Burgundy

Arnoux-Lachaux Latricieres Chambertin 2010 (750ML)

93-95 BH / 90-92 VM A fresh but quite restrained and noticeably cool nose of herb and stone-infused wild red berry fruit aromas precedes impressively intense, powerful and agreeably rich medium-bodied flavors that ooze a...

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...

Bernard Defaix Cote de Lechet 1er Cru Reserve Chablis 2014 (750ML)

93 BH 93 Points Burghound: From 50+ year old vines aged in 40% oak though none of it is new. As is typically the case with this cuvée the wood treatment is a bit more prominent. Slightly riper aromas that consist of...

Billaud Simon Chablis 2013 (750ML)

Beautiful yellow color with pale green reflections. The nose is alluring with a distinctive Chablis style of vine peaches, banana, citrus and a touch of brioche. The palate is well-balanced between richness, freshness and...

Billaud-Simon Chablis les Blanchots 2014 (750ML)

93-95 BH Note: from a small .18 ha parcel of vines planted in 1971 that directly abut Les Clos; note that one of the few changes that Faiveley has made to the wine making style involves radically reducing the oak program...

Blain-Gagnard Chassagne Montrachet les Caillerets 1er Cru 2014 (750ML)

94 WS / 92 BH / 92 WA A lush, harmonious version, featuring aromas and flavors of white flowers, lemon curd, peach and vanilla. The good cut meshes well with the texture, while the finish evokes Key lime pie. Drink now...

Blain-Gagnard Criot Batard Montrachet 2014 (750ML)

94 BH As is usually the case this is riper than the Caillerets with its spicy compote-scented aromas of ginger, pear, white peach, apricot and yellow peach. There is outstanding volume and richness to the overtly powerful...

Bruno Clavelier Chambolle Musigny La Combe d'Orveau 1er Cru 2015 (1.5L)

92-94 BH/93-96 VM Planted with vines of 20+ and 65+ years of age that sit directly above Musigny Tasting note: Here the wood treatment is a bit less subtle though not so much as to significantly impede the appreciation of...

Bruno Clavelier Vosne Romanee les Beaumonts 1er 2015 (1.5L)

91-93 BH/92-94 VM This is aromatically even prettier with its equally perfumed, spicy and airy nose of rose petal, violet, red cherry, Asian-style tea and soft wood nuances. There is an attractive mineral streak running...

Camus Pere & Fils Chambertin 2009 (750ML)

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 Vosne Romanee Malconsorts 1er Cru 2015 (1.5L)

91-94 BH/93-94 WH ‘Sweet Spot – Outstanding’ A notably ripe and wonderfully spicy nose reflects notes of liqueur-like dark cherry, cassis, plum and violet. The dense, serious and markedly powerful...

Comtes Lafon Monthelie Les Duresses 2010 (750ML)

89-91 AM Good deep, bright red. Sexy oak spices, mint and menthol on the nose. Sweet, round and deep, with lovely vinosity giving shape and lift to the dark cherry and spice flavors. Offers excellent texture and palate...

Denis Mortet Clos De Vougeot 2009 (750ML)

94-96 WA / 96 WS The 2009 Clos de Vougeot is a strikingly beautiful wine laced with sweet red fruit and flowers. Silky tannins frame the long, textured fruit. This is a totally long, seamless wine that impresses for its...

Domaine De L'Arlot Nuits Saint Georges Clos De Forets St Georges 2009 (750ML)

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 Malandes Chablis le Clos Grand Cru 2014 (750ML)

92-95 Burghound ‘Don’t Miss’ There is just enough wood to notice present on the cool, airy and distinctly floral nose that possess a broad range of Chablis characters that continue onto the powerful,...

Domaine Leflaive Bourgogne Blanc 2011 (750ML)

*Outstanding!* (includes some declassified villages wine). A very pretty and reasonably complex nose features notes of citrus peel, white flower and peach aromas. There is good vibrancy to the lightly mineral-inflected...

Domaine Leflaive Meursault 1Er Cru Blagny 2011 (750ML)

89-91 BH This is also very fresh if restrained with relatively high-toned aromas of white peach, floral notes and lemon zest that carry over onto the rich, attractively well-delineated and delicious middle weight flavors...

Dominique Laurent Nuit St Georges les Damodes 1er Cru 2010 (750ML)

91-93 VM (from very old vines on a steep slope; no fertilizers were ever used here, according to Laurent): Good deep red. Lovely lift to the blackberry and licorice aromas. Sappy, deep and high-toned, with taut acidity...

Drc La Tache 1999 (750ML)

99 BH Tasting note: Everything that I saw from cask made it into bottle intact and words remain inadequate to describe just how good this wine is as the '99 is a classic La Tâche in every respect with its incredibly...

Drc Richebourg 1999 (750ML)

97 WA / 94-97 RP Oh yes. Oh yes, yes, yes. This 1999 Richebourg Grand Cru is a bit like a great athlete, one who really shows its class against stiff opposition, here in the form of 18 other Richebourg! It follows the same...

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 Echezeaux 2014 (750ML)

92-94 WA / 94 BH / 93+ VM   “The 2014 Echézeaux Grand Cru has a clean, precise bouquet, quite broody and introspective, a subtle marine influence infusing the black and red fruit. The palate is...

Dujac Morey St Denis 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

90-92 BH / 89-92 VM   A ripe yet agreeably fresh nose features notes of plum, spice, earth and pretty floral nuances. There is both good richness and punch to the medium-bodied and fleshy flavors that tighten up...

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...

Dujac Vosne Romanee Aux Malconsorts 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

93-95 VM / 92-94 BH Bright, full red. Darker on the nose than the Beaux Monts, offering reticent but pure scents of blackberry and crushed stone. Larger-scaled and deeper than the Beaux Monts and sweeter too, with its...

Eugenie Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 2014 (750ML)

95 BH  95 Points Allen Meadows: “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...

Eugenie Echezeaux Grand Cru 2014 (750ML)

93 BH / 90-92 WA 93 Points Allen Meadows: “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...

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

Eugenie Vosne Romanee Village 2012 (750ML)

89 BH 89 Points Burghound: Here the exuberantly spicy nose is clean and very fresh with its aromas of red currant, floral nuances, exotic tea and earth hints. There is more volume and a bit more richness as well to the...

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 2014 (750ML)

90 BH / 88-90 WA 90 Points Allen Meadows: “A top note of menthol is present on the more elegant and slightly spicier nose of violets, tea and black pinot fruit. There is a more refined mouth feel to the rich and...

F. Lamarche Bourgogne Haut Cotes De Nuits 2013 (750ML)

F. Lamarche Vosne Romanee 2013 (750ML)

F. Lamarche Vosne Romanee Malconsorts 2013 (750ML)

93-95 WA The 2013 Vosne-Roman'e 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts came across as more surly and backward on the nose when I tasted it at the domaine. The fruit is darker than the La Croix Rameau with blackberry leaf, cranberry,...

Faiveley Chablis Les Clos 2012 (750ML)

93 VM / 90 BH Straw-yellow. Aromas of peach nectar and orange zest are brightened by crushed stone and minerals. Broad, dry and light on its feet, showing noteworthy energy to its flavors of peach and briney oyster shell...

Faiveley Chablis Les Preuses 2014 (750ML)

Faiveley Chambertin Clos De Beze 2015 (750ML)

93-96 BH / 93-96 VM / 94-95 JS Discreet but not invisible wood serves as a backdrop for the airy, ripe and very pure red and dark cherry, earth and wonderfully broad-ranging spice notes. There is terrific punch to the big,...

Faiveley Chambolle Musigny Charmes 2012 (750ML)

90-93 BH An ultra-elegant and intensely floral nose of red currant and raspberry aromas is trimmed in just enough wood to notice. There is a lacy and pure mouth feel to the lightly mineral-inflected medium weight flavors...

Faiveley Clos De Vougeot 2012 (750ML)

92-94 BH This isn't quite as spicy as the Ech but it's just as fresh with a brooding and highly complex nose of pungently earthy dark berry fruit and lightly floral-inflected scents. While this is concentrated and serious...

Faiveley Corton Clos Des Cortons 2014 (750ML)

93-95 BH / 93+ VM A fresh, cool and moderately restrained nose speaks of various red and dark berries along with plenty of iron-inflected earth, animale and pretty floral nuances. The lush, even opulent flavors certainly...

Faiveley Echezeaux 2012 (750ML)

91-93 BH This is also exuberantly fresh if quite restrained with a lovely spice character to the primarily red currant suffused nose. I very much like the complexity of the seductively textured medium weight flavors that...

Faiveley Latricieres Chambertin 2015 (750ML)

93-96 BH / 93-95 VM / 93-94 JS A ripe yet airy and cool nose offers up aromas of essence of red and dark raspberry with plenty of floral influence along with subtle spice, earth and herbal tea nuances. There is terrific...

Faiveley Mazis Chambertin 2015 (750ML)

93-95 BH / 93-96 VM A more deeply pitched nose is composed by notes of dark berry fruit, spice, earth and a hint of animale. There is obvious minerality to the rich, full and naturally sweet broad-scaled yet relatively...

Faiveley Nsg Les Porets St. Georges 2012 (750ML)

89-92 BH There is excellent complexity to the well-layered nose of red pinot fruit, cherry, plum, earth and sandalwood. I very much like the mouth feel to the ripe and enveloping medium-bodied flavors that brim with dry...

Faiveley Pommard Rugiens 2012 (750ML)

Faiveley Volnay Santenots 2012 (750ML)

92 WS Juicy and intense, with concentrated cherry, black currant, spice and mineral aromas and flavors. A touch of anise graces the long aftertaste as this finds balance and persistence. Best from 2017 through 2029...

Geantet-Pansiot Chambolle Musigny les Feusselottes 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

90-92 BH A much more elegant nose displays cool and ultra-fresh aromas of both red and dark pinot fruit that is trimmed in much more subtle oak nuances. The mouth feel is also noticeably finer with lovely detail and...