Burgundy

A. P. de Villaine Bourgogne Blanc les Clous Aime 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 Latricieres Chambertin 2016 (750ML)

96 WS / 94-96 WA The black cherry and blackberry fruit is wrapped in seductive, smoky oak. Though dense and muscular, this is also close to seamless, even at this early stage. The finish is energetic and vibrant, with a...

Aurelien Verdet Bourgogne Chardonnay 2010 (750ML)

Bernard & Thierry Glantenay Volnay Clos des Chenes 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

96 DE / 91-93 WA The Clos des Chênes is the king of the cellar in 2015: a wine of grand cru quality, made from the fruit of low yielding old vines. Notes of black cherry, elderberry, woodsmoke, dark chocolate and...

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

90 BH An exotic nose offers up notes of mango, viognier and lychee nut along with a mix of both yellow and white orchard fruit. Lush, even opulent flavors manage to retain reasonably good detail along with a discreet bead...

Blain-Gagnard Le Montrachet 2005 (750ML)

93 BH Tasting note: This is the most elegant and refined wine in the range and while the nose is presently rather reserved, it offers notes of clove, anise, white flower and green apple that complement to perfection the...

Bonneau Du Martray Corton Charlemagne 2016 (1.5L)

95 VM / 94 WA (production was half of normal in 2016; aged in 30% new oak and bottled at the beginning of April of this year): Pale yellow-green. High-pitched aromas of citrus peel, menthol, lavender and white pepper...

Bouchard Pere & Fils Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2015 (750ML)

"Intense color. Very aromatic bouquet of small ripe red fruits (cherry, raspberry, currant). Beautiful flesh in mouth, a delicious marriage where tannins and fruits are pleasantly mixed." - Winery

Bruno Clair Gevrey Chambertin les Cazetieres 1er Cru 2014 (750ML)

94 WA / 92 BH Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2014 tasting, the 2014 Gevrey Chambertin 1Er Cru Cazetiers has a powerful bouquet with plenty of black cherry, sous bois and subtle licorice notes emerging with time in the glass...

Bruno Clavelier Vosne Romanee les Beaumonts 1er 2016 (750ML)

90-92 VM (a bit more east-facing than the Brûlées and thus sheltered from the afternoon sun; the soil is calcaire with a lot of clay and sand, similar to that of the Hauts de Beaux Monts; 30 hectoliters per...

Chandon de Briailles Corton Bressandes Grand Cru 2015 (750ML)

92-95 BH / 17.5 JR / 96 DE A markedly ripe yet elegant nose that consists of rose petal, plum liqueur, lilac, spice and wet stone aromas is trimmed in enough wood to notice. The very rich, intense and wonderfully vibrant...

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...

Clos De Tart Grand Cru 2016 (750ML)

99+ VM / 97 WA The 2016 Clos de Tart Grand Cru, cropped at 35hl/ha, is the first year farmed biodynamically. This was completely breathtaking in barrel, and now, in bottle, nothing has changed in that respect. It has an...

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...

Comte de Vogue Bonnes Mares 2015 (750ML)

97 DE / 95 WA / 95 BH / 94 VM Deep red, almost to the embarrassment of the winemaker, but it's on account of the small berries and ratio of skins to juice. Heady and sumptuous nose, with cherries and black fruits,...

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 Monthelie Duresses 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

 89-91 BH / 89-91 VM Tasting note: There is just enough reduction present to impede saying much about the nose other than the underlying fruit appears to be ripe. The delicious, rich and solidly voluminous flavors...

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 / 90 WS 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...

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 2016 (750ML)

 93-95 WA / 92-94 BH The 2016 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru is one-third whole cluster, less than in recent years according to winemaker Brian Sieve, with almost 50% new oak. It has a beautiful bouquet with scents of...

de Montille Pommard les Pezerolles 1er Cru 2015 (1.5L)

 91-93 WA / 92 VM / 90-92 BH The 2015 Pommard 1er Cru les Pezerolles has quite a dense, rich bouquet with cassis-tinged red berry fruit, actually more like a Volnay in style. The palate is medium-bodied with fine...

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

94-96 WA / 92-95 VM / 92-94 BH The 2015 Volnay 1er Cru les Taillepieds, 100% whole cluster with around 30% new oak, offers impressive precision and focus on the nose, lively cranberry, wild strawberry and pomegranate scents...

de Montille Vosne Romanee les Malconsorts 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

94 -97 VM / 93-95 WA / 92-94 BH 100% vendange entier; 60% new oak): Bright dark red. Knockout discreet nose combines raspberry, Oriental spices, rose petal and flinty minerality. Extremely intense in the mouth, with its...

de Montille Vosne Romanee Pommard les Rugiens-Bas 1er Cru 2016 (750ML)

92-94 VM / 92-94 WA / 91-93 BH (one-third vendange entier; 40% new oak; just racked following a very late malo): Healthy medium red. Compelling aromas and flavors of redcurrant, iron, rose petal and minerals. At once silky...

Desaunay-Bissey Grandes Echezeaux Grand Cru 2015 (750ML)

The Grand Echezeaux are situated right at the point where Clos de Vougeot, Le Musigny and Grand Echezeaux come together - nearly 70 year old vines produce one of the potentially great wines of Burgundy. Bruno also makes...

Digioia Royer Chambolle Musigny les Gruenchers 1er Cru 2014 (750ML)

90-92 WA The 2014 Chambolle Musigny 1Er Cru les Gruenchers comes from almost 30-year-old vines. It has a well defined if not complex bouquet, unfurling with black cherry and wild strawberry scents. The palate is nicely...

Domaine de l'Arlot Nuits Saint Georges Clos De Forets St Georges 2009 (1.5L)

94 WA / 92 BH 'Outstanding' The 2009 Nuits St. Georges Clos des Forets Saint Georges comes across as dark, brooding and totally intense. Black cherries, tar, licorice, smoke and menthol are some of the many notes that are...

Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays 2016 (750ML)

96 WS / 93-95 WA A racy style, defined by bracing acidity propelling the black currant, blackberry, iron, earth and spice flavors to a lingering conclusion. Balanced and full of energy, this needs time to really settle in...

Domaine Laroche Chablis 2016 (750ML)

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 Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru 2016 (750ML)

93 DE / 93 JS / 93 WS This premier cru blend, like its Vosne-Romanée counterpart, is very fine this year, offering up a lovely nose of creamy red fruit, venison and forest floor. On the palate the wine is...

Drouhin-Vaudon Chablis le Clos Grand Cru 2016 (750ML)

17.5 JR / 92 VM All biodynamic, even in 2016. Terrible frost and then 16 mm rain in the first half of June meant they couldn’t get into the vines with a tractor. They used the press as a tool for quality. Yield just...

Dugat-Py Charmes Chambertin 2011 (750ML)

94 BH / 92-94 AG This more elegant than the Lavaut with its ripe and attractively layered nose of black cherry, spice, warm earth and panoply of spice elements. There is superb richness, size and weight to the concentrated,...

Dugat-Py Gevrey Chambertin Coeur Du Roy 2011 (750ML)

91+ VM / 90 BH Aromas of blueberry, violet, coffee and leather. Not a particularly fleshy style but juicy and energetic, with lovely precision and acid spine to the intense black cherry and violet flavors. Finishes peppery,...

Etienne Sauzet Puligny Montrachet Les Combettes 1er Cru 2016 (750ML)

94 BH / 93 VM Tasting note: Vestiges of post-bottling sulfur don't completely mask the otherwise elegant citrus, white pear and acacia blossom aromas. The detailed, intense and concentrated medium weight plus flavors...

Eugenie Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 2015 (750ML)

93-95 WA / 92-95 BH The 2015 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru has a perfumed bouquet with dark cherry fruit, blackcurrant and briary tinged with fine mineralité - hints of cold stone percolating through with time. The...

Eugenie Echezeaux Grand Cru 2014 (750ML)

93 BH / 92+ VM / 90-92 WA Deep ruby color. An ultra-spicy and attractively fresh nose is composed by openly floral, Asian tea, plum and black currant scents. There is a lovely sense of energy to the fleshy and concentrated...

Eugenie Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru 2017 (750ML)

18 JR / 91-94 BH A reticent if broad-ranging nose is composed of quite deeply pitched essence of plum, dark currant, violet, lilac and a hint of sandalwood. There is a highly beguiling inner mouth perfume to the overtly...

Eugenie Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Aux Brulees 2016 (750ML)

17+ JR On calcaire de Premeaux. Four casks. 50% new oak, 60% whole bunch. Very deep crimson. Less exuberant than the village wines. Lots of stoniness on the palate. Very firm framework. (And a very cold sample straight...

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 2017 (750ML)

16.5 JR / 87-90 BH Bright cherry red. Gentle aroma of zesty dark-red berries. Very cold sample but still fragrant and lithe and finely textured. ‘Good to have this vintage while we wait for 2015 and 2016’, says...

Eugenie Vosne Romanee Village Clos D'Eugenie 2017 (750ML)

17 JR / 89-91 BH Richer and spicier than the village wine and shows the whole-bunch component. Bramble, suggests Michel Mallard and he’s spot on. Slightly floral. So fragrant. There’s a little more grip but no...

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...

Faiveley Batard Montrachet 2015 (750ML)

92 VM / 90-92 BH Pale, bright yellow. Yellow fruits and spices on the nose. A step up in ripeness, richness and sweetness from the more laidback Bienvenues-Bâtard, this mouthfilling grand cru captures the sheer volume...

Faiveley Bienvenues Batard Montrachet 2015 (750ML)

96-97 JS / 91 VM / 91-93 BH Fabulous aromas of crushed lemons, stones, yogurt, flan and cooked apples follow through to a full body, round and rich fruit and a flavorful finish. Dense and so long. Fantastic potential. -...