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

Domaine Tollot-Beaut Beaune-Greves Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

Les Grèves is voluptuous and structured with aromas and flavors of bright red fruit and mineral notes. The flavor is intense and powerful but is delivered on the palate with finesse. Aging in 30% new Burgundian pièce brings notes of vanilla and... ... 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 Antonin Guyon Aloxe-Corton Les Fournieres Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

Very nice deep ruby red, with light aromas of red fruit. Rich and round in the mouth, with a long finish and a well-balanced woody character. Ideal with roasted meat, game and most cheeses. Deep dark ruby in color, the wine presents fresh under ripe... ... 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 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 Julien Aloxe-Corton Les Valozieres 2020 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. ... more

Domaine Tollot-Beaut Chorey-Les-Beaune (375Ml half-bottle) 2021 Red Wine - France

A good Chorey-lès-Beaune should display aromas and flavors typical of red wines from Beaune with red fruits and flowers coupled with freshness and minerals. Tollot-Beaut is bright and perfumed with red cherries and slightly coarse tannins. This is a... ... 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

Domaine Blain-Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet Clos St. Jean Premier Cru 2021 White Wine - France

Clos Saint-Jean shows aromas and flavors of ripe yellow apple, peach, and lemon. One expects Clos Saint-Jean to be tense and high in acidity given its position on the hill, but it is often quite rich and broad instead. Aging in 30% new Burgundian... ... 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 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

Maison Chanzy Santenay Les Cornieres Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

This wine has an intense black cherry color with a beautiful shine. It expresses a floral nose of peony and violet and then black fruits. The palate is round and greedy, with much finesse and length. It is a deep wine with good density. ... more

Monthelie-Douhairet-Porcheret Monthelie Blanc Les Duresses Premier Cru 2021 White Wine - France

This Monthelie premier cru is situated opposite the others, between Volnay and the village. Les Duresses lies on the other side of the valley at the entrance to the Auxey-Duresses fault, in the continuation of Duresses in Auxey-Duresses. This parcel is... ... 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

Domaine Joseph Roty Gevrey-Chambertin Les Fontenys Premier Cru 2017 Red Wine - France

The 2017 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Fontenys is showing even better from bottle than it did from barrel, opening up in the glass with notes of cherries, cassis, smoked meats, sweet soil tones, orange rind and toasty new oak. Medium to full-bodied,... ... 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

Domaine des Clos Beaune Les Greves Premier Cru 2016 Red Wine - France

Situated on the slopes overlooking the town of Beaune, the Premier Cru of Les Grèves is considered one of the best in the appellation. Grégoire’s parcel is just .3 hectares planted in 1961, and true to its pedigree, this wine is rich, structured,... ... more

Alain Chavy Puligny-Montrachet Les 4 Climats Premier Cru 2021 White Wine - France

Due to small yields, a rare blend of four premier crus: Champs Gains and Folatières, which lend a structured mineral backbone, Clavoillons which contributes texture, and Pucelles which expresses an elegance and body to the wine. The 2021... ... more

Domaine du Couvent Gevrey-Chambertin Champonnet Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

Mid purple. Rather a lovely nose, with cherries and raspberries with a small touch of strawberry mixed in. The palate provides a depth of sweet red fruit, with some length. Very attractive though I would have liked to see a touch more grip to add... ... more

Domaine Follin-Arbelet Aloxe-Corton 2020 Red Wine - France

A slightly more elegant nose features a pretty mix of both red and dark cherry coulis, violet and more subtle earth nuances. The middle weight flavors are not as dense but they're noticeably finer on the mid-palate with very good punch that carries... ... more

Domaine Tollot-Beaut Beaune-Greves Premier Cru 2018 Red Wine - France

Les Greves is voluptuous and structured with aromas and flavors of bright red fruit and mineral notes. The flavor is intense and powerful but is delivered on the palate with finesse. Aging in 30% new Burgundian pièce brings notes of vanilla and spice.... ... 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

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 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 de Bellene Beaune Les Greves Premier Cru 2018 Red Wine - France

Les Greves is named for its gravelly soils, which are based on limestone and provide excellent drainage for the vines. A lack of water and nutrients in the topsoil encourages deep root growth in order to reach hydration from the rock below. The soil... ... more

Domaine Tollot-Beaut Savigny-Lavieres Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

Savigny-Lavières is soft, supple, and delicately scented with strawberry aromas and flavors and an underpinning of minerality. Aging in 30% new Burgundian pièce brings subtle notes of vanilla and spice. A super-fresh high-toned nose features notes of... ... 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 Pierre Guillemot Savigny-les-Beaune Aux Gravains Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

Bright mid purple, thus a little deeper than its predecessors. The bouquet also suggests a touch more depth. More structure, more backward, back to raspberries here, a good grain of tannins, perhaps a little the stems, so backward but promising. Drink... ... more

Domaine Tollot-Beaut Chorey-Les-Beaune (375Ml half-bottle) 2017 Red Wine - France

This is a classic rustic red wine. A good Chorey-lès-Beaune should display aromas and flavors typical of red wines from Beaune with red fruits and flowers coupled with freshness and minerals. Tollot-Beaut is bright and perfumed with red cherries and... ... more

Domaine Louis Boillot Pommard Les Fremiers Premier Cru 2018 Red Wine - France

The wines that Louis Boillot makes from his priceless vines are like Burgundy used to be: gentle, subtle, pure, precise and highly nuanced, their complexity and sensuality growing with age. Domaine Louis Boillot Pommard Les Fremiers Premier Cru is... ... 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 Tollot-Beaut Bourgogne Rouge 2021 Red Wine - France

The wine shows a delicate profile on the nose with aromas of red flowers, cherries, and sweet herbs. The palate shows the rusticity of the appellation but with unexpected richness and texture. Aging in 25% new oak barrels brings warm notes of vanilla... ... 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 Dubuet-Monthelie Monthelie Les Champs Fulliot Premier Cru 2018 Red Wine - France

A delicate nose of dusty earth with layers of red fruit. Texture is soft and smooth on the palate with a lingering acidity leaving you wanting more after each sip. This wine pairs well with tuna steaks, Pomegranate glazed Duck Breast, or Portabello... ... 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 Lucien Boillot Volnay Clos des Angles Premier Cru 2017 Red Wine - France

Les Angles is among Pierre Boillot’s top parcels, one of the old-vine blocks he inherited from his father, Lucien, and from his great-grandfather, Henri, who was from Volnay. The current generation of vines at this 1.33-acre parcel was planted in... ... more