Burgundy

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

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)

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...

Billaud Simon Chablis 2012 (375ML)

From 11 parcels scattered around Chablis, the most notable of which are from Les Pargues. This displays markedly more Chablis character with an admirably pure nose of mineral reduction, oyster shell and iodine nuances. There...

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...

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...

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 De Tart Grand Cru 2016 (750ML)

97-99 WA / 93-96 VM / 95 DE / 92-95 BH The 2016 Clos de Tart Grand Cru was assessed from a blend of all the component parts (except the young vines) that I previously tasted separately, as I have done over the last...

Clos Frantin Clos la Roche 2015 (750ML)

94 BH / 17+ JR An overtly sauvage nose reflects notes of humus, earth and very ripe dark currant aromas. The big, powerful and impressively concentrated flavors possess absolutely outstanding length and richness. This...

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 1969 (750ML)

Comtes Lafon Macon Milly Lamartine 2016 (750ML)

87-89 BH / 88 VM Tasting note: As it often is at this stage, this is much more aromatically restrained; indeed today it's almost mute and only grudgingly offers up lemon-tinged green apple aromas. The supple, round and...

Comtes Lafon Macon Prisse 2016 (750ML)

88 BH / 87 VM Tasting note: Smoky aromas of white orchard fruit and lemon peel lead to rich, opulent and seductively textured flavors that possess sneaky good length on the delicious and balanced finish. This too would make...

Comtes Lafon Meursault 2015 (750ML)

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

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...

Courcel Pommard Grand Clos Des Epenots 1er Cru 2004 (750ML)

93 BH There is no other way to say it: this is a monster of a wine in the context of 2004 and there is no point in even thinking about opening one of these babies for at least a dozen years. Much like the Fremiers, this is...

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 Clos de Vougeot 2012 (750ML)

 93-95 AG / 92-95 AM / 90-92 WA   “A deep, structured wine, the 2012 Clos Vougeot boasts superb intensity to match its expressive, layered personality. Blue and black-toned fruit, cloves, leather and...

de Montille Commemorative Magnum Case: Les Malconsorts Cuvee Christiane & Pommard Les Rugiens-Bas Cuvee Hubert 2015

Hubert de Montille Commemorative Magnum Set in 2-pack OWC:- 1 x Les Malconsorts Cuvee Christiane 1.5L- 1 x Pommard Les Rugiens-Bas Cuvee Hubert 1.5LHubert de Montille les Malconsorts Cuvee Christiane95-97 WA /...

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 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)

94-96 WA / 91-93 BH The 2015 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots is 100% whole bunch this year, the first time that this has been done and it was raised in two-thirds new oak. Frankly, I was concerned that might be too...

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 Jean-Marc Brocard Chardonnay Bourgogne Kimmeridgien 2015 (750ML)

Pure soil of Chablis, Kimmeridgian is alternate layers of very compact limestone, and softer clayey marls containing marine fossilized bodies (exogyra virgula). Jean-Marc Brocard created this Geologic Chardonnay Collection...

Domaine Pral Beaujolais Cuvee Terroir 2016 (750ML)

Ripe cherry and strawberry dominate in the nose and on an exuberantly ripe palate with hints of fruit pit bitterness offering counterpoint. Attractive suggestions of salt and stone, and a soft texture. -...

Domaine Sangouard-Guyot Pouilly-Fuisse Terroirs 2015 (750ML)

92 WE While there is plenty of ripe fruit in this wine, it also has a delicious, crisp edge that gives the generous texture a good lift. Spice and toast lend rich support to this full, rounded wine. Drink now. - Roger Voss,...

Dominique Laurent Bonnes Mares Vieilles Vignes 2015 (1.5L)

95-97 VM (these Chambolle-side vines are located near de Vogüé's giant parcel and are nearly 100 years old, according to Laurent): Bright, full red. Knockout nose combines pungent red berries, exotic spices and...

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,...

Dominique Laurent Vosne Romanee aux Beauxmonts Vieilles Vignes 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

93-95 VM (Laurent's wine from the upper section of the vineyard is from vines planted in 1959; he describes his wine from the bottom of the cru as "from very old vines"): Bright ruby-red. Vibrant scents of crushed tart...

Drouhin Vaudon Chablis le Clos Grand Cru 2014 (1.5L)

94 WA The 2014 Chablis Grand Cru les Clos as picked on September 17 and has the highest alcohol degree and still is a modest 13.3%. The nose is quite complex and cohesive with yellow flowers and honeysuckle, a touch of...

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,...

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 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 1er Cru Aux Brulees 2016 (750ML)

Eugenie Vosne Romanee Village 2013 (750ML)

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 Bourgogne Haut Cotes De Nuits 2013 (750ML)

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...