The 2023 vintage produced many fleshy Chablis wines that have lost their classical mineral-y profile. Not this one. Simonet-Febvre has crafter a spectacular Preuses in 2023, brimming with a stoney minerality and riveting acidity. Long and impressive, this Preuses is the real thing.… Read more

The Latour style — imbuing the wines with excellent acidity — worked especially well in 2023, which generally produced fleshy, generous wines with lower acidity. This splendid 2023 Les Chaillots could be considered a “baby” Corton Grancey, Latour’s flagship red. It delivers what for me is the typical iron-tinged body and firmness of red Corton.… Read more

As much as I was smitten by Latour’s 2023 Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru Les Chaillots, and I was, Latour’s flagship red, Chateau Corton Grancey shows the stature of a Grand Cru and is, well, just better. The name is an anomaly since there are no “châteaux” in Burgundy like those in Bordeaux.… Read more

Based in Savigny-lès-Beaune, Domaine Pavelot’s Bourgogne Rouge comes from plots in that village plus the villages of Pernand-Vergelesses and Alox-Corton, but obviously outside of those village appellation boundaries, so it is reflective of the Côte de Beaune. This well-priced 2023 has good weight and a marvelous combination of berry fruit and savory non-fruit nuances that make Burgundy unique.… Read more

Aligoté, Burgundy’s other white grape, accounts for only about five percent of all plantings in the region, which explains why it’s not very well-known. Regulations for the Bouzeron appellation mandate its use there, but otherwise it’s Burgundy’s only appellation that uses a grape name instead of a geographic one.… Read more

Domaine Jean-Marc Bouley has embraced a “modern” label, displaying a proprietary name prominently while relegating the appellation to the back label. The wine itself is quite traditional—and stunning. The roughly 2.5-acre plot from which the Pinot Noir for this wine comes is located on a slope just above Volnay with excellent southern exposure.… Read more

With prices for many Côte d’Or wines approaching triple digits, it a treat to find authentic Burgundy with a more affordable price tag. Climate change has helped the wines from the Hautes-Côtes, the areas above the Côte de Nuits, or in this case, the Côte de Beaune, which in the past produced coarse wines because of unripe tannins.… Read more

The wines from Marsannay, the northernmost outpost of the Côte de Nuits, almost a suburb of Dijon, has flown under the radar for decades. Indeed, it gained its legally recognized Village appellation status only in 1987. Prior to that time, its wines could only carry the regional appellation of Bourgogne rouge.… Read more

Domaine de Montille, one of Burgundy’s leading producers, has been organic since 1995 and biodynamic since 2005. They have a stunning array of wines that focus on finesse rather than power. With grapes coming come exclusively from their home base in Volnay and plots in Puligny-Montrachet, this refined Bourgogne Rouge is a fine introduction to their style.… Read more

One of the wonderful delights of Montille’s wines is how they express their terroir. That is, how they differ one from the other despite using the same grape, Pinot Noir, grown in the same region, only a few miles apart. This beautiful Beaune, from one of that village’s top premier cru vineyards, delivers an earthier and weightier profile compared to Montille’s more aromatic and suavely textured Volnay Taillepieds.… Read more

Domaine de Montille owns just over 20 percent of Les Taillepieds, one of the finest vineyards in Volnay. So, it is not surprising that it is one of Domaine’s flagship wines. The stunning 2021 grabs you immediately with gorgeous aromatics that leap from the glass.… Read more