Burgundy

A. P. de Villaine Bourgogne Blanc les Clous Aime 2017 (750ML)

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...

A. P. de Villaine Bouzeron Aligote 2015 (750ML)

A. P. de Villaine Bouzeron Aligote 2017 (750ML)

93 DE / 90 WA 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. The...

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 St Aubin en Remilly 1er Cru 2017 (750ML)

89-91 VM The 2017 Saint-Aubin En Remilly 1er Cru matures in 30% new oak, feels very primal on the nose, not quite expressing the terroir with the clarity of its peers, at least at the moment. The palate is showing more...

Arnoux-Lachaux Nuits-Saint-Georges 2010 (750ML)

90 WS "A dark well of black cherry, plum and charred oak aromas and flavors are allied to equally dense tannins. Muscular, if a bit monolithic, with a spice and tar finish. Impressive, but for fans of the style. Drink now...

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...

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 2017 (750ML)

95 WS / 93 BH A spicy version and opulent, boasting buttered brioche, vanilla, peach, mineral and citronella flavors. Its creamy texture and harmony belie its complexity, but the finish is long and satisfying. Best from...

Blain-Gagnard Le Montrachet 2005 (750ML)

93 BH Tasting note: This is the most elegant and refined wine in the range and while the nose is presently rather reserved, it offers notes of clove, anise, white flower and green apple that complement to perfection the...

Bonneau Du Martray Corton Charlemagne 2016 (1.5L)

95 VM / 94 WA (production was half of normal in 2016; aged in 30% new oak and bottled at the beginning of April of this year): Pale yellow-green. High-pitched aromas of citrus peel, menthol, lavender and white pepper...

Bruno Clair Gevrey Chambertin les Cazetieres 1er Cru 2014 (750ML)

94 WA / 92 BH Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2014 tasting, the 2014 Gevrey Chambertin 1Er Cru Cazetiers has a powerful bouquet with plenty of black cherry, sous bois and subtle licorice notes emerging with time in the glass...

Bruno Clavelier Vosne Romanee les Beaumonts 1er 2016 (750ML)

94 WS / 90-92 VM Shows terrific depth to the aromas and flavors of black currant, blueberry, graphite, earth and baking spices. Delivers weight and length, with overall balance and a long aftertaste that echoes the core 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...

Chateau des Quarts Pouilly Fuisse Clos des Quarts Monopole 2015 (750ML)

92 BH / 93 WA Note: a monopole with a large percentage of the vines that were planted in 1917 Tasting note: Notes of smoky reduction and petrol precede the intense, dense and sleek medium-bodied flavors that exhibit...

Clos De Tart Grand Cru 2017 (750ML)

96-98 VM / 96 DE / 93-95 WA / 91-94 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...

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 2015 (750ML)

97 DE / 95 WA / 95 BH / 94 VM Deep red, almost to the embarrassment of the winemaker, but it's on account of the small berries and ratio of skins to juice. Heady and sumptuous nose, with cherries and black fruits,...

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...

Confuron-Cotetidot Vosne Romanee les Suchots 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

95+ VM / 91-94 BH / 17+ JR Dark red-ruby. Incredible nose melds black raspberry, licorice, Asian spices, minerals and cocoa powder. Densely packed and powerfully structured but the wine's finesse of texture ensures a...

Courcel Pommard Grand Clos Des Epenots 1er Cru 2010 (750ML)

93 BH / 92 VM / 90 WS 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...

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 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 Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Thorey 1er Cru 2016 (1.5L)

91-93 WA / 90-93 BH The 2016 Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Aux Thorey includes two-thirds whole cluster fruit, matured in 50% new oak. It has a fragrant bouquet with hints of crushed violet suffusing the red berry fruit, more...

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...

de Montille Vosne Romanee les Malconsorts 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

94 -97 VM / 93-95 WA / 92-94 BH 100% vendange entier; 60% new oak): Bright dark red. Knockout discreet nose combines raspberry, Oriental spices, rose petal and flinty minerality. Extremely intense in the mouth, with its...

de Montille Vosne Romanee Pommard les Rugiens-Bas 1er Cru 2016 (750ML)

92-94 VM / 92-94 WA / 91-93 BH (one-third vendange entier; 40% new oak; just racked following a very late malo): Healthy medium red. Compelling aromas and flavors of redcurrant, iron, rose petal and minerals. At once silky...

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 Laroche Chablis 2016 (750ML)

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 Laroze Latricieres Chambertin 2016 (750ML)

94-96 WA The 2016 Latricieres Chambertin Grand Cru, like the Chapelle-Chambertin, includes around 40% whole bunch fruit. This is incredibly pure on the nose, very focused, brimming full of energy. It foregoes the...

Dugat-Py Bourgogne Halinard 2011 (750ML)

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,...

Etienne Sauzet Puligny Montrachet Les Combettes 1er Cru 2016 (750ML)

94 BH / 93 VM Tasting note: Vestiges of post-bottling sulfur don't completely mask the otherwise elegant citrus, white pear and acacia blossom aromas. The detailed, intense and concentrated medium weight plus flavors...

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 Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru 2017 (750ML)

18 JR / 94-95 WH / 91-94 BH A reticent if broad-ranging nose is composed of quite deeply pitched essence of plum, dark currant, violet, lilac and a hint of sandalwood. There is a highly beguiling inner mouth perfume to the...

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

17+ JR On calcaire de Premeaux. Four casks. 50% new oak, 60% whole bunch. Very deep crimson. Less exuberant than the village wines. Lots of stoniness on the palate. Very firm framework. (And a very cold sample straight...

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...

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

92-94 WA / 17 JR 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...

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...

Faiveley Bienvenues Batard Montrachet 2012 (750ML)

89-92 BH The highly expressive nose features notes of honeysuckle, pit fruit and olive oil hints. There is excellent vibrancy and lovely delineation to the seductively textured medium-bodied flavors that possess a refined...

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...