2016 (750ML)

96-98 WA /18 JR The 2016 Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru was made from two cuvées, one destemmed and the other not, so that there is around 30% whole bunch. It has a very well-defined bouquet with...

Dugat-Py Bourgogne Halinard 2011 (750ML)

Dugat-Py Gevrey Chambertin Champeaux 2011 (750ML)

92-94 BH / 91-94 VM A ripe but more restrained nose of stone, plum and dark berry fruit liqueur scents introduces extract-rich and palate coating medium-bodied flavors that also display an intense minerality. There is a...

Dugat-Py Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 2011 (750ML)

91-93 BH A wonderfully spicy and well-layered nose features notes of ripe plum, cassis, warm earth and hints of stone. There is excellent punch to the notably ripe, lush and intense medium weight plus flavors that brim with...

Eugenie Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 2014 (750ML)

95 BH / 94+ VM This is also quite aromatically restrained with its compact and dense mélange of freshly turned earth, humus, spice and plum-scented nose. There is excellent ripeness displayed by the bold,...

Eugenie Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 2016 (750ML)

 94-96 WA / 93-95 BH / 18+ JR The 2016 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru is the standout wine for Domaine d'Eugenie this year. It was cropped at 16 hectoliters per hectare (compared to 38 hectoliters per hectare in 2017). It...

Eugenie Echezeaux Grand Cru 2015 (750ML)

92-94 WA / 91-94 BH The 2015 Echézeaux Grand Cru was demonstrating a pleasant, subtle reduction like the Les Brûlées that after racking will disappear by the time of bottling. I like the delineation and...

Eugenie Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Aux Brulees 2013 (750ML)

Eugenie Vosne Romanee Village 2014 (750ML)

88 BH / 87-89 WA 88 Points Allen Meadows: “There is enough reduction to mask the fruit but not the subtle spice and sandalwood hints; even so I would recommend decanting this if you’re going to try a bottle upon...

Eugenie Vosne Romanee Village Clos D'Eugenie 2016 (750ML)

17 JR / 89-92 BH / 90-92 WA 60% whole bunch. Just six barriques. Not a registered name; a commercial name. Racked and in tank. Just beside the winery and walled. Deep garnet. Sweet and fragrant in a floral sort of way...

Fabien Coche Auxey Duresses Blanc 2015 (750ML)

This family-run domain, based in Meursault, was created by Julien Coche in 1940 and began as just one hectare of vines. His son Alain took over from him, expanded the holdings, and earned a high reputation for the vintages...

Fabien Coche Meursault 2015 (750ML)

This family-run domain, based in Meursault, was created by Julien Coche in1940 and began as just one hectare of vines. His son Alain took over from him, expanded the holdings, and earned a high reputation for the vintages he...