96 WS / 95 WA / 95 VM / 93-95 BH The 2016 Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Ducs is a stunning young wine, unwinding in the glass with a beautiful but reserved bouquet of rose petal, candied violet, red cherries, plums, dark...
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...
86-88 NM The 2017 Bourgogne Chardonnay has a pleasant light green apple and lime scented bouquet. The palate is crisp and taut, and without any new oak contact (just one to five years old oak), it possesses a linearity and...
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...
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...
90 - 92 WA The 2015 St Aubin 1er Cru en Remilly was tightly wound on the nose when I tasted it from vat, only reluctantly revealing cold limestone, dewy pasture-like scents. The palate is crisp and taut on the entry with a...
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...
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...
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 clay in it than the upper part of the slope, and wines from Gruenchers tend to be a...
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...
93 VM / 92 DE / 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...
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...
91-93 VM / 90-92 WA The 2017 Fixin Les Crais comes from vines on ancient alluvial soils, in a single parcel of 1.30 hectares with vines aged between 10 and 80 years. Aged in 20% new oak, it has a very pure bouquet with...
89-91 VM / 89-91 WA from parcels Planted in 1935, 1949, 1955 The 2017 Vosne-Romanée Village comes from two parcels: Les Réas and Rivière, next to Arnaux-Lachaux’s winery. The well-defined bouquet...
93-96 JM / 94 WS / 93 BH The domaine owns 3 plots, one pulled out in 2016, the other two dating back to 1986 and 1977. The soil gets more clay and darker as you head north into Puligny. Bright crisp fresh, appealing. A...
95 JM / 94 WA / 92-94 BH Once picking started, the Bonneau du Martray team went at the harvest full tilt. The wine has been made mostly in barrel for the first year, but using a wide variety of containers: 350 litre, 500...
96 VM / 94-97 JM / 93-96 BH The 2016 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru has a generous and pleasing nose with scents of strawberry preserve, crushed stone, rose petals and subtle orange-blossom. This is refined and...
91-93 WA / 90-93 BH / 90-92 VM The 2015 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos du Fonteny, a monopole of the domaine, has a delightful bouquet with lively red cherry and crushed strawberry aromas. The palate is well balanced with...
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...
87 BH This could be from no other grape variety than aligoté with its markedly spiced citrus, pear and soft floral nuances. The highly energetic, pure and well-detailed flavors display a refreshing salinity on the...
86-88 VM / 86-88 BH The 2017 Bourgogne from Camille Giroud is an attractive, fruity wine to drink now and over the next few years. More than anything else, the Bourgogne shows the raciness of the vintage off to great effect...
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...
91-93 BH / 90 -93 JM / 89-92 VM A discreet application of wood sets off the deeply pitched aromas that include plenty of floral elements with those of plum, pungent earth and soft sauvage hints. The more concentrated and...
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...
90-93 JM / 89-91 VM / 89-91 BH Fine even purple. This has a very gracious, classy red fruit bouquet, a mix of different berries with ripe griotte cherries to the fore. 50% whole bunch vinification is well mastered. No more...
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...
91+ WA The rare 2016 Corton Grand Cru Blanc wafts from the glass with aromas of green apple, yellow orchard fruit, peaches, pastry cream and white flowers. On the palate, it's full-bodied, ample and...
92 BH Note: three separate plantings with an average age of about 35+ yearsTasting note: As it often is, the nose is more elegant though more reserved with refined red pinot fruit and obvious minerality that continues onto...
92 BH Note: three separate plantings with an average age of about 33 yearsTasting note: As it often is, the nose is more elegant though more reserved with refined red pinot fruit and obvious minerality that continues onto...
92-94 BH Note: three separate plantings with an average vine age of about 35 yearsTasting note: This is also very ripe but here the cassis, violet and black berry aromas are noticeably fresher. The rich, intense and...
94 BH / 92 VM Note: three separate plantings with an average age of about 33 years Tasting note: Reduction presently dominates the nose and I would again strongly suggest decanting this first if you're...
91-93 BH Note: from a parcel situated directly above that of Coche-Dury in Aloxe-Corton Tasting note: Reduction. The flavors here are almost as big, weighty and bold as those of the Corton Blanc with a very...
92-94 BH Note: this has the highest average age of the grands crus at 35+ years of ageTasting note: A spicy, ripe, and expressive nose features distinct floral notes amongst the red and blue berry fruit but the big and...
93-95 BH Note: this has the highest average vine age of these grands crus at 40+ years of ageTasting note: This is especially ripe, indeed to the point where there are notes of dry Porto yet, almost incongruously, it seems...
90-92 BH Note: a mix of vine ages though the oldest date from 1938 Tasting note: A classy, pure, refined and ultra elegant nose of crushed red pinot, raspberry and subtle earth notes complements the focused, spicy...
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...
96-98 VM / 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 during...
98 DE / 93-95 VM / 92-94 BH / 91-93+ WA Absolutely bursting with blue and red fruits, the concentration is deceptive here, as it starts out juicy and full of air, but after a few minutes in the glass you start to feel the...
92 DE / 91-93 BH / 89-91 VM / 88-90 WA This was previously a cuvée made by Clos de Tart only in certain years (often when they needed greater selection for the first wine) but it will now be produced annually from...
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...
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...
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...
89-91 BH / 90 VM Note: from a blend of fruit that includes parcels of villages vines in En la Barre, Crotots, Clos de la Baronne and Luraule plus the usual declassified juice from young vines Genevrières and...
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...
95 WA The 2008 Volnay-Santenots is incomparably classy. Dark berries, spices and licorice are some of the nuances that emerge from this strikingly pure, beautiful wine. The Santenots possesses marvelous integrity and...
92-94 BH Note: from 40+ year old vines planted in shallow, high clay content soil sitting on a bed of solid rockTasting note: This is easily the most floral-infused nose in the range along with an elegant, pure and airy...
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...
94 DE / 91 BH Opulent cherry and raspberry nose – generously fruity, Rich, rounded, full-bodied and very concentrated palate where the tannins are majestic but not extracted. Harmonious and persuasive wine with a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
94 WA The 2019 Morgon Corcelette Vieilles Vignes Sable is excellent, unfurling in the glass with aromas of cherries, plums, violets and orange rind. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and muscular, built around succulent...
95 WA The 2019 Morgon Les Delys Vignes plantées en 1926 has turned out brilliantly, wafting from the glass with aromas of ripe cherries, blackberries, strawberries, sweet soil tones and spices. Medium to...
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...
91-93 BH / 89-93 VM Tasting note: Here the nose is more deeply pitched with notes of earth, game, smoke and underbrush adding interest to the briar and red berry fruit aromas that lead to serious, brooding and reserved...
91 VM / 90-92 BH (two-thirds vendange entier Palish red. Raspberry, smoke and minerals on the nose. Fine-grained and vibrant, with captivating floral lift to the sweet raspberry and mineral flavors. This very juicy grand...
92-94 BH Tasting note: Soft wood frames the spicy and discreetly earth and animale-infused mix of red and dark berry fruit aromas where the earth continues onto the big, muscular and powerful flavors that brim with...
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...
92-94 BH / 92+ VM Tasting note: Incredibly dense black fruit of remarkable complexity gives way to what may be the most concentrated mid-palate of the entire range with spicy, pure, deep, broad, indeed almost masculine...
90-92 VM / 89-91 WA / 90 JM The 2017 Saint-Aubin En Remilly 1er Cru matures in 15% new oak, has a vibrant wet limestone, Granny Smith apple and subtle white peach scented bouquet. The palate is well balanced with an intense...
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...
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...
90 WA / 16+ JR Aromas of green apple, pear, white flowers and beeswax introduce the 2018 Bouzeron, a medium-bodied, racy wine with an elegantly satiny attack, bright acids and a long, precise finish. This is a touch more...
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...
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