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...
92-94 VM / 93 JM The 2019 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 1er Cru has a cool as a cucumber nose, Zen-like, opening reluctantly to reveal scents of wet limestone, flint and a touch of chalk. The palate is well...
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...
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...
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...
94 JM / 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 escarpment. Anne...
90-93 BH / 92 WA Note: from vines planted in 1947 Tasting note: Moderately generous wood can be found on the otherwise ripe and well-layered aromas of dark cherry, raspberry, spice and discreet earth nuances. The very rich...
93+ WA / 93 JM / 91 BH The vineyard lies below Bonnes Mares Note: from vines planted in 1947 Almost invariably the finest wine in the range, Sigaut's 2019 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Sentiers Vieilles Vignes doesn't...
94 JM / 92 BH To the north and south lie the Premiers Crus sites of Les Faconnières and La Riotte respectively. Deep and even purple with a sturdiness of dark red fruit on the nose. There is significant...
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...
90 BH The vineyard lies just below Fuees and Bonnes Mares Note that this is sold under the Anne Sigaut label Tasting note: Notably ripe aromas of poached plum and slightly roasted pit fruit reflect additional notes of...
92-94 WA / 91-94 BH 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...
92-94+ WA / 93 VM The 2018 Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes is a deep, powerful wine, opening in the glass with notes of cherries, wild berries, peonies and blood orange, with little hint of the tertiary complexity to...
91-93 WA / 91-93 VM / 91 BH One of the more structured cuvées in the cellar is the 2018 Volnay 1er Cru Les Santenots, a broad-shouldered wine that offers up aromas of ripe plums, raspberries, orange rind and warm...
90 WA / 90 BH The 2016 Chablis 1er Cru Côte de Léchet Reserve wafts from the glass with notes of pastry cream, blanched almonds, green apple, white flowers and iodine. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied,...
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...
91 WA A beautiful wine, Moreau's 2019 Chassagne-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes bursts with aromas of rose petals, spices and sweet berry fruit. Medium-bodied, lively and perfumed, it's supple and melting, with succulent acids...
93 BH / 17 JR Tasting note: There is just enough reduction to reduce the expressiveness and blur a bit of the nuance to what are clearly ripe and floral-suffused aromas. The rich, delicious and palate coating large-scaled...
88 BH Tasting note: Pungent aromas of petrol, resin and white orchard fruit precede solidly concentrated and intense medium weight flavors that brim with dry extract that imparts a sappy texture to the mildly rustic finale...
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...
95-97 WA / 94-97 JM The approximate blend of the 2019 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is very promising, offering up notes of orange oil, white flowers, nutmeg and pear, followed by a full-bodied, layered and concentrated...
92-95 JM / 91-93 WA / 90-92 BH Pale lemon and lime. The bouquet is more backward than Les Clous, but the wine delivers a massive intensity on the palate, and excellent acidity, a fresh backbone that delivers this wine...
93-96 JM / 92-94+ WA / 92-94 VM / 89-92 BH Full lemon yellow the most compete nose of the big three, combining aspects of the other two. Pears in the background, starts discreetly then really kicks on before reaching a...
This is a rather interesting vineyard owned primarily by Ghislaine Barthod who produces her 1er Cru Veroilles from this monopole which is located at the southern tip of Bonnes Mares. Bruno Clair replanted two plots in 1989...
93 JM / 92-94 WA / 90-93 BH Not very intense in colour but we don’t need to worry about that. The nose has a magical fragrance, perhaps due to a higher percentage of whole bunches (40%). There is a nice touch of oak,...
91-93 BH / 91-93 WA / 90-92 VM The 2015 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Petite Chapelle demanded patience for the nose to develop. It eventual does open up and offer attractive crushed strawberry, raspberry preserve and cold...
93 JM / 91-93 BH / 90-92 VM Rich mid purple, salivating ripe fruit here, with plums and a little peachiness. Very suave, with a real kick of ripe cherries behind and the invaluable freshness. Excellent persistence. Tasted:...
90-93 BH / 89-92 JM / 88-90 VM Note: from a 1.7 ha parcel of vines planted in 1902Tasting note: Here too the aromatic profile is quite cool and pure though in this case it's both riper and more deeply pitched with its blend...
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...
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 / 93 BH A mix of En Charlemagne, Le Corton and Les Languettes, so all sides of the hill are covered and the three aspects are nicely blended. Shortly after bottling the wine offers apples, stones, lemons, a little...
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...
91-94 VM / 91-93 BH The Gevrey-Chambertin Lavaux St. Jacques 1er Cru has regularly been one of the stars in this range since it was introduced a few years ago. Dense, ripe and explosive in the glass, the Lavaux is stellar...
89 BH / 87-89 VM This is even fresher and cooler than the Mercurey with its layered nose that offers up wisps of citrus blossom, green apple, white peach, petrol and orange pekoe tea. There is outstanding delineation to the...
90 JM / 89-91 BH / 86-88 VM This is a very different wine because it has been vinified with 100% whole bunches, no sulphur and very light extraction. Glowing bright purple, a really heady nose, ripe, deep cherry. Much...
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...
The vineyard name refers to the many flagstones in the soil. The vineyard is 17.66-hectare Premier Cru climat in the wine commune Savigny-lès-Beaune, situated in Burgundy’s Côte de Beaune. The vineyard is...
Pierre-Yves’s wines have become highly sought-after in recent vintages and in many ways it is a totem of Burgundy’s move towards more micro-négoçiant set-ups. Where once the mantra was that...
89-91 BH Tasting note: This too is fresh, elegant and pure with airy red pinot fruit aromas nuanced by touches of earth and underbrush that can also be found on the detailed, precise and beautifully balanced finish that...
94 JS / 93 WS / 91 WE / 89-92 BH / 16+ JR A dramatic and exciting wine for this appellation as it boasts power, concentration and length that are usually not associated with it. Although this isn't the most charming 2015...
89-92 VM Charles Van Canneyt is the extremely talented winemaker at Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat which is his grandparents property. Charles has been striking out on his own micro-negociant project since the price of land...
95 WS / 94 VM / 91-94 BH An elegant red, with wild cherry, strawberry and boysenberry flavors that border on exotic. Solid tannins offer support and grip, while the fruit elements linger, joined by toasty oak, sandalwood...
94 BH / 92-95 JM 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 terrific...
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 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 and just...
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...
92 BH / 92-95 JM Note: a .55 ha monopole Tasting note: This is also aromatically ripe yet cool with its elegant and pure aromas of red and blue pinot fruit that possess a lovely array of spice and floral elements. The...
93 BH / 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 and...
96-98 VM / 96 JM / 96 DE / 95 WA / 93 BH The 2017 Clos de Tart Grand Cru was matured in around 80% new oak, the barrels toasted “chauffe blonde”. Jacques Devauges mentioned that the wine needed oxygen ingress...
96-98 VM / 96 JM/ 96 DE / 95 WA / 93 BH The 2017 Clos de Tart Grand Cru was matured in around 80% new oak, the barrels toasted “chauffe blonde”. Jacques Devauges mentioned that the wine needed oxygen ingress...
97 WA / 97 JM / 96-98 VM / 93-95 BH The 2019 Clos de Tart Grand Cru has turned out brilliantly. Mingling notes of wild berries and cherries with hints of peonies, rose petal, orange rind, exotic spices and musk, it's...
91-94 JM / 91-93 VM / 91-93 BH / 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...
98 DE / 93-96 JM It’s always a treat to taste Grand Cru Burgundy, of course, and the challenge for our judges is not to be seduced by the vineyard names alone. There was no danger of that here: this young, dark...
97 DE / 92-95 JM There is a massively deep purple colour to this Malconsorts, with bundles of energetic red fruit on the nose. The palate too demonstrates this, some orange zest, otherwise entirely red fruit, no black...
93 WS There is density and viscosity to the texture of this white, which is ideal for its peach, oak spice and mineral flavors. Supple and vibrant at once, this glides to a lingering finish. Drink now through 2026. 200...
95 JM / 93-95 WA / 92-94 BH / 16.5++ JR The wine spent 8 weeks in the vinification vat from which it has emerged as a beautifully graceful wine. Rich glowing imperial purple. The nose suggests power but without losing the...
92 BH A fully mature and seriously pretty nose of spice, earth, underbrush and an interesting hint of the sauvage combines with delicious, round and rich flavors that offer excellent depth and almost none of...
96 DE / 95 VM / 93-96 BH / 93-95 WA / 18+ JR The older vines in de Vogüé's extensive 7.2ha in Musigny date back to 1953 and make a wine that's considerably weightier than the young-vine cuvée. This is...
92 BH Note: exclusively from 1er fruit Tasting note: A more restrained nose reluctantly offers up a bit more deeply pitched nose of violet, plum and anise hints. The sleek, delicious and beguilingly vibrant medium weight...
96 JM / 94 WA Gloriously powerful, huge weight and strength to this wine, the fruit is still full of energy. Can hardly wait to keep this for another 10 years! Hard to see how this could possibly be better. It keeps...
90-92 BH Note: from 40+ year old vines planted in shallow, high clay content soil sitting on a bed of solid rock Tasting note: This too is mildly reduced though it's instantly obvious even through the funk...
91 BH Note: from 40+ year old vines planted in shallow, high clay content soil sitting on a bed of solid rockTasting note: The most elegant wine of the range with a floral and airy nose of extract of red pinot fruit and wet...
93 VM / 93 WA / 92BH (13% alcohol; less than 20 hectoliters per hectare produced): Good bright red. Pretty aromas of dark cherry, menthol and dark chocolate. Rich, broad, ripe and dry; more mouthfilling than the...
94 BH / 94 WA Note: from 40+ year old vines planted in shallow, high clay content soil sitting on a bed of solid rock; from yields of 11 hl/ha in 2016Tasting note: An overtly floral nose combines notes of rose petal, violet...
89-92 VM / 89-91 WA / 89-92 BH Very dark color. Lively aromas of blueberry and violet. Juicy and intense, with very ripe, sweet dark berry and chocolate flavors framed and enlivened by brisk acidity and saline minerality...
91-93 WA / 90-92 JM / 90-92 BH As usual, the 2018 Volnay 1er Cru is blend of Les Pitures and Mitans. More reserved than the Pommard that preceded it, the wine unwinds slowly in the glass, revealing enticing aromas of rose...
92-95 VM / 93+ WA / 91-94 BH (the entire bottom of this vineyard was fried by frost, according to régisseur François Duvivier): Bright, dark red-ruby. Medicinal blueberry and licorice aromas are lifted by a...
92-94 VM The 2017 Volnay Les Champans 1er Cru is tasted from two barrels. It demonstrates wonderful grace and precision with mineral-infused cranberry and wild strawberry fruit. There is a sense of vitality...
92-94 VM / 92+ WA / 91-93 BH Bright ruby. Blackberry, licorice and violet on the perfumed nose. Fine-grained and suave, but with terrific inner-mouth floral lift giving the middle palate a sense of energy. The wine's...
92-94 VM The 2017 Volnay Fremiet 1er Cru has an expressive bouquet with veins of blue fruit that strafe the vibrant raspberry and crushed strawberry. Here there is fine mineralité tucked just underneath. The...
91 WA / 91-93 VM / 91-93 JM The 2017 Beaune 1er Cru Grèves is showing well from bottle, unfurling in the glass with aromas of strawberries, cherries and plums mingled with sweet soil tones and licorice. On the...
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...
93-95 WH / 91-94 BH / 90-92 VM Back to Clos-du-Roi and to a more controlled and refined wine. Is it the vineyard? Or the de Montille style? Or a bit of both? It’s an intense and delicate young wine – fine...
91 JM / 91-93 BH Two thirds whole bunch, 50% new wood. Pinkish purple, really attractive perfume, ripe cherry, very lifted. Then a little light behind, the fruit just makes it to the back. This is good wine but I cannot...
95 BH Tasted from MagnumTasting note: Just as was the case with this wine in 750 ml format (see herein), there is absolutely no bricking to the deep ruby color. This is still almost completely primary with only a touch of...
92-95 JM / 91-94 BH / 91-93+ WA Two thirds whole bunch vinification and a little more new wood. There is a certain density of purple fruit in the middle and a more powerful if more backward behind. There is...
89 VM / 89 WA The 2016 Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise Blanc Les Clous Aimé has a potent asparagus and pear scented bouquet, a touch of toffee apple in the background. The palate is fresh on the entry with a...
89 WA The 2017 Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise Les Clous Aimé unfurls in the glass with scents of waxy orchard fruit, nutmeg and some leesy top notes of freshly baked bread and yeast extract. On the palate, the wine...
89 WA The 2018 Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise Les Clous Aimé is showing nicely, wafting from the glass with aromas of pear, citrus oil, white flowers and beeswax. Medium-bodied, elegant and racy, it's bright and...
89 WA / 88 JM Unwinding in the glass with notes of sweet berry fruit, plums, raw cocoa and spices, the 2019 Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise La Digoine is medium-bodied, lively and succulent, with powdery tannins and fine...
91 DE La Fortune is a single lieu-dit on the slopes above the northern portion of the village of Bouzeron, planted to young vines. This is fermented in open-top wood fermenters, with about one-third whole clusters to...
92 WS / 90 WA / 16+ JR #48 Wine Spectator Top 100 2021 A fresh, crystalline white, this offers lemon, green apple, almond and salty mineral flavors. Though rich, it is detailed and well-defined by vibrant acidity...
91+ WA / 91 JM The 2019 Bouzeron is a particular success, mingling aromas of crisp orchard fruit, white flowers and clear honey with hints of beeswax and freshly baked bread. Medium to full-bodied, layered and unusually...
91 WA / 90 JM The 2018 Rully 1er Cru Rabourcé offers up notions of crisp orchard fruit, orange zest, nutmeg and vanilla pod that's patinated by its maturation in a new foudre purchased expressly to vinify this new...
Somewhere between classic and trendy in style this Pinot Noir is crafted to express more elegance than power in Bourgogne Rouge. It hails from Chassagne-Montrachet, a commune historically known for the quality of its red...
In the village area that rests between the two hills sits an alluvial plain with a lot sand and gravel. This is home to the village lieu-dit, Bourgeots. For some reason, not quite fully understood, Bourgeots has something...
87-89 BH / 86 JM / 88 WA / 16+ JR Tasting note: A notably ripe nose offers up notes of plum, wild dark berry fruit and plenty of earth influence. There is both lovely vibrancy and an attractive texture thanks to the...
88 WA / 87-89 JM Aromas of cherries, wild berries, spices and rose petals introduce Bachelet's irresistible 2019 Bourgogne Pinot Noir, a medium-bodied, bright and concentrated wine that's supple and elegant. For anyone...
96 WA / 95-97 VM / 92-95 BH / 17.5 JR Exquisitely balanced with just 13.2% natural alcohol, Bachelet's 2018 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes has realized all the promise it showed in barrel, wafting from the...
90-92 WA / 90-92 VM / 89 -91 JM Bachelet's 2019 Côte de Nuits-Villages is shaping up beautifully, mingling notes of cassis, plums and cherries with hints of sweet spices and loamy soil in an inviting...
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