Domaine d`Ardhuy is a family estate based at Corgoloin, with roots dating to the 18th century and vineyards from the Côte de Nuits to the Corton hill. This village Aloxe-Corton, 100% Pinot Noir, comes from the foot of that famous hill.
Alain Gras is a small grower at Saint-Romain, in the hills behind Beaune. This Auxey-Duresses comes from old Pinot Noir vines in the side valley west of Meursault, a village known for rustic, good-value Côte de Beaune reds.
There have been Pavelots in Savigny-lès-Beaune for many generations, passing the domaine from father to son. Jean-Marc was joined by his son Hugues in 1997, and they farm Savigny, Aloxe-Corton and Beaune. This premier cru is the domaine`s only Beaune red. The Wine Advocate scored the 2012 90-92 points, calling it very sophisticated.
Domaine Albert Morot is a Beaune estate known for premier crus such as Cent-Vignes, set in the town`s hillside. 100% Pinot Noir, with the elegance Beaune is known for. The domaine is now reportedly part of the Bichot group.
0.43 hectare plot cultivated by young Julien Petitjean. A questing vigneron who spent ten years looking for land with character that he could farm in an organic spirit.
The 2022 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru, blended with 25% whole bunches, has quite a perfumed and aromatic bouquet: white flowers and potpourri infusing the black cherry and red plummy fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins. It offers much more composure than the Latricières, with a poised, persistent finish. Excellent.` 93 Points Neal Martin
Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains L`Exception Michel Lafarge
Michel Lafarge`s family has farmed in Volnay for generations, and son Frédéric now runs the domaine with organic and biodynamic methods. This Pinot Noir and Gamay blend, the old Burgundian passe-tout-grains, comes from the estate`s own vines. Allen Meadows of Burghound gave the 2022 89 points, calling it excellent for its level.
Bourgogne Pinot Noir De Laube A Laube Les Fauvettes (Maryse Chatelin)
`Still in barrel, the 2017 Chablis Clos Béru Monopole is a stunning wine. Rich and textured, with tons of phenolic intensity, the 2017 possesses remarkable depth from the very first taste. More than anything else, the Clos Béru is a Chablis to admire for its textural intensity and utterly captivating beauty. It is one of the most distinctive whites I have tasted in a number of years.` 93-95 Points, Antonio Galloni
Hudelot-Baillet is a family domaine in Chambolle-Musigny, set up by Paul Hudelot in the 1970s and run from 1981 by his son Joël and Joël`s wife, Chantal Baillet. This Pinot Noir comes from vines just east of the village, at Gilly-lès-Cîteaux. Practises lutte raisonnée and bottles everything at the domaine.
Joseph Arlaud planted this vineyard in 1964 and 1965, when it was rated village Gevrey; it was reclassified as plain Bourgogne a year later. Clay, limestone and marl surrounded by Gevrey vines. Cyprien Arlaud farms it biodynamically, certified in 2014, and ferments with native yeasts in cement tanks.
`The 2021 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru is matured with 20% whole bunches in 80% new oak. Dark berry fruit, bay leaf, Earl Grey and sous-bois unfold on the nose though remain understated. It does not wish to show off. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, beautifully balanced, quite precise with impressive mineralité , especially on the finish. This has real pedigree."` 92 Points Neal Martin"
Hudelot-Baillet owns just over half a hectare in this premier cru, with old vines of up to 70 years. The domaine, based in Chambolle-Musigny and set up in the 1970s, has been run since 2004 by Dominique Le Guen, son-in-law of Joël Hudelot. Martin singled out the 2012`s beautiful bouquet and its structure and mineral tension.
From the 1985 vintage, made by Gaston Barthod a year before his daughter Ghislaine joined the family domaine. The 0.86-hectare plot, one of four vineyards ringing Bonnes-Mares, now holds 65-year-old vines and makes the estate`s most structured wine. Vinous`s Neal Martin put it at the summit of the range.
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les Chatelots Ghislaine Barthod
The domaine began as the union of the Noëllat and Barthod families in the 1920s. Ghislaine Barthod joined in 1986 and has bottled all its wine since 1989, with her son Clément now involved. This parcel sits just above Aux Combottes, directly below the village, in a domaine of 5.86 hectares. Jasper Morris MW scored the 2021 88-92 points, finding it full of energy on the palate and displaying finesse.
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les Chatelots Ghislaine Barthod
`The 2022 Chambolle-Musigny Les Chatelots 1er Cru is quite closed on the nose: light red fruit, a little sous-bois and crushed stone. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins. It’s fresh and saline, though the finish doesn`t kick on with the same gusto as other cuvées. I will be prudent for now, but it may improve in bottle.` 90 Points Neal Martin
Faiveley has been a Nuits-Saint-Georges négociant and grower since 1825, and Erwan Faiveley now leads the family firm. This premier cru in Chambolle-Musigny is among its Côte de Nuits vineyards, bottled by the house.
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les Gruenchers Ghislaine Barthod
`Aromas of Griotte cherries, wild berries, peonies and orange rind mingle with hints of grilled squab, introducing Barthod`s 2018 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Gruenchers, a medium to full-bodied, precise wine that`s layered and youthfully introverted, with an ample chassis of rich, powdery tannin and a lively spine of acidity. Barthod produced three barrels this year.` 92-94 Points William Kelley
Amélie Berthaut, the seventh known generation of Berthauts in Fixin, merged her father`s vineyards with her mother`s Gerbet holdings in Vosne-Romanée in 2013, creating a domaine of about 16 hectares. A small Chambolle premier cru parcel sits among them. Fruit is hand-sorted and moved by gravity, with no pumps.
Chambolle-Musigny Les Fremieres Vieilles Vignes Digioia Royer
Digioia-Royer is a Chambolle-Musigny family estate, run by Laurent Royer and his wife, who has Italian roots. The Fremières is a Chambolle lieu-dit; this cuvée comes from its old vines.
Chambolle-Musigny Les Fremieres Vieilles Vignes Digioia Royer
Digioia-Royer is a Chambolle-Musigny family estate, run by Laurent Royer and his wife, who has Italian roots. This cuvée comes from old vines in a Chambolle lieu-dit. .
One of about two hectares of village-level Chambolle-Musigny at the family domaine, planted with older vines. The estate, set up in the 1970s and run since 2004 by Dominique Le Guen, holds nearly all its vineyards in Chambolle itself. Neal Martin of the Wine Advocate scored the 2012 91-93 points, calling it very fine.
Christian Sérafin is a Gevrey-Chambertin grower, whose family has farmed the village`s slopes for generations. This is the grand cru from the vineyards on the southern side of Gevrey, planted to Pinot Noir. Young, structured and still developing.
Jean-Claude Bachelet is a Chassagne-Montrachet grower better known for whites; his rare red is from old vines in the village`s slopes. , with some bottle age.
Maison Louis Jadot was founded in Beaune in 1859 and became one of Burgundy`s most respected houses. the Clos de la Roche is one of their signature cuvees, and always one of their strongest wines.
Domaine François Lamarche is a family estate at Vosne-Romanée, with holdings in great sites, among them Clos de Vougeot, Grands Échezeaux and La Grande Rue. Quite oaky in style usually but very sturdy.
Domaine Jean Grivot is a Vosne-Romanée family estate with about 15 hectares, led by Étienne Grivot and known for its sensitive, organic approach. The Clos de Vougeot grand cru is . More than two decades old. Charles Curtis MW gave the 2022 96 points in Decanter: the best Clos Vougeot I can recall having from this domaine.
A 0.31-hectare parcel in the lower part of the hill, planted in 1956, among the Gerbet vines Amélie Berthaut inherited from her mother. She is the seventh known generation of Berthauts in Fixin, and merged both families` holdings in 2013.
`The 2017 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru has a lovely bouquet that unfurls from the glass to reveal raspberry, hints of dark chocolate, cedar and undergrowth; there is a touch of mintiness here. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins and beautifully balanced with vivid red berry fruit, plus a liberal sprinkling of white pepper on the finish. Excellent. (Drink between 2023-2042)` 96 Points Neal Martin.
`... for my money, these are among the small handful of wines that realize the true potential of the hill of Corton—to say nothing of the domaine`s reference-point wines from Savigny-lès-Beaune and Pernand-Vergelesses.` William Kelley
`From four parcels comprising 1.5-hectares, the 2021 Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru has a harmonious bouquet with dark plum, licorice and hints of menthol. This blossoms in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins framing the dusky, black fruit laced with white pepper, thyme and bay leaf. Very persistent, this is an excellent Corton-Bressandes. ` 93-95 Points Neal Martin
A Corton grand cru from Maison En Belles Lies, a small Burgundy négociant. from Burgundy`s one red grand cru hill. Very low intervention wine making here.
Bonneau du Martray, famed for its Corton-Charlemagne white, also makes a small amount of red Corton from the same hill. Stanley Kroenke acquired the estate in 2017, and the domaine is run from its base at Pernand-Vergelesses. The red ages beautifully.
A regional Coteaux Bourguignons from Arnaud Lopez, blending Burgundy`s Pinot Noir and Gamay in the appellation`s traditional way. Light, fresh and fruity. A natural wine focussed outlook.
Denis Bachelet took over his grandfather`s 1.8 hectares in 1983, when his father chose not to carry on, and has built a cult, allocation-only estate of around four hectares in Gevrey-Chambertin. This village wine comes from a Brochon parcel, with vines averaging more than 30 years old.
Jean-Marc Millot farms in Vosne-Romanée and Nuits-Saint-Georges. Échezeaux is a Vosne grand cru of some 37 hectares with many owners; his is . Young, so decant or cellar.
Frédéric Esmonin runs a family domaine in Gevrey-Chambertin: three and a half hectares of his own vines plus a négociant label for purchased grapes. This premier cru is the cradle of the house, a refined, floral Gevrey. Sylvie Esmonin is his cousin, and his parents still help.
Frédéric Esmonin works with his parents, André and Michelle, at the family domaine in Gevrey-Chambertin, combining three and a half hectares of estate vines with purchased fruit. This is the home premier cru: sappy fruit, floral lift and a polished acidic backbone.
From 1995, three decades ago, and the home premier cru of the Esmonin family in Gevrey-Chambertin. Frédéric Esmonin makes it from a domaine of three and a half hectares that he supplements with a négociant label.
Maison Louis Jadot, founded in Beaune in 1859, makes this Gevrey-Chambertin premier cru from the Lavaux Saint-Jacques site on the village`s northern slope. , two decades old and one of the stronges Gevrey`s this year.
A Gevrey-Chambertin premier cru from Frédéric Esmonin, whose three-and-a-half-hectare family domaine is backed by a négociant label. Gevrey`s iron-rich clay gives this vineyard firm structure. Over two decades old.
A Gevrey-Chambertin premier cru from Frédéric Esmonin, whose three-and-a-half-hectare family domaine is backed by a négociant label. Gevrey`s iron-rich clays give this vineyard firm structure. Old school in style, all about elegance not power.
Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Le Poissenot Geantet Pansiot
Founded in 1954 when Edmond Géantet married Bernadette Pansiot, the domaine has been run by their son Vincent since 1989, with his son Fabien joining in 2006. This is a 0.62-hectare premier cru parcel on limestone in the Lavaux valley, high on the slope, giving the estate`s tautest, most scented wine. Lutte raisonnée farming, about 30% new oak.
Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Le Poissenot Geantet Pansiot
Vincent Géantet, also a local fire chief, grew the family domaine from seven hectares in 1977 to around 12 across Gevrey, Chambolle and Marsannay. His premier cru parcel is a 0.62-hectare, high-altitude limestone site, named for an old well that once held small fish. Clive Coates praised the house`s intensely flavoured wines.
Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Les Cazetiers Domaine Faiveley
`The 2017 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers 1er Cru is very perfumed on the nose, offering confit-like red berry fruit, blood orange and raspberry jam. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, fine delineation, nice poise and a grippy finish. There’s nice sapidity here, and the constituent parts are all in pace – they just need time to knit together. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2017 tasting. Drinking Date: 2025 - 2045`92 Points Neal Martin
Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Les Cazetiers Domaine Faiveley
`The 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cazetiers is brilliant, unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries, plums, dark chocolate, spices and vanilla pod. Medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, it`s elegantly muscular, with a deep and multidimensional core and a long, expansive finish. It`s worth a special effort to seek out.` 94 Points William Kelley
A Gevrey-Chambertin vineyard on the flatter, richer soils of the village, from the Esmonin family. Over two decades old, from a domaine that mixes its own vines with purchased grapes. Elegance is the by-word here
Much paler colour – thats the house clour! Great nose, complex, leafy, fresh – I would think at least 10 years older but compelling. Mouthfilling, suoer shale and frshness of flavour. Long, gorgeous, complex finish. Bravo!
Domaine Duroché is a Gevrey-Chambertin family estate, now led by Pierre Duroché, who has moved the vineyards towards organic farming. The Jeunes Rois is a Gevrey village vineyard. which in Pierre`s hands tastes like a Premier Cru.
Joseph Faiveley is a Gevrey-Chambertin cuvée from Maison Faiveley, founded at Nuits-Saint-Georges in 1825 and run by Erwan Faiveley. Erwans wines became noticably softer and more accessible in comparison to his father, Francoise.
Domaine des Moirots is a Givry estate run by Christophe Denizot. This premier cru is from the Côte Chalonnaise, an appellation that was a favourite of Henri IV.
Rémoissenet Père et Fils is a Beaune négociant house. This Givry, from the Côte Chalonnaise, is from the 1999 vintage and was made in a structured style from a superb vintage.
A Hautes-Côtes de Beaune red from vines in the hills above the Côte de Beaune, . A fresh, high-altitude Burgundy, with the region`s cooler climate. Natural styling.
This wine comes from a 0.55ha holding of 50yo vines planted in a lieu-dit called Les Chataigniers at 310m altitude above the village of Saint Aubin – the soil here is of a medium depth and easy to plough. Low yield averaging 40hh, whole-bunch fermentation and free run juice only (press juice discarded). Aged in old 228ltr barrels for 15 months, pinch of sulphur added at bottling.
Macon-Cruzille Clos des Vignes du Maynes Julien Guillot
The walled Clos des Vignes du Maynes at Cruzille was first recorded by Cluny monks in 910, then belonged to the lords of the Château de Cruzille before Pierre and Jeanne Guillot bought it in 1952. Julien Guillot farms its seven hectares biodynamically and makes his reds by semi-carbonic maceration, with native yeasts and no sulphur.
La Maison Romane is the négociant label of Oronce de Beler at Vosne-Romanée. Les Longeroies is a Marsannay lieu-dit north of Dijon. Naturally styled wines here.
Domaine Trapet, of Gevrey-Chambertin, has farmed biodynamically since the late 1990s. This Marsannay, from the Côte d`Or`s northernmost appellation, has almost two decades of bottle age and should be delicious right now.
`The wood treatment is a bit more prominent on the spicy red and dark berry aromas that flash plenty of earth and sauvage nuances. There is a bit more verve to the big-bodied, intense and muscular flavors that exude evident minerality on the balanced, palate coating and impressively long finale. Here too patience will be beneficial.` 93 Points Allen Meadows
`Offering up aromas of dark cherries, berries, spices and loamy soil, the 2020 Monthelie Les Duresses is medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, with terrific depth and energy. It`s one of the finest renditions of this cuvee that I can remember tasting chez Lafon.` 88-91 William Kelley
Francois Feuillet is a Burgundy loving magnate who succesfully brought most of the remains of the legendary Raymond Trollat estate. These vines he intrusts to David Duband, who has become stylistically much more inclined towards a more traditional style of vinification, a la Dujac or DRC. Touted as a `Rising Star` in a recent issue of Noble Rot. This is an estate with a great future and for the moment, very reasonable prices.
Domaine Robert Chevillon is one of Nuits-Saint-Georges`s best-known estates, run by the Chevillon brothers. The Pruliers premier cru lies at the northern end of the village. , over twenty years old.
` Full ruby. Spicy aromas of blackberry, violet, bitter chocolate, Oriental spices and mint. Dense and sweet, with ripe but bright black fruit flavors. Finishes with sweet tannins and very good persistence.` 86-89 Points Steven Tanzer
Benjamin Leroux founded his own Beaune label in 2007 after a decade as winemaker at Comte Armand. Fruit comes from small Côte d`Or growers, and he works it into polished, structured Pinot Noir.
Benjamin Leroux founded his own négociant house in Beaune in 2007 after a decade as winemaker at Comte Armand. He buys grapes and fruit from small Côte d`Or growers and works them into polished, structured Pinot Noir.
`The 2020 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Boudots 1er Cru has a very expressive bouquet with ebullient red and blue fruit combined with violet and crushed stone scents. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannins, nicely poised with quite a strict finish that indicates that this will need some bottle age.` 93-95 Points Neal Martin
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Clos des Corvees Prieure-Roch
Prieuré-Roch, one of the starriest domaines in the Cote d`Or is run by Henri-Frédéric Roch of the Leroy family, farming biodynamically in Vosne-Romanée. The Clos des Corvées is a Nuits-Saint-Georges premier cru.
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Clos des Forets St Georges Domaine de l`Arlot
`A little extra colour here. Bright, wide, pure red-berried. Clean, nice drive to this – cushioned with very lovely extra-fine grain to the tannin and with relatively little dryness. The finish seeps out through the cracks and lasts long on mouth-watering finish – very long.` Bill Nanson
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Clos des Porrets Henri Gouges
`The 1999 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos des Porrets Saint-Georges 1er Cru has a ripe and expressive bouquet, one that is lush for a Gouges, with copious pomegranate, cranberry and pressed flower scents. There is certainly fine definition here. The palate is medium-bodied with impressive detail, precise but unapologetically forward as many 1999s can be. But you just cannot resist the energy and brio of this wine and it should give another two decades of drinking pleasure. Tasted at the Gouges retrospective at La Cabotte.` 93 Points Neal Martin (2018)
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Aux Boudots Benjamin Leroux
Benjamin Leroux started his own Beaune house in 2007 after a decade as winemaker at Comte Armand. He sources fruit from small growers and makes polished, structured Pinot Noir.
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Murgers Hudelot-Noëllat
Charles van Canneyt`s Nuits-Saint-Georges premier cru comes from a 0.68-hectare parcel planted in 1985. The domaine was founded in the 1960s by his grandfather Alain Hudelot and Odile Noëllat. He has made the wines since 2008, ploughing the soil and extracting gently.
Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Ile des Vergelesses Chandon de Brailles
Chandon de Briailles, run by Comtesse Claude de Nicolay, farms around Savigny and Pernand-Vergelesses and the Corton hill, and has worked biodynamically since 2005. Precise, delicate Pinot Noir from the Pernand premier cru.
Jean-Marc Pavelot and his son Hugues work the family domaine at Savigny-lès-Beaune, where Pavelots have lived for many generations. Vineyards spread across Savigny, Beaune and Aloxe-Corton, plus Pernand-Vergelesses, and have grown to 17 hectares since 2021.
Aleth Girardin comes from five generations of Pommard winemakers and runs seven hectares across Pommard, Beaune and Meursault, with vines mostly 60 to 65 years old. New oak stays at a third or less, and some whole bunches go in depending on the year. Prince of Pinot called her 2005s charming and very drinkable.
Aleth Girardin`s parcel here was planted in 1906 by her great-grandfather, among Burgundy`s first post-phylloxera replantings. Her seven-hectare family domaine in Pommard keeps new oak to a third at most and keeps yields very low.
Pommard`s power meets Volnay`s finesse in this premier cru, from vines averaging 70 years old. Jean-Marc Boillot`s domaine covers 11 hectares, five of them red, and his daughter Lydie and her husband François now run it.
Jean-Marc Boillot, grandson of Étienne Sauzet and a former winemaker at Olivier Leflaive, founded his domaine in 1985, adding Volnay and Pommard plots inherited from his grandfather. A Pommard premier cru, from Les Jarollières: reds built for the long haul, structured and perfumed. His daughter Lydie and her husband now work alongside him.
Part of the old plots Jean-Marc Boillot inherited from his grandfathers, one of them the great Puligny grower Étienne Sauzet. The domaine now covers 11 hectares between Pommard and Puligny, run by his daughter Lydie and her husband François.
Aleth Girardin`s Rugiens-Bas, her favourite vineyard, was planted in 1906 by her great-grandfather. The Pommard domaine covers seven hectares of mostly 60- to 65-year-old vines, with low yields and limited new oak.
Jean-Marc Boillot built his domaine from 1988 on a bequest of Pommard and Volnay vines, run from his grandfather`s house and cellars in Pommard. The estate now covers 11 hectares, five for reds, and is run by his daughter Lydie and her husband François. The 05 was arguably the best of the decade.
Paul Pillot took over his father`s domaine in Chassagne-Montrachet in 1968, and son Thierry has run it since the mid-2000s. This Santenay comes from two small old-vine parcels on the Chassagne side of the village, fermented with natural yeasts and aged 12 to 18 months.
Domaine d`Ardhuy, a family estate based at Corgoloin with roots in the 18th century, makes this Savigny-lès-Beaune premier cru. Super solid quality here.
Yann Durieux makes wild, low-intervention Pinot Noir in the Côte de Nuits under the Recrue des Sens label. Vin de France, so free of appellation rules.
Recrue des Sens is Yann Durieux`s low-intervention Burgundy label in the Côte de Nuits. Vin de France, so free of appellation rules, and nine years old.
Bernard Moreau et Fils is a top echalon Chassagne-Montrachet estate these days. Les Caillerets is one of Volnay`s best premier crus, on limestone-rich soils. .
Fontaine-Gagnard is a Chassagne-Montrachet estate, run by Richard Fontaine and Laurence Jobard, with a Volnay premier cru. , mostly known for Chassagne whites.
Domaine Michel Lafarge is a Volnay benchmark, run by Frédéric Lafarge with organic and biodynamic farming. Clos des Chênes is among the village`s top premier crus. . William Kelley of the Wine Advocate scored the 2018 94-96+, calling it brilliant; Neal Martin of Vinous gave it 94-96.
`A little extra colour here. Bright, wide, pure red-berried. Clean, nice drive to this – cushioned with very lovely extra-fine grain to the tannin and with relatively little dryness. The finish seeps out through the cracks and lasts long on mouth-watering finish – very long.` Bill Nanson
Ballot-Millot are a Meursault family estate probably better known for their whites but the reds are exceptional too. Santenots lies in Meursault but its reds are sold as Volnay premier cru.
Pierre Morey is a biodynamic Meursault grower and was winemaker at Domaines Leflaive from 1988 to 2008. Santenots lies in Meursault but its reds are sold as Volnay premier cru. , over twenty years old. The Wine Advocate scored the 2020 93 points.
Pierre Morey is a biodynamic Meursault grower and was winemaker at Domaines Leflaive from 1988 to 2008. Santenots lies in Meursault but its reds are sold as Volnay premier cru.
Founded in 1992 at Demigny by Jean-Yves Devevey and now run with Laurence Goudal: 7.5 hectares, organic since 2003 (certified 2014), biodynamic principles since 2019, low sulphur since 2010. Village Volnay from a 0.94-hectare plot on clay and limestone, vines 10 to 70 years old; 50% whole bunch, 18 months in multi-vintage barrels. Jasper Morris MW found a fine core of velvety Volnay fruit" in the 2017."
A family domaine with over 500 years in Volnay. Thierry Glantenay took over from his father Bernard in 2005 and bottles everything at the domaine: about 7 hectares across 10 appellations and 16 parcels. The village Volnay blends Grands Poisots, Lurets and Ormeau, hand-sorted twice. Hachette says Thierry can be proud of his Pinots; one writer calls him his favourite Volnay producer.
Frédéric Cossard, a former wine broker, founded this domaine with his partner Laure in 1996; it now covers ten hectares, organic and natural, from Nuits-Saint-Georges to the Hautes-Côtes. A Volnay premier cru from Les Lurets, a steep west-southeast-facing slope at 230 to 280 metres: opulent, balanced and dense, all Pinot Noir.
Maxime Dubuet-Boillot took over his maternal grandfather Pierre Boillot`s 6.5 hectares in 2016, after eight years at Remoriquet in Nuits-Saint-Georges. A Volnay premier cru, Les Pitures sits below Sur-Roches and above Frémiets, from old vines, with some semi-carbonic fermentation in the cellar. Winehog says his wines can equal those of Volnay`s top producers.
Maxime Dubuet-Boillot took over his maternal grandfather Pierre Boillot`s 6.5 hectares in 2016, after eight years at Remoriquet in Nuits-Saint-Georges. Sur-Roches, his first cuvée and the domaine`s signature, is a village Volnay from a high, well-drained site on white limestone behind the village, organically farmed for aroma and elegance.
Vosne-Romanee 1er Les Malconsorts Hudelot-Noëllat (Magnum)
A tiny 0.14-hectare parcel in one of Vosne`s most revered premier crus, planted in 1950, from the Noëllat inheritance that came to Hudelot-Noëllat in 1978. Charles van Canneyt has made the wines since 2008.
A 0.48-hectare Vosne-Romanée parcel above Richebourg, planted in 1934, 1964 and 2008, from the Gerbet side of Amélie Berthaut`s family. In 2013 she merged her mother`s Vosne holdings with her father`s Fixin vineyards into a 16-hectare domaine.
From a 0.15 hectare (!) parcel on the steeper upper slope shelf directly above the 1er crus les Malconsorts and les Gaudichots, two barrels made. Vines planted in 1934/1935. A 1er cru in all but name.
