Jean-Marc Boillot Volnay Carelle Sous La Chapelle Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

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

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 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

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 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 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

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

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

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

Jean-Marc Boillot Pommard Jarollieres Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

Deep, intense, ruby purplish reflections. Smoky aromatic depth, ripe black fruits, and a peppery background note. Deep in taste with a rich succession of fruity and spicy notes. Powerful, ample, and fleshy with mouth-coating tannins. A persistent oak... ... more

Domaine Matrot Blagny La Piece Sous le Bois Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

Clear mid purple with a scintillating nose, this is a perfect rendition of 2020 red Burgundy at its best. The fruit is ripe but suave and pure, a few strawberry notes coming in, not too much acidity, refined tannins and great length. Barrel Sample:... ... 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 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 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 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 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

Jean-Marc Boillot Beaune Epenottes Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

Intense ruby color with a beautiful purplish luster complex olfactory range on a “thorny� fruity - small black bramble berries - with a warm spicy base (mace, cocoa bean) fine taste texture silky and chiselled with a vibrant persistence. ... 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 Vincent & Sophie Morey Maranges La Fussiere Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

A nice red color, not too dark. Strawberry fruit on the nose, very sweet and candied fruit. The wine has nice balance. Some chocolate with baby tannins, and pine forest minerality. This is a nice wine for this appellation. ... more

Domaine Ragot Givry La Grande Berge Premier Cru 2020 Red Wine - France

This wine has plenty of red cherry fruit with subtle notes of undergrowth and spice. ... 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 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

Chandon de Briailles Savigny-les-Beaune Les Lavieres Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

The forward, accessible plummy fruit with notes of violet, earth, and savoury complexity in this Savigny premier cru are immediately engageing. Although the body is somewhat light, the fresh acidity and supple tannins carry this to an elegant... ... more

Jean-Marc Boillot Volnay 2020 Red Wine - France

Deep color, but still transparent. Strawberry and red licorice on the palate, meaty too, with some sweetness but it has some rustic tannins as well. Lively acidity with toasty coffee flavors and an oaky finish. 4 barrels made from Les Famines. The... ... more

Domaine Louis Boillot Pommard Les Croix Noires Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

The 2021 Pommard 1er Cru Les Croix Noires is terrific, bursting with aromas of wild plums, dark berries, warm spices and vanilla pod. Medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with an almost unctuous core of fruit that reflects the low yields of... ... 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 du Couvent Nuits-St-Georges Aux Murgers Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

100% whole bunch vinification with just two barrels made. More crimson than purple here, probably the whole bunches, which also give a gorgeous, airy, floral note to the bouquet, and the little dryness at the back which will soon disappear into the... ... more

Louis Jadot Beaune Aux Cras Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

Beautiful transparency of fruit here with pomegranates, cranberries, strawberries and licorice, bound together by nicely firm tannins and vibrant acidity. Medium-bodied, clear and structured. Drink or hold. Always one of the estate's finest domaine... ... more

Monthelie-Douhairet-Porcheret Monthelie Le Meix Bataille Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

100% Pinot Noir ... 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

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

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

Philippe le Hardi Mercurey Les Puillets Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

From one of the highest of the Mercurey premier crus, this wine has a crisp edge to its otherwise ripe red fruits. It has a fine line of wood as well as the juicy fruitiness and acidity. The eight hectare Les Puillets vineyard is located on the... ... more

Domaine Besson Givry Petit Pretan Premier Cru 2021 Red Wine - France

The Givry Premier cru rouge Le Petit-Prétan comes from a plot of 0.60 ha with an average age of 30 years. Located at the beginning of the slope, the clay-limestone soils contain a lot of iron oxide and are stony. Always endowed with a beautiful fruit,... ... 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 fruits,... ... 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 Matrot Maranges la Fussiere Premier Cru 2018 Red Wine - France

The most southern appellation of the Côte de Beaune. The vines are planted on clay-limestone soil slopes facing southeast, giving a rich, full-bodied, and intense red wine. A blend of black fruits and spices, with soft and elegant tannins. The 2018... ... more