Burgundy

2020 Benjamin Leroux - Meursault Vireuils

The 2020 Meursault Les Vireuils has quite a complex, minerally bouquet with a very discrete reduction. The palate is well balanced with crisp yellow fruit tinged with flint, a touch of peach and hazelnut on the finish. This should age well in bottle. C...

2020 Bouchard Pere & Fils - Chevalier Montrachet La Cabotte

2020 Bouchard Pere & Fils - Montrachet

The compelling 2020 Montrachet Grand Cru wafts from the glass with aromas of ripe pear and citrus fruit mingled with honeycomb, white flowers, fresh bread and baking spices. Full-bodied, ample and multidimensional, it's richly layered, with a textural att...

2020 Bruno Colin - Batard Montrachet

2020 Domaine de Montille - Bourgogne Blanc Clos du Chateau

Pale lemon and lime. A nose of exquisite finesse, gorgeous quality of fruit which is lifted, stylish yet mouth-filling and very long. A clear step up from the already fine regular Bourgogne Chardonnay !

2020 Domaine du Pavillon - Meursault Charmes

2020 Domaine Fevre Chablis Bougros

2020 Domaine Fevre - Chablis Vaudesir

A discreet dollop of wood sets off the ever-so-mildly exotic aromas of white and yellow peach, passion fruit and subtle mineral reduction wisps. There isn't the same weight and density though there is much better refinement to the lightly stony, focused a...

2020 Etienne Sauzet - Batard Montrachet

Unwinding in the glass with aromas of pear, orange oil, freshly baked bread, peach, smoke and spices, the 2020 Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is full-bodied, satiny and layered, with terrific old-vine concentration, racy acids and chalky dry extra...

2020 Guy Amiot - Chassagne Montrachet Baudines

2020 Guy Amiot - Chassagne Montrachet Vergers

2020 Henri Boillot - Puligny Montrachet Clos de la Mouchere

This is perhaps the most floral-suffused nose in the range with its aromas of essence of pear and plenitude of spice and citrus elements. Once again, the mid-palate mouthfeel of the medium-bodied flavors is absolutely gorgeous, which contrasts noticeably ...

2020 Henri Boillot Batard Montrachet

A slightly riper yet still very fresh, cool and pretty with acacia blossom, citrus confit and a beautiful array of spice wisps. There is terrific size, weight and mid-palate density to the big-bodied and powerful flavors that culminate in a lemon, very cl...

2020 Henri Boillot - Chevalier Montrachet

A discreet but not invisible touch of wood sets off the notably more floral-suffused aromas of citrus confit, exotic tea, anise and white peach. The gorgeously textured large-scaled flavors possess outstanding cut and minerality that contrasts with the ex...

2020 Henri Boillot Montrachet

1 x 350 litre barrel. Not especially deep in colour. The 2020 Montrachet has a fascinatingly complex nose, high toned, some bananas, but all the fruits pass across the nostrils. There is a touch of honey, with spring and summer flowers. Another league of ...

2020 Jean Chartron - Puligny Montrachet

The 2020 Puligny-Montrachet Village comes from Les Levrons and Derrière la Velle plus wines exchanged with other growers. It has a crisp, quite reserved, stony bouquet - one that you might assumed comes from a much cooler growing season. The palate is wel...

2020 Jean-Marc Pillot - Bourgogne Blanc Haut des Champs

2020 Joseph Colin - St. Aubin Sous Roche Dumay

2020 Joseph Drouhin - Montagny

2020 Joseph Drouhin - Montrachet Marquis de Laguiche

The 2020 Montrachet Marquis de Laguiche Grand Cru is consistent with my previous tasting in January. Exquisite definition on the nose, real mineralité here. The palate is intense and penetrating, touches of orange zest and spice building wonderfully to...

2020 Long-Depaquit - Chablis Vaudesir

2020 Louis Jadot - Chablis Blanchot

2020 Louis Jadot - Chablis Clos

2020 Louis Jadot - Chablis Montee de Tonnerre

2020 Louis Jadot - Chablis Preuses

2020 Louis Jadot Chevalier Montrachet Demoiselles

The king of the cellar on the white side of the ledger is the 2020 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru Les Demoiselles (Domaine des Héritiers Jadot), a striking wine that unfurls in the glass with notes of citrus oil, white flowers, buttered popcorn, chalky so...

2020 Louis Jadot - Meursault Genevrieres

A notable success, the 2020 Meursault 1er Cru Genevrières unfurls in the glass with notes of white currant, mint, spring flowers, citrus zest, drawn butter and freshly baked bread. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, with fine concentration, racy a...

2020 Louis Jadot - Meursault Charmes

A slightly fuller yellow... plumper, some vanilla, offering the expected Charmes amplitude, rounded, with pear and peach notes, not over exotic but a full mouthful nonetheless.

2020 Louis Latour - Meursault Genevrieres

A rich Meursault with wonderful textural complexity, the citrus and mirabelle flavors woven into this very nicely. Lovely interplay of creaminess and chalky minerality. Long, complete finish.

2020 Louis Latour - Montrachet

If you are looking for the ultimate in white Burgundy, here is one of your serious options. Montrachet is all about restrained richness and finesse, which is exactly what makes this wine stand out. So graceful, in spite of the imposing concentration. Long...

2020 Louis Latour Chevalier Montrachet Demoiselles

Some people think that Grand Cru white Burgundy is always big and rich, but this shows how certain of those sites are all about elegance and refinement. On the mid-palate there's wonderful silkiness, then the minerality builds and builds at the finish. A ...

2020 Maison de Montille - Montagny Les Coeres

2020 Michelot - Meursault Charmes

2020 Michelot - Meursault Narvaux

2020 Michelot - Meursault Elevage en Gres

2020 Patrice Rion - Bourgogne Blanc

2020 Paul Pillot - Bourgogne Aligote

Established in 1900, Domaine Paul Pillot is today one of the finest addresses in the Côte de Beaune, has been directed since 2004 by the young and dynamic Thierry Pillot. Characterful, elegantly textural and mouthwateringly incisive, these are superb whit...

2020 Pernot-Belicard - Puligny Montrachet

The 2020 Puligny-Montrachet Village has a crisp, green apple and freshly sliced Nashi pear scented nose that springs from the glass. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, a little waxy in texture with good depth on the finish. This i...

2020 Philippe Colin St. Aubin Charmois

2020 Pierre -Yves Colin-Morey - Meursault Perrieres

There's only one 350-liter barrel of Colin's 2020 Meursault 1er Cru Perrières, and it's one of the highlights of the range. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of pear and citrus oil mingled with notions of wet chalk, struck match and wheat toast, it's med...

2020 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey - St. Aubin Hommage Marguerite

The 2020 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Hommage à Marguerite opens in the glass with notes of pear, struck match, freshly baked bread, citrus zest and wheat toast. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and chiseled, it's taut and concentrated, concluding with a long, saline...

2020 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey - St. Aubin Chanteniere

The 2020 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru La Chatenière is very promising, wafting from the glass with aromas of green orchard fruit, freshly baked bread, citrus zest, white toast, pastry cream and gunflint. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and enveloping, its pretty cor...

2020 Roche de Bellene - St. Aubin Frionnes

2020 Roche de Bellene - St. Aubin Chateniere

A great Chardonnay, rich, mineral and well-balanced, playing in the same league as its illustrious neighbors Chassagne and Puligny ! Renown Burgundian winemaker Nicolas Potel founded Roche de Bellene in 2008. He uses old-vine grapes, so his wines are in...

2020 Sylvain Bzikot - Meursault Les Charrons

The 2020 Meursault Village has an attractive nose, a little oaky at the moment, but there is plenty of fruit here with lovely hazelnut and almond notes. The palate is well balanced, quite weighty and grippy, not complex but with a pleasing ginger-tinge...

2020 Sylvain Bzikot - Puligny Montrachet

The 2020 Puligny-Montrachet Village was showing a touch of reduction on the nose and this just obscures the terroir expression slightly. The palate is well-balanced with good acidity, slightly waxy in texture and just needs a little more mineralité on ...

2020 Thierry Matrot - Bourgogne Blanc

The 2020 Bourgogne Blanc was bottled in July 2021. Raised in 20% new oak, it has a harmonious bouquet with yellow plum and citrus fruit, whilst the palate is well balanced with a light honeyed note towards the finish. Fine. Closure: Screwcap

2020 Thierry Matrot Meursault

The 2020 Meursault Village comes from 12 parcels and sees no new oak (barrels one to five years old). Taken from tank, it has a taut, fresh, walnut and smoke-tinged bouquet that has a pleasing strictness. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of...