The name Burgundy (Bourgogne in French) comes from the Burundians, an ancient Germanic people originating in Bornholm who settled in the area during the early Middle Ages.
Burgundy’s best red and white wines set the gold standard for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. At the top of their game, Burgundy wines are acknowledged as some of the most aromatically complex, seductive and silky on the globe. This thanks in part to their indescribable melding of fruits, flowers, minerals, and earth, as well as their facility in projecting an authoritative flavor sans excess weight.
Unfortunately, for many, the best Burgundies are only produced in limited numbers. Burgundy wines can spell trouble for the non-connoisseur—there are still many examples of less than stellar, overpriced bottles for sale. This fact is due to the nature of the region’s vineyard ownership. An individual, small premier cru vineyard may be subdivided amongst a dozen or more owners. These owners may produce everything from plonk to exceptional wines—all at the same price—depending on the skills of the producer.
The Côte d'Or, or "golden slope," is the in heart of Burgundy and is home to the region’s most famous, and pricey, wines. This 30-mile-long ribbon of vineyards is where all the Grand Cru vineyards (except for Chablis Grand Cru) are found. The Côte d'Or lies just south of Dijon extending to Chagny. The greater Burgundy region also envelopes Chablis to the northern extreme, while the Côte Chalonnaise and Maconnais regions are located to the south of the Côte d'Or. Beaujolais, at the extreme southern end of the Burgundy region, almost touches the outreaches of Lyon.
Wine Enthusiast, 96 points: Reductive flintiness, smoke and red currant shine on the nose of this wine. The tart finesse of the red currant carries onto the slender, taut palate where freshness and elegance reign. Purity and intensity radiate from a...
Wine Spectator, 93 points: Intense aromas of black cherry, pomegranate and tamarind mark this juicy red. Smooth, with well-integrated tannins lending a dusty feel as the finish plays out. Already harmonious, this should develop well over the next...
Wine Enthusiast, 93 points: Hints of flinty reduction and lifted earthiness send conflicting messages of freshness and evolution on the nose of this wine that is rich with lifted red cherry. The palate then plumps for brightness and almost grassy...
Wine Enthusiast, 91 points: Packed with fruit as well as rich wood and smoke flavors, this wine is still young but has potential. Ripe berry fruits will come together well as the wine moves into the next stage. Drink from 2023. ROGER VOSS
jamessuckling.com, 96 points: The purity and beauty to this wine is certainly impressive with raspberry, blueberry and lavender aromas. Simple character on the palate with a full body, chewy and round tannins and a savory finish, leaving flint, dried...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: (90 - 92 points) The 2016 Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru la Petite Chapelle has a floral, well-defined bouquet with perfumed red cherry and strawberry fruit, crushed rose petals and a touch of vanilla. The palate is...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: The 2016 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Cuvée Vieilles Vignes is superb, bursting from the glass with aromas of juicy cherries, peonies, blood orange, licorice, raw cocoa and espresso roast. On the palate, it's full-bodied...
Wine Enthusiast, 92 points: In this wine, initial aromas of red currant and raspberry come with almost ethereal lift before a cloud of distant, subtle woodsmoke follows. The freshness promised by the nose is delivered on the sinuous, fresh and...
Wine Spectator, 93 points: Initial aromas of earth and garlic blow off on the palate, but there are black cherry, black currant, violet and sandalwood notes that build to a long finish. Ripe and well-oaked, yet balanced and expressive. This red is...
jamessuckling.com, 93 points: Another generous and firmly structured wine from Louis Latour. Has bright acidity but it'll need some time for all this to knit together. A long, dramatic finish. Shows excellent potential.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: (90 - 92 points) The 2016 Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Clos des Ormes has a fragrant, floral nose with blackberry, raspberry, cold wet limestone and light graphite aromas. The palate is fresh and tensile with supple tannin...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: The 2016 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts wafts from the glass with a rich bouquet of ripe cherries, wild berries, sweet spices and smoked meats. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, ample and gourmand...
Burghound, 93 points: (91-93) This too is intensely floral on the restrained, ultra-fresh and pure nose that blends both red and dark berries together with slightly exotic nuances of spice and tea. The mouth feel of the medium-bodied and...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: (91-93 points) The 2016 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru has a voluptuous and sensual bouquet, perhaps the most instantly attractive of the quintet of Jadot's grand cru Gevreys that I tasted. There are waves of crushed...
Burghound, 93 points: (90-93) Here the nose is earthier and not as elegant with a somber if complex array of overtly floral and dark berry liqueur-like aromas. There is excellent richness to the sleekly muscular and powerful medium-bodied...
Burghound, 93 points: (90-93 points) As is usually the case, this is more aromatically elegant still with is airy array of intensely floral dark pinot fruit and spiced plum scents. The wonderfully refined and lilting flavors are shaped by...
Burghound, 94 points: (91-94) Reduction. Interestingly, the palate impression of the medium weight flavors is even finer with terrific vibrancy and minerality where the intensity really builds from the mid-palate on back to the explosively...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: (92-94) The 2016 Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens Cuvée Hubert apparently had a very late malolactic that did not finish until September or October. Similar to the previous two vintages, it comes from the lieu-dit "Les...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: (91-93) The 2016 Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Les Damodes contains 80% whole bunch fruit and was one of the last to finish its malo (it had been racked three weeks earlier). The nose is clean and fresh, nicely focused with...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: (91 - 93) The 2016 Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Aux Cras was more backward on the nose compared to the domaine’s other 2016s, partly because it underwent a late malolactic, according to Maxime Chuerlin. The palate is...
Wine Spectator, 93 points: An aroma of woodsmoke frames currant and raspberry flavors in this elegant, supple red. Firms up as this builds toward the long finish, showing both power and grace. Vibrant and spicy. Best from 2021 through 2035. – BS
Burghound, 93 points: A densely fruited nose combines notes of red cherry, cassis, earth and wisps of both floral and spice elements. The supple, caressing and attractively textured medium weight flavors possess old vine sap that imparts a...
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