Domaine Anne Gros Echezeaux Les Loachausses Grand Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

Pierre Paillard Les Terres Roses Bouzy Grand Cru Rose Champagne - France

The pale pink color of this rosé hints of a well-structured wine with pure aromatics. Notes of mineral and Iris blossom are followed by aromas of raspberry and red currant plus fresh-squeezed grapefruit and mandarin orange. There is a tantalizing... ... more

Domaine Bruno Clavelier Gevrey-Chambertin Les Corbeaux Premier Cru 2015 Red Wine - France

The estate's Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Corbeaux benefits from the flow of fresh air from the Lavaux valley which brings balance, finesse and a more airy feel. The wine is always expressed with beautiful fruit and a great deal of precision in the... ... more

Domaine Tawse Savigny-les-Beaune Les Vergelesses Premier Cru Blanc 2019 White Wine - France

Les Vergelesses is situated east of Savigny-les-Beaune village, on north side of the valley of the small river called Rhoin, close to Pernand-Vergelesses and the Grand Cru sites of Corton. It has a perfect south-east aspect, with gently inclining... ... more

Domaine Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Le Musigny Grand Cru 2014 Red Wine - France

Fine bright colour, exquisitely refined bouquet with amazing intensity. The aromatics just grow steadily – far from blockbuster but quite exquisite. There are floral notes too as well as fruit, violets and peonies, alongside dense dark cherries.... ... more

Chateau Les Grands Chenes 2016 Red Wine - France

Very attractive red fruit and spices with a background, tarry edge that leads to a palate that offers ample sweet fruit on first impression with bright acidity and a long, fresh and flavorful, darker-fruit finish. Try from 2021. This ripe wine is... ... more

Louis Latour Echezeaux Grand Cru 2019 Red Wine - France

This Grands Echézeaux Grand Cru 2019, of a dark ruby color, expresses a complex nose with blackcurrant, clove and mocha aromas. The palate is ample and round offering a beautiful freshness. It uncovers licorice, mocha and almond paste notes.... ... more

Domaine les Grands Bois Rasteau Cuvee Marc 2019 Red Wine - France

Full, rich, and concentrated, this classically styled Rasteau offers up loads of black fruits, minerality, earth, and spice. This will benefit from a few years in the cellar, and will keep improving for at least a decade. Blend: 50% Grenache, 25%... ... more

Domaine Confuron-Cotetidot Nuits-St-Georges Les Vignes-Rondes Premier Cru 2017 Red Wine - France

Here the wood treatment isn't subtle and while it stops short of fighting with the spicy aromas of violet and red currant, it's close. Otherwise there is terrific punch to the relatively refined medium-bodied flavors thanks to the dense but... ... more

Domaine Parent Monthelie Les Champs Fulliot Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

A gourmet wine, very pleasant with a nice fruit expression in the nose as well as in the mouth. Lots of freshness and round tannins. From purchased grapes, in what is nearly a clos, entirely destemmed. 30% new wood. Rich, mid-purple, exuberant ripe... ... more

Lignier-Michelot Morey-St-Denis Les Genavrieres Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

80% whole bunch. Huge black intensity, apparently every year including 2021. The bouquet is ungiving at first, almost too solid to give away any detail. Virgile obviously loves it. Nothing like as untouchable on the palate with some blackberry... ... more

Domaine Parent Pommard Les Chanlins Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

A sensual, elegant, and classy wine. A powerful nose made of black fruits, enhanced with floral notes. The mouth is deep, mineral, and has well matured tannins. Here too there is enough wood and menthol influence to merit pointing out on the spice... ... more

Domaine Parent Pommard Les Croix Noires Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

A fleshy and greedy wine, with unctuous tannins. A strong character, but an elegant wine. 30% whole bunches and one third new wood. Lively fresh crimson purple with an energetic red fruit. Very pretty notes thereafter and the structure is sound in... ... more

Domaine Parent Pommard Les Epenots Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

Delicacy, density, and an innate sense of balance are typical of this great wine. Its color is intense, the nose is very expressive with violet and red fruits aromas like cherry or raspberry , which express a great complexity. The mouth is fleshy... ... more

Domaine Parent Pommard Les Argillieres Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

A delicate wine, very subtle, an harmonious aromatic expression made of spicy and stone fruits notes. A mellow and gourmet mouth, with fine and supple tannins make of this premier cru a fully seductive and charming wine. One third each whole bunch... ... more

Domaine Parent Corton Les Renardes Grand Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

An intense garnet-red and brilliant color. The nose is dense and complex with black fruits and wood mushrooms aromas. A broad-ranging and ripe nose offers up an equal plethora of floral nuances on the slightly riper array of black raspberry liqueur,... ... more

Domaine Taupenot-Merme Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Pruliers Premier Cru 2018 Red Wine - France

Incredible elegance for Pruliers, power and finesse in spades. Just on the edge of the hail zone. Deepish purple, plump dark fruit, some of the prunes, quite weighty could be fresher, slightly dry tannins behind. Muscular and not yet quite in place.... ... more

Domaine Felettig Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

A blend of purchased fruit from Aux Combottes and Les Combottes, Felettig's 2020 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru is showing especially well, wafting from the glass with aromas of raspberries, rose petals and orange rind. Medium to full-bodied, floral and... ... more

Domaine Michel Gros Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Chaliots 2020 Red Wine - France

Here too there is a touch of wood setting off the wild black currant, earth and sauvage scents. There is again good punch to the mouth coating flavors that display better balance on the slightly longer and more structured finale. Barrel Sample: 88-91 ... more

Domaine Armand Heitz Pommard Les Rugiens Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

The image of the Pommard appellation in general is totally influenced by the Rugiens wines: masculine, powerful, a little rustic. The wines are aromatic, extremely balanced and expressive of their terroir - classic nods to old-school Burgundy... ... more

Nicole Lamarche Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

A more elegant and more floral-suffused if decidedly restrained nose requires some aggressive swirling to gradually reveal its aromas of cool essence of red cherry, Asian-style tea and hints of soy and hoisin. The lilting but almost painfully... ... more

Domaine Parent Corton Les Renardes Grand Cru 2018 Red Wine - France

An intense garnet-red and brilliant color. The nose is dense and complex with black fruits and wood mushrooms aromas. The mouth is powerful, crunchy and balanced with fine and elegant tannins, and lingering finish. 100% whole bunch and 100% new... ... more

Domaine Testut Chablis Montee de Tonnerre Premier Cru 2021 White Wine - France

Powerful and complex. The Montee de Tonnerre is often quoted as the best Premier Crus in Chablis. Situated next to the Grand Crus its superior exposition gives the wine consistency each and every year. ... more

Domaine Philippe Brocourt Chinon Les Graviers 2021 Red Wine - France

Immensely drinkable and rewarding, with a brilliant ruby color. Aromas reveal red fruits with a touch of pepper and a warm roasted note. The palate is balanced with flavors of pepper, raspberry, and blackcurrant. Good volume and freshness are... ... more

Domaine Drouhin-Laroze Chambertin-Clos de Beze Grand Cru 2019 Red Wine - France

The Chambertin Clos De Bèze has an intense purple color with a fragrance of small red fruits and liquorice on the nose providing strong aromatic majestic quality. On the palate the attack is balanced, clear, sound and rich. Its melted, spicy and... ... more

Domaine Jean Chartron St-Aubin Les Murgers des Dents de Chien Premier Cru 2021 White Wine - France

Rewardingly ripe, with creamy apricot fruit on the nose and hints of butter and hazelnut. The texture balances a very pleasant ripeness and plump texture with refreshingly crisp acidity to create a persistent, lingering finish. The domaine owns a... ... more

Domaine Joliet Fixin Clos de la Perriere Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

This wine continues to be a touchstone for the northern Côte de Nuits. The wine is still aging, so we tasted each component separately. The northern part of the vineyard is a bit less forward; it is more tannic, and the acidity is sharper. The... ... more

Domaine Jessiaume Beaune Les Cents Vignes Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

The domaine-owned parcel of Cents Vignes has delivered a lovely result in 2021, with a fairly deep ruby hue and aromas of ripe mulberry and peppery, earthy notes. The wine has only moderate density and weight, but the fruit character is sustained... ... more

Domaine Jessiaume Santenay Les Gravieres Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

This ‘classique’ cuvée of Gravières is what is left after the old vines for the ‘Numerus Clausus’ bottling are removed (approximately 3.8 hectares). The remaining fruit still makes a compelling wine, with ripe red and black berry fruit... ... more

Domaine Jessiaume Auxey-Duresses Les Ecussaux Premier Cru Blanc 2021 White Wine - France

The Ecusseaux Blanc from Jessiaume struck me as rich for an Auxey, particularly in 2021. There are ripe apple, quince, and pear aromas with baking spice accents. The texture has impressive density and extract, with plenty of acidity to carry it.... ... more

Domaine Jessiaume Volnay 2021 Red Wine - France

The village Volnay from Jessiaume is partly young vines from the domaine-owned parcel of premier cru Brouillard, supplemented with purchased grapes from Grand Poisots a bit further down. The combination produced a wine with a lovely dark plum fruit... ... more

Domaine Jessiaume Volnay Les Brouillards Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

The 2021 Brouillards is a pale ruby hue and less forward initially but opens with time. There is a bit of reduction at first, but the wine is much more impressive on the palate, with somewhat imposing tannins and a marvelously lingering finish. The... ... more

Domaine Henri Delagrange Pommard Les Bertins Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

The wine is deep red, dark purple ruby, very full, combining power, balance, roundness and charm. In his youth, the nose offers small black fruits (blackberry, bilberry). As it matures, it takes on aromas of truffled earth, chocolate, hot leather... ... more

Arnoux Pere & Fils Corton Le Rognet Grand Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

Corton Grand Cru from a .5 hectare vineyard located near the village of Ladoix Serrigny. The soils here are largely comprised of grave, chalk and stone. ... more

Jean-Baptiste Boudier Pernand-Vergelesses Les Fichots Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

This electric red Burgundy boasts a refined bouquet of red berries, orange zest, and black tea. The palate is lifted and energetic, with notes of lush black raspberry, dark cherry, and menthol. This is a gorgeous wine with a searing minerality and... ... more

Jean-Baptiste Boudier Savigny-les-Beaune Les Peuillets Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

This vibrant and lifted Pinot Noir has soaring aromas of wild raspberries, blood orange, iodine, and crushed leaves. The palate is bright and silky, with a lip-smacking core of crystalline minerality throughout. Blend: 100% Pinot Noir Once again... ... more

Jean-Baptiste Boudier Corton Les Renardes Grand Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

Exquisitely perfumed, with notes of spiced black cherry, blood orange, rose petals and crushed stone. On the palate—ripe dark cherry, red licorice, strawberry compote, and eucalyptus are seamlessly woven together. The texture is lush and fine... ... more

Domaine Arlaud Morey-St-Denis Les Millandes Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

The 2021 Morey-Saint-Denis Les Millandes 1er Cru has impressive definition on the nose with blackberry, raspberry and crushed limestone. The palate is very well balanced with quite saturated tannins, fine-boned and finessed with a touch of kirsch... ... more