About the Burgundy wine region
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.
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...
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...
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...
The 2016 Pommard Les Jarollières 1er Cru has a clean and pure bouquet with black cherries, raspberry coulis and light cassis scents. The oak here is evident but nicely proportioned against the fruit. The palate is...
(91-94 points) Good bright middling purple. Some elegance to the nose, quite a lot of oak, then some depth of quality. Middleweight, lacks the racy lacy detail of the very best examples, but potentially a good wine.
Light to mid purple, very elegant alpine strawberry nose, lifted and balanced. Pure, clean, sensual and very long indeed with some attractive black pepper mixed into the concentrated raspberry fruit.
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...
Sleek and lively, with bracing acidity propelling black cherry, blueberry, mineral and spice flavors. Shows latent energy and a long, saturated finish. Best from 2020 through 2029. 70 cases made, 30 cases imported. — BS
(90-92 points) A restrained but softly perfumed nose combines notes of red and dark cherry, spice, plum, sandalwood and a hint of violet. There is a bit more flesh to the equally racy, intense and stony flavors that...
A ripe but attractively fresh nose speaks of humus, freshly turned earth, violet and poached plum. There is both good richness and volume to the overtly rustic medium-bodied flavors that possess excellent complexity on...
(91-93 points) 60 barrels instead of 100 from this vineyard which has just been sold, so Jadot may not get the fruit in future. Good even medium dark red to purple colour, the nose is less boisterous than the Volnay...
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
(90-93) One of the many standouts in this range, the 2016 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Fontenys 1er Cru is pliant, supple and open-knit, with terrific freshness to play off the layered dark red and purplish fruit. Sleek and...
(92-94 points) Half a crop, just three barrels. Medium deep purple. Fine lush ripe dark raspberry fruit on the nose, some vanillin mixed in. Much darker berries on the palate, and in this wine the concentrated fruit...
(88-91) A more deeply pitched nose offers plenty of classic Gevrey character with its earth, humus, underbrush and sauvage characters, all of which can be found on the attractively textured, vibrant and solidly...
Glowing mid purple. Dark cherry kernels, quite lifted. This has very good intensity, classy fruit which contains both red and black notes, good hillside freshness to it. Long fresh finish.
(90-93) Silky, pliant and refined, the 2016 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers 1er Cru is another gorgeous wine in this range. Here, too, the aromatics alone are beguiling. A rush of dark cherry, plum, licorice and lavender...
(94-95 points) Beautiful crushed roses with an array of fresh raspberries and red cherries, as well as light mocha and oak spices in the background. The palate has excellent tannin maturity and depth. A bold, explosive...
A vibrant, succulent red, this delivers intense flavors of red currant, wild cherry and violet, with undertones of stone and loam. Balanced and well-defined, showing a long, stone-infused finish. Best from 2021...
(90-93) Here the reduction is heavy and it not only crushes the fruit but it also extends to the palate and experience has proven that this is never a good thing. To be fair, reduction in the mouth isn't necessarily fatal...
(92-93 points) Not quite the same depth of colour as En Cailleret. Gentler red fruit notes, a fresh raspberry feel with a touch of redcurrant, fresh finish. Good length too, stylish wine.
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