Domaine Lucien Boillot Volnay Clos des Angles Premier Cru 2017 Red Wine - France

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 Bitouzet-Prieur Volnay Clos des Chenes Premier Cru 2018 Red Wine - France

The domaine possesses two parcels of Pinot Noir in this highly regarded premier cru, one mid-slope with browner soil, and one high-slope with whiter soil, planted between 1976 and 1986, totaling just over a half-hectare. This cuvée is one of dynamism,... ... 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 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 Louis Boillot Volnay Les Angles Premier Cru 2017 Red Wine - France

Boillot began his harvest on August 28 with the 2017 Volnay 1er Cru Les Angles, an ample, gourmand wine bursting with notes of sweet blackberries, cassis, subtle spices and wood smoke. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, supple and... ... more

Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur Volnay Clos des Chenes Premier Cru 2019 Red Wine - France

The domaine possesses two parcels of Pinot Noir in this highly regarded premier cru, one mid-slope with browner soil, and one high-slope with whiter soil, planted between 1976 and 1986, totaling just over a half-hectare. This cuvée is one of dynamism,... ... more

Domaine Lucien Boillot Bourgogne Rouge 2018 Red Wine - France

Here's a rare blend of a different kind: Pinot fruit from around the village of Gevrey-Chambertin in the Côte de Nuits, and some from around Volnay in the Côte de Beaune. The lush fruit and structure from Gevrey and the floral, soft touch of Volnay... ... more

Jean-Marc Boillot Volnay-Pitures Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

Intense ruby color with a beautiful purple luster. A deep olfactory range with roasted, very ripe black fruit notes. Tannic texture and structure mark this concentrated and powerful cuvée. ... more

Domaine Louis Boillot Volnay Les Angles Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

The 2021 Volnay 1er Cru Les Angles wafts from the glass with scents of cherries, raspberries, red plums, rose petals and orange zest. Medium to full-bodied, supple and layered, with sweet, powdery tannins that are largely concealed by its succulent... ... 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

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 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 Boillot Volnay Les Angles Premier Cru 2019 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. The Volnay Les Angles Premier Cru is typically a supple... ... 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

Jean-Marc Boillot Volnay Carelle Sous La Chapelle Premier Cru 2018 Red Wine - France

Intense ruby color with a beautiful purple luster. Pure and ethereal olfactory range with top notes of powdery flowers (iris, violet) followed by a complex fresh fruit note that is built on traces of fresh balsamic. Fresh fruit with chalky tannins 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

Bouchard Aine & Fils Beaune Clos du Roi Cuvee Signature Premier Cru 2018 Red Wine - France

Dark cherry red. Open with powerful aromas of blackberries seductively enhanced by vanilla notes. A full-bodied and rich wine, with very present yet silky tannins and spicy notes in the finish. For its full-bodied structure and powerful aromas, this... ... 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 des Clos Beaune Les Avaux Premier Cru 2019 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 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 Beaune Clos des Couchereaux Premier Cru Domaine des Heritiers 2020 Red Wine - France

The vineyard's southern exposure gives this wine powerful, mature red fruit aromas. Rich and well structured, this will age 12 to 15 years in the bottle. This will pair well with most meat dishes and cheeses. The 2020 Beaune Clos des Couchereaux 1er... ... 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 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

Chateau de Chamirey Mercurey Clos des Ruelles Premier Cru Rouge Monopole 2020 Red Wine - France

Deep ruby color with an expressive nose of red berries like cherries along with spicy notes pepper of and vanilla. On the palate, it's an explosion of flavors supported by very elegant tannins an a long and saline finish. Firm reduction dominates the... ... more

Domaine Ollier Taillefer Le Clos des Murettes 2019 Red Wine - France

Labeled as Les Collines until the 2018 vintage, this is hand-harvested, raised in tank, a wine that speaks transparently of schist and its dark depths; long, lithe, and deliciously Languedocien. ... more

Louis Jadot Beaune Boucherottes Premier Cru Domaine des Heritiers 2021 Red Wine - France

Typical Boucherottes aromas include blue and black fruit, ground espresso, and damp earth. This wine is full-bodied and rather tannic and closed upon release, then gradually integrating and becoming more generous with time. Eventually the full range of... ... 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

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

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 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 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 Joseph Roty Marsannay Clos de Jeu 2017 Red Wine - France

From 80+ Year Old Vines, these vines were planted North-South, against the hillside, on rocky soils resulting in a medium red, with great spice and smoke with great minerality while maintaining a rare silky texture. Narrowly surpassing the Ouzeloy when... ... more

Domaine Henri Gouges Nuits-St-Georges Clos des Porrets St. Georges Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

This is a monopole of the domain of about nine acres. It is located just below the Perrieres. It is a former quarry of Nuits Saint Georges, which was exploited by the monks of Citeaux. Sitting on the stony pink limestone Premeaux, the Clos des Porrets... ... more

Domaine Tollot-Beaut Beaune Clos du Roi Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

Clos du Roi combines freshness with intensity and concentration thanks in part to its brown limestone soils in the upper (premier cru) section of the climat. This wine shows high-toned and lifted aromatics of dark fruit, flowers, and herbs, with... ... 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

Xavier Monnot Volnay Clos des Chenes Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

Volnay is often described as silky and elegant but the wines can vary in style depending on the soil and elevation of the vineyard. The premier crus situated south of the village, like Clos des Chênes, have a high percentage of limestone and show... ... more

Xavier Monnot Volnay Clos des Chenes Premier Cru 2018 Red Wine - France

Volnay is often described as silky and elegant but the wines can vary in style depending on the soil and elevation of the vineyard. The premier crus situated south of the village, like Clos des Chênes, have a high percentage of limestone and show... ... more