Burgundy

d'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru 2016 (750ML)

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...

d'Angerville Volnay Champans 1er Cru 2016 (750ML)

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...

d'Angerville Volnay les Caillerets 1er Cru 2016 (750ML)

93-95 VM / 91-93 WA (the yield was down 25% due to the frost): Very dark ruby-red. Pure, high-pitched aromas of blackberry, violet and crushed rock. A step up in sucrosité and pliancy, offering an almost voluptuous...

Alain Chavy Bourgogne Blanc 2016 (750ML)

The 2016 Bourgogne Chardonnay, matured in used oak, has quite a powerful bouquet for a generic white Burgundy, leaping from the glass with chalky scents complementing the citrus fruit. The palate is fresh on the entry with...

Alain Chavy Puligny Montrachet 2017 (750ML)

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...

Alain Chavy Puligny Montrachet les Pucelles 1er Cru 2017 (750ML)

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...

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...

Benjamin Leroux 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...

Bernard & Thierry Glantenay Volnay Santenots 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

93 VM /16.5 JR The 2015 Volnay 1er Cru shows a lot of reduction on the nose that makes the fruit and terroir difficult to read at the moment. The palate probably indicates the potential more than the aromatics,...

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 Chassagne Montrachet les Caillerets 1er Cru 2016 (750ML)

92 BH The expressive nose also displays a whiff of the exotic on the layered aromas of pear, resin and petrol. I very much like the sense of underlying tension on the mineral-driven and beautifully delineated flavors that...

Blain-Gagnard Criots Batard Montrachet 2017 (750ML)

94 WS / 93 BH The lime blossom, citronella, vanilla and pastry flavors are fused to a gossamer texture and linear profile in this white. The clean lines and purity make for overall harmony, while the finish evokes lemon...

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,...

Chandon de Briailles Corton Bressandes Grand Cru 2016 (750ML)

94 WA / 91-94 VM / 91-93 BH The 2016 Corton Bressandes Grand Cru is also showing extremely well, unfurling in the glass with aromas of cassis, ripe plums, dark chocolate, dried flowers and spices. On the palate, it's...

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 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...

Comte de Vogue Chambolle Musigny AC 2015 (750ML)

89-91 BH / 89-91 WA / 88-90 VM Tasting note: A very pretty and elegant nose merges notes of spice and floral elements with those of red and dark currant. There is fine richness to the relatively full-bodied flavors that...

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...

Comtes Lafon Volnay Santenots 1er Cru 2013 (1.5L)

91 BH / 91-93 WA Note: from 40+ year old vines planted in shallow, high clay content soil sitting on a bed of solid rock; 15 hl/ha Tasting note: A notably fresh nose features aromas of kirsch, spice, red currant and herbal...

Confuron-Cotetidot Echezeaux Grand Cru 2015 (750ML)

95 VM / 18 JR Bright red-ruby. Wonderfully sappy scents of black cherry and boysenberry are considerably more expressive today than those of the 2016. Suave and spicy on the palate, showing compelling sweetness to its red...

Courcel Pommard Grand Clos Des Epenots 1er Cru 2008 (750ML)

94 BH / 91 WS An unusually high-toned nose also displays a touch of wood that sets off subtle lower register notes of earth and humus that carry over to the textured and relatively supple medium weight plus flavors that...

Courcel Pommard Grand Clos Des Epenots 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

94 WS / 93 BH / 93 VM / 18 JR A dense, well-structured style, yet with ample black cherry, blackberry, violet and iron flavors for balance. This red unfolds nicely, leaving a complex finish that introduces an accent of...

d'Angerville Volnay Champans 1er Cru 2017 (750ML)

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...

d'Angerville Volnay Fremiet 1er Cru 2017 (750ML)

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...

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 Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru 2016 (750ML)

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...

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 2016 (750ML)

93-96 VM / 93-95 WA / 92-95 BH (vinified with two-thirds whole clusters and aged in 60% new oak; no frost damage here but the yield was just under 40 hectoliters per hectare): Healthy dark red. Explosive aromas of black...

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

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...

de Villaine Bourgogne Rouge Cote Chalonnaise la Fortune 2016 (750ML)

90 VM "The 2016 Bourgogne La Fortune has a lovely raspberry and blackberry bouquet with a subtle sea influence coming through with aeration. The palate is surprisingly structured for a Bourgogne Rouge with black pepper and...

de Villaine Bouzeron Aligote 2017 (750ML)

93 DE / 90 WA / 90 WS Pierre de Benoist says that he wants bitterness in his wine and, in the best possible way, he gets what he wants: this is racy and refined, its greenness and salinity balanced by pretty white fruit...

Desaunay-Bissey Grands 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...

Domaine de l'Arlot Mont des Oiseaux 2015 (750ML)

90-92 WA / 89-91 VM The 2015 Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Mont des Oiseaux is the same vineyard as the Petit Arlot, which is to say that it still comes from the younger vines in Clos de l'Arlot. At the time of my visit, the...

Domaine de la Bongran (Thevenet) Vire-Clesse Cuvee E.J. Thevenet 2014 (750ML)

94 WA The 2014 Viré-Clessé Cuvée E. J. Thevenet is showing very well, unwinding in the glass with aromas of green orchard fruit, almond paste and honeycomb that are still quite youthfully reserved. On...

Domaine Matrot Meursault 2017 (750ML)

88 BH Tasting note: Pungent aromas feature notes of gun flint, citrus and hazelnut. The delicious, detailed and attractively vibrant medium-bodied flavors possess an appealing texture before concluding in a clean and dry...

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 2015 (750ML)

96 BH Tasting note: This is more restrained still though aggressive swirling eventually coaxes the gorgeously broad-ranging nose to reveal an even more floral and spicier mélange of red and dark currant, Asian-style...

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 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,...

Duroche Gevrey Chambertin Le Clos 2015 (750ML)

90-92 WA The 2015 Gevrey Chambertin Le Clos, which comes from vines located near the church inside the village, veers more towards red fruit on the nose: strawberry pastilles and redcurrant, a touch of orange sorbet. The...

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

Eugenie Vosne Romanee Village 2016 (750ML)

16.5 JR / 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. No whole...

Eugenie Vosne Romanee Village Clos D'Eugenie 2016 (750ML)

17 JR / 90-92 WA 60% whole bunch. Just six barriques. Not a registered name; a commercial name. Racked and in tank. Just beside the winery and walled. Deep garnet. Sweet and fragrant in a floral sort of way. Masses of...

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...