France

Burgundy

Burgundy, the mythical home of wines made from Pinot Noir & Chardonnay … don’t forget Aligoté & Gammay too!

Located in the middle of France on the eastern side. There is no other wine region that has been defined in such incredible detail. Each vineyard has been named and classified. Within these vineyards their are also Lieux Dits  referring to a specific part of a vineyard or region recognized for its own topographic or historical specificities.

This detailed definition allows for the equally detailed exploration of terroir. Hereditary tittle law in France has seen vineyards split between siblings generation after generation. Many incredibly small parcels producing only enough grapes to yield a single barrel of wine exist. This further extends our ability to see terroir in action vs the hand of the maker with many of the great vineyards having dozens of owners each producing minuscule volumes of wine.

The opportunity to taste them side by side is becoming increasingly difficult as scarcity drives prices up!

The most famous and coveted wines are the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay of the Côte de Nuits and Côte du Beaune. Together they form a narrow escarpment running north-south over a distances of less than 50kms.

Much further north the Chardonnay from Chablis stands comfortably on it’s own two feet with some delicious mineral, fine wines with insane ability to age.

To the south excellent wines are produced in the Côte Chalonnaise and Mâconnais, home to Chardonnays of exceptional value & personality.

Further again the Gammay from Beaujolais represents some of the beast value wines from Burgundy.

We’ve shared a series of articles in the Wine Bites Mag “Getting Your Head Around Burgundy” deep diving into the region.

Where marginal climate saw a high proportion of tough vintages in Burgundy. In ability to rippen grapes is less often a problem today. Catastrophic frosts and hail storms more of an issue.

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Domaine Marc Morey Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Vergers' 2022
This is also suffering from post-bottling reduction so some air would be helpful if you're going to crack a bottle young. More interesting are the slightly sleeker middleweight flavors that also possess a seductive mouthfeel while delivering solid depth and persistence on the balanced finale. This should also repay up to a decade of keeping though unlike the Chenevottes, it's a wine that will need at least a few years of bottle aging first. Drink: 2029+Allen Meadows, Burghound 91 Points �
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Domaine Marc Morey Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Chenevottes' 2022
 The 2023 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chenevottes 1er Cru has impressive purity on the nose, with very well-defined scents of lemon, orange pith and apple blossom. The palate has a powerful, weighty opening. This has a lot of concentration, with tropical notes coming through toward the finish, though the previous vintage had a little more tension. Give this a couple of years in bottle to be tamed.Neal Martin, Vinous 89-91 PointsThe 2022 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Chenev
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Domaine de Montille Meursault 1er Cru 'Les Porusot' 2022
Discreet wood influence sets off ripe and expressive aromas of petrol, acacia blossom and hazelnut. The bigger-bodied and more powerful medium weight flavors possess reasonably good mid-palate density while exhibiting a taut muscularity on the youthfully austere, firm and serious finale that also flirts with rusticity. This is classic Poruzots though one that should be approachable after only 5-ish years. Drink: 2030+ ♥ OutstandingAllen Meadows, Burghound 90-93 Points
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Domaine Vincent Dureuil-Janthial Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru 'Clos des Argillières' 2022
A distinctly earthy and sauvage-inflected nose is comprised mostly of a variety of red berry fruit aromas. There is very good energy to the intensely mineral-driven middle weight plus flavors that possess a relatively sleek mouthfeel on the structured, serious and moderately austere finale. This is clearly built-to-age and is going to need at least moderate patience. Excellent. Drink 2032+Allen Meadows, Burghound 92 Points ♥ OutstandingThe 2022 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos des Argill
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Domaine Henri Germain Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Morgeot Les Fairendes' 2022
“This site can sometimes deliver rather fat wines in ripe vintages, but the 2022 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot Les Fairendes is terrific, unwinding in the glass with aromas of pear, orange zest, white flowers and vanilla pod. It's medium to full-bodied, glossy and enveloping, with racy acids and a penetrating finish.”William Kelly, The Wine Advocate 91-93 Points“The 2022 Chassagne-Montrachet Morgeot Les Fairendes 1er Cru comes from 0.5 hectares of vines and is matured in
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Domaine Louis Boillot Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru 'Cherbaudes' 2021
“Rich and concentrated, the 2021 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Cherbaudes reveals arose of plums, wild berries, vine smoke and orange zest. Medium to full-bodied, supple and seamless, it's deep and multidimensional, with succulent acids and sweet, melting tannins. This is always Boillot's honorary grand cru, and this vintage is no exception” William Kelley, The Wine Advocate 94 Points JM 91-94
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Domaine Louis Boillot Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru 'Champonnet' 2016
This is also slightly reduced and it's enough to render the nose difficult to assess. The medium-bodied flavors are both more powerful and concentrated though at the expense of less refinement and minerality on the driving and impressively persistent finish. This will need to add depth to merit the upper end of my predicted range but the underlying material appears to be present so that this can eventually happen. Patience required. ♥ OutstandingAllen Meadows
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Domaine Louis Boillot Pommard 1er Cru 'les Fremiers' 2022
“Elegant, cool and airy aromas include those of mostly essence of red currant and cherry along with discreet spice wisps. The dense and appealingly textured medium-bodied flavors coat the palate with dry extract that helps to buffer the dense but fine-grained tannins supporting the relatively powerful, dusty and youthfully austere finale. Patience is once again advised." ♥ OutstandingAllen Meadows, Burghound 91-93 Points
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Domaine Confuron-Contetidot Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru 'Les Suchots' 2019
"An exuberantly spicy and manifestly ripe nose of poached plum, exotic tea and floral nuances gives way to suave, round, dense and seductively textured large-scaled flavors that are dusty, mouth coating and powerful though the finish is again noticeably warm. Drink: 2034+"Allen Meadows, Burghound
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Domaine Confuron-Contetidot Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru 'Lavaut St Jacques' 2019
"A broad-ranging nose displays hints of the sauvage, forest floor and herbal tea to the mostly cool dark pinot fruit scents. The denser and much more muscular middle weight plus flavors flash an abundance of minerality on the powerful, focused and well-delineated finish. This youthfully austere effort is also very clearly built-to-age and a wine that's going to need it. Drink: 2034+ Outstanding ♥"Allen Meadows, Burghound
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Joseph Faiveley Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru 'Les Charmes' 2019
I had Faiveley's 2015 Latricières Chambertin recently, delicious, perfumed elegant and refined. Along with the 2015, I devoured a brace of 2016's from across the appellations. They are really stepping up their game, the investments in the vineyard and winery are a testament to this.
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Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair Chambolle-Musigny 'Les Fouchères' 2019
It is next to the Premier Cru "les Borniques" to the east and to the south, about fifty meters from the Grand Cru "le Musigny". Situated on reddish brown clays rich in iron oxides on about 30 cm then we find very quickly the limestones of Chambolle Musigny. Its north-east exposure and the influence of the combe mixed with its limestone soil gives a great freshness to this chambolle. The global warming in our vineyards of these last vintages are very well suited to this colder terroir of or
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