Domaine Antonin Guyon Aloxe-Corton Les Fournieres Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

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 Tollot-Beaut Aloxe-Corton 2020 Red Wine - France

Tollot-Beaut’s Aloxe-Corton is from vines planted between 1973 and 1993. The wine shows aromas and flavors of red cherries, red plum, violets, and earth with bright acidity and moderate tannins. It aged for 18 months in 30% new Burgundian pièce. Red... ... more

Domaine Follin-Arbelet Pernand-Vergelesses Les Fichots Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

Dense purple black. Extraordinary colour given very short light vinification. Happily the fruit, though ultra-concentrated, has stayed fresh, more raspberry than anything darker, and with good acidity. The tannins are well assimilated. Very good... ... more

Domaine Michel & Joanna Ecard Savigny-les-Beaune Les Gravains Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

This sandy, gravel-rich vineyard delivers a silkier, smoother Burgundian Pinot Noir with bright, red fruit flavors. A great wine for the cellar. ... more

Domaine Tollot-Beaut Aloxe Corton Les Vercots Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

Tollot-Beaut’s Les Vercots 1er Cru is rustic and robust with aromas and flavors of red cherries, spice, and earth with substantial weight and ripe tannins. It is aged for 18 months in 50% new Burgundian pièce. Red Burgundy might be the world’s... ... more

Domaine de Bellene Savigny-les-Beaune Premier Cru Hommage a Jean Ferte Vieilles Vignes 2018 Red Wine - France

There are two parcels for this special cuvee Hommage à Jean Ferté. Les Peuillets is a plot planted in 1993 that covers 0.29 ha. The plot is the result of a massal selection from the plot Beaune 1er Cru Grèves. The vine rests on a red soil with an... ... more

Domaine Roux Pere & Fils Aloxe-Corton Les Valozieres Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

The wine is quite dark in color, its shade varying from deep ruby through crimson to garnet. While young, the wine’s aroma suggests a spring garden with small red fruits (raspberry, strawberry) and black fruits (blackcurrant, blackberry). These... ... more

Domaine Sylvain Morey Chassagne-Montrachet Champ Gains Premier Cru 2020 White Wine - France

Like the Charmois, the expressive nose is markedly floral in character with additional notes of essence of pear, rosemary oil and citrus confit. The rich, dense and beautifully textured middle weight flavors possess fine length and balance though more... ... more

Domaine Rollin Pere et Fils Savigny-les-Beaune Aux Grand Liards Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

Not a typical Savigny-lès-Beaune, this vineyard actually lies closer to the Pernand-Vergelesses premier cru Les Fichots than it does to the main swath of Savigny proper. As such, it displays a savory limestone edge more in line with Rollin’s trio of... ... more

Domaine Henri Gouges Nuits-St-Georges Les Chenes Carteaux Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

Ripe, featuring blackberry, blueberry, boysenberry, iron and oak spice flavors. This is also taut and dense, with the compact finish curtaining its length and the tannins leaving a strong grip. Best from 2026 through 2045. Opaque. Notably ripe aromas... ... more

Domaine Sigaut Chambolle-Musigny Les Fuees Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

Two plots next to Bonnes Mares and one next to Christophe Roumier’s Cras. Bright even purple. Rather reductive nose. Very fine rich generous fruit in the mouth, optimum ripeness, just firmed up a bit at the back by the reduction. Very long finish.... ... more

Louis Jadot Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Boudots Premier Cru Domaine Gagey 2011 Red Wine - France

This firm, full-bodied Premier Cru is vigorous on the palate, with deep aromas and considerable structure that will mellow with age. This will develop favorably in the bottle. The fruit is ripe and pure in this brooding, dense version, accented by... ... 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 Sylvain Morey Chassagne-Montrachet Rouge Champ Gains Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

This too is sufficiently reduced to mask the nuances of what appear to be ripe fruit. The fleshy, round and nicely vibrant medium weight flavors possess more refinement if not necessarily notably better complexity on the slightly more persistent... ... more

Domaine Vincent & Sophie Morey Saint-Aubin Les Charmois Premier Cru 2020 White Wine - France

A touch of petrol is present to the airy and cool aromas of pear essence and various flora wisps. The plump, round and fleshy medium-bodied flavors possess a seductive texture while exuding a subtle bead of minerality on the clean, dry and lingering... ... more

Domaine de la Vougeraie Vougeot Les Cras Premier Cru 2019 Red Wine - France

Les Cras is one of the four Premiers Crus in the Vougeot appellation. The name of the Domaine de la Vougeraie is derived from Vougeot and the Vouge, the small stream flowing through the village. Mid to deep purple, the whole bunches show quite... ... more

Domaine Louis Moreau Chablis Vaillons Premier Cru 2020 White Wine - France

Chablis achieves its highly distinctive mineral character due to its cool northerly climate and its highly calcareous soil. The Domaine Louis Moreau Chablis Vaillons Premier Cru is a generous, fleshy and lively wine that displays a beautiful balance of... ... more

Domaine Dubuet-Monthelie Monthelie Les Longenes Premier Cru 2019 Red Wine - France

This wine is made using traditional Burgundian methods. This includes fermentation in barrel with a hands off approach in the hopes of most successfully representing the terroir in the glass. ... more

Domaine Coffinet-Duvernay Chassagne-Montrachet Les Fairendes Premier Cru 2020 White Wine - France

Chassagne-Montrachet Les Fairendes Premier Cru has a rich intense depth to it, a fatness of ripe pear and apple complemented by mushroom and earth tones. Delightful with white fish such as cod, haddock, sole or halibut. It is also excellent with... ... more

Domaine Buisson-Charles Morey-St-Denis Clos Sorbe Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

From juice purchased after fermentation, so aging is under their watch. Aged for 15 to 18 months in barrels. A wonderfully floral-suffused nose features notes of red cherry, dark currant, plum and a touch of forest floor character. There is again... ... more

Edmond Cornu & Fils Aloxe-Corton Les Moutottes Premier Cru 2017 Red Wine - France

This too is exceptionally fresh and bright with its cool array of red currant, cherry, raspberry and a background whiff of game. The racy, intense and tautly muscular flavors possess very good size and weight while exhibiting fine length on the... ... more

Domaine Sylvain Morey Santenay Rouge Grand Clos Rousseau Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

This is very firmly reduced and completely unreadable in this state. Otherwise, there is a bit more volume and excellent punch to the appealingly textured and detailed medium weight flavors that conclude in a bright, youthfully austere and more... ... more

Louis Jadot Beaune Boucherottes Premier Cru Domaine des Heritiers 2020 Red Wine - France

A full-bodied, aromatic Pinot Noir with a rich roundness of fruit and plump texture arrayed around a rigorous structure. This wine will develop favorably in the bottle for 12 to 15 years. This wine has the structure to pair well with most meats, even... ... more

Faiveley Beaune Clos de l'Ecu Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

This terroir offers a fruity and very elegant of the Pinot Noir varietal. It displays a deep ruby color and remarkably pure notes of red and black fruits. The palate is lively and spicy with a refreshing touch of menthol. This wine evolves beautifully... ... more

Lignier-Michelot Morey-Saint-Denis Les Faconnieres Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

These are the oldest vineyards on the estate: some of them are over 65 years old. This Morey-Saint-Denis Premier Cru is one of the emblematic cuvées of the estate. Whatever the vintage, it is a wine that reveals a very great terroir with a remarkable... ... more

Domaine Francois Lumpp Givry Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

Moderate wood frames ripe and agreeably fresh aromas of plum, red and dark raspberry, violet and a lovely array of spice elements. I very much like the texture of the middleweight flavors even though they're not quite as dense, all wrapped in a... ... more

Albert Bichot Mercurey Champs Martin Premier Cru Domaine Adelie 2021 Red Wine - France

The Mercurey Champs Martin Premier Cru is fresh, fine and fragrant. Slightly oaked notes complement black fruit aromas on the nose, along with scents of violet, blueberry, blackberry and licorice. Fleshy and velvety on the palate with flavors of... ... more

Domaine Francois Lumpp Givry A Vigne Rouge Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

This too is firmly reduced though the underlying fruit is clearly ripe. More interesting today are the rich, concentrated and powerful medium-bodied flavors that brim with sappy dry extract that also serves to buffer the even more firmly structured and... ... more

Edmond Cornu & Fils Aloxe-Corton Les Valozieres Premier Cru 2016 Red Wine - France

While there is visible wood treatment it is much more discreet and already well-integrated into the equally fresh, complex and appealing aromas of plum, cassis and pungent earth. The muscular, concentrated and very serious middle weight plus flavors... ... more

Domaine Julien Aloxe-Corton Les Valozieres 2019 Red Wine - France

Nose of wild dark cherry and currant framed by slightly earthy aromas and a hint of spice. Rich and structured on the palate with ripe tannins and medium length that culminates in a slightly rustic finish. Notions of red plums, cherries, forest floor... ... more

Lecheneaut Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Pruliers Premier Cru 2019 Red Wine - France

Lecheneaut Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Pruliers Premier Cru is a moderate ruby color. The aromas are fresh and expressive with spice, earth, violets, dark berries and sauvage. On the palate, fresh berry fruit shows great intensity with mineral notes, sleek... ... more

Domaine Sylvain Morey St-Aubin Les Charmois Premier Cru 2020 White Wine - France

A much more floral-suffused nose is airy, cool and pure with its array of poached pear, Granny Smith apples and citrus zest scents. The mouthfeel of the medium weight flavors is again succulent and plump with better refinement on the clean, dry and... ... more

Domaine Bertagna Vougeot Les Cras Premier Cru 2017 Red Wine - France

Aromas of candied fruit and honey with a buttered and mineral bouquet. The wine is well-balanced and round in the mouth showing good density and superb freshness. This wine is excellent with cheeses such as brie, gruyere, and parmesan. Also pairs... ... more

Domaine des Clos Beaune Les Avaux Premier Cru 2012 Red Wine - France

Just south of the road leading up to Bouze-lès-Beaune is the Beaune Premier Cru of Les Avaux. The relatively thin layer of topsoil in this parcel is a cracked chalky clay with many cailloux dotting the surface. Farming is organic, élevage is in oak,... ... more

Domaine de Bellene Beaune Hommage a Francoise Potel Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

This cuvee, composed of five 1er Cru, reflects the complexity and the delicacy of the winery terroirs in Beaune, on which their Pinots Noirs are resting. The climates des Pertuisots, Montée Rouge, Reversés, Bressandes et Clos du Roi are part of this... ... more

Domaine Antonin Guyon Gevrey-Chambertin La Justice 2021 Red Wine - France

Ruby red in color with aromas of morello cherries. Very round and well-balanced, with subtle woody tannins and a silky texture. This racy wine can be kept for 10 years. Delicious with lamb, stew, chicken in wine-based sauces and cheeses. Moderate wood... ... more

Domaine Bernard Moreau Chassagne-Montrachet Champgains Premier Cru 2020 White Wine - France

The 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet Champs Gain 1er Cru displayed a discrete mintiness on the nose, maybe even a touch of cough candy entwined within the citrus fruit, later scents of brioche and walnut. The palate is well balanced with fine acidity, saline... ... more