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.
Burghound, 91 points: There is enough wood to notice surrounding the earthy and brooding dark berry fruit and game suffused aromas. As one might reasonably expect there is markedly better richness and mid-palate concentration to the...
Burghound, 94 points: (BH92-94 points) This isn't quite as spicy as the Ech but it's just as fresh with a brooding and highly complex nose of pungently earthy dark berry fruit and lightly floral-inflected scents. While this is concentrated and...
View From The Cellar, 95 points: (JG94-95+ points) The 2012 Clos de Bèze had been bottled at the end of October, but was still showing very well in mid-November, wafting from the glass in a superb aromatic constellation of black cherries, cassis...
Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 90 points: Bright medium red. Musky redcurrant and plum aromas are complicated by game and leather nuances. Sweet and fine-grained, offering rich flavors of red and purple fruits. This elegant, concentrated village wine is already...
Burghound, 92 points: An elegant, cool and pure nose features notes of wild red berries, pungent earth and a sauvage note. There is an equally cool impression to the medium weight plus flavors that exude a fine minerality on the delicious...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 91 points: (WA89-91 points) The 2012 Chambolle-Musigny Les Veroilles has a refined, gracefully pure redcurrant and raspberry-scented bouquet. The palate is sweet and candied with succulent, fleshy tannins and a generous sweet finish...
View From The Cellar, 92 points: 92+ These thirty year-old vines are beautifully-situated in Rugiens, at the very bottom of the Rugiens Hautes section of the vineyard. The inherent elegance of the 2012 vintage is very much in evidence in the lovely...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: (WA 91-93 points) The 2012 Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Les Petits Monts has a ripe, generous nose with mulberry and briary aromas. The palate is precise with fine tannins, good acidity and a focused, mineral-rich finish...
Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 94 points: (ST91-94 points) Good bright, full red. Complex nose melds raspberry, coffee and smoky graphite minerality. Juicy, sappy and serious, with a distinctly tactile quality to the saline, smoky dark berry flavors. The sweet...
Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 91 points: Bright medium red. Ineffable aromas of perfumed red fruits, dried flowers and truffley underbrush, complicated by a saline quality. Supple and seamless on the palate, showing a restrained sweetness to its flavors of red...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: (WA91-93 points) The 2012 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Fonteny, which sees around 60% new wood, is robed in a deep ruby color. The new oak is dominating the aromatics at present, which makes it difficult discerning the...
Vinous, 92 points: (90-92) Bernstein's Gevrey-Chambertin is beautiful and explosive in the glass. Dark blue and black Gevrey fruit, sweet spices, licorice and mint notes emerge with tons of energy and pure exuberance. This is a gorgeous...
Wine Spectator, 90 points: A spicy version, boasting vanilla- and clove-studded black cherry. Polished and expressive, with a fine, lingering finish. Best from 2018 through 2027. 20 cases imported. –BS
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