Burgundy

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

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

A. P. de Villaine Bouzeron Aligote 2016 (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...

Arnoux-Lachaux Nsg 2010 (750ML)

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...

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...

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

Chandon de Briailles Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru 2015 (750ML)

97 DE / 96 WA / 94 WS / 92 BH The domaine's parcel of what is arguably the greatest red terroir on the hill of Corton has produced three magical barrels in 2015. Notes of black raspberry and mulberry mingle with nuances of...

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 Grands Echezeaux 2015 (750ML)

94-96 WA / 95 -97 WH   The 2015 Grand Echézeaux Grand Cru has a little more horsepower on the nose vis-a-vis the Echézeaux, with copious red cherries, kirsch, blueberry and hints of violets coming...

Clos Frantin Vosne Romanee Malconsorts 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

94 WS / 91-94 BH / 93-94 WH   A lithe, tense version, whose taut profile is woven with cherry, strawberry and spice flavors. Firms up on the lingering finish, where the saturated fruit suggests fine potential for the...

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...

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 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...

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 de l'Arlot Vosne Romanee Les Suchots 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

93 WS / 94-96 WA / 91-93 BH Black currant, black cherry, violet and toasted spice aromas and flavors are the hallmarks of this suave red. Shows prominent oak today, so give this time to find equilibrium. Best from 2022...

Domaine Jean Marc-Pillot Red Burgundy 2015 (750ML)

"This little red is a favorite of ours for its rustic, wild berry fruit and ebullient palate presence. The vineyard is located south of Chassagne in the town of Remigny. Some of the vines are quite old, approaching the...

Domaine Laroche Chablis 2016 (750ML)

Domaine Sangouard-Guyot Macon-Bussieres 2015 (750ML)

Crushed rock and minerals on the nose, along with an oak element; smells a bit heavier than the Mâcon-Vergisson La Roche. Fat and broad on the palate, offering musky yellow peach and spice flavors. Could use a bit more...

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 Echezeaux VV Grand Cru 2015 (750ML)

92-94 VM (from En Orveaux; "Réserve Personnelle" in indicated on the neck label): Bright red-ruby. Vibrant, complex aromas of tart cherry stomp, mint and red licorice. Suave on entry, then tighter in the middle,...

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...

Dujac Puligny Montrachet les Combettes 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

89-92 BH Firm reduction renders the nose completely unreadable today. Otherwise the slightly richer and rounder flavors possess better concentration if somewhat less minerality on the classy, refined and lingering finish...

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 Echezeaux Grand Cru 2016 (750ML)

92-94 WA / 91-94 BH / 18- JR The 2016 Echézeaux Grand Cru was 95% impacted by frost, and Michel Mallard was not expecting to make a single barrel. Actually, he managed to get two barrels because the second...

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

91-93 BH / 17+ JR The whole cluster vinification is more evident here with its intense floral and spice nuances that add breadth to the pretty dark pinot fruit scents that are trimmed in discreet wood hints. The more...

Eugenie Vosne Romanee Village 2016 (750ML)

16.5 JR / 89-91 BH / 87-89 WA From Vigneaux and the bottom bit of Brûlées because they don’t reckon it’s up to premier cru standard – a little bit rustic. And young vines. Racked and in tank...

F. Lamarche Vosne Romanee Les Suchots 2014 (750ML)

92-94 WA The 2014 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru les Suchots has a quintessential Suchots bouquet, much more outgoing and vibrant than the 2014 Les Chaumes with plenty of red cherries, fresh strawberry and spice. The palate...

Fabien Coche Bourgogne Blanc 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...