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 Spectator, 92 points: The fine structure creates a nervous tension in this white, with lemon, chalk and baking spice flavors. Balanced, showing intensity and a mouthwatering finish that echoes the citrus, mineral and spice elements. Best from...
Vinous, 91 points: Pale yellow. Sweet, ripe aromas of yellow plum and oak char, plus a more exotic suggestion of mirabelle. The yellow fruit flavors show good power and penetration, along with an attractive sucrosité that belies the wine's...
View From The Cellar, 92 points: The 2013 Combottes from the Rossignol brothers is going to be a lovely wine. The nose is pure, complex and nicely perfumed, as it wafts from the glass in a mix of red and black cherries, plums, cocoa, a lovely base of...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 90 points: The 2013 Chablis Grand Cru les Preuses has a more reserved bouquet, touches of ginger infusing the citrus fruit that gain more intensity with time. The palate is fresh on the entry with a keen line of acidity, but it...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: (WA93-95 points) The 2013 Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru is located in the lieu-dit of Mazis-Bas, between the vines of Bernard Dugat (Dugat-Py) and Domaine Maume. Matured in 90% new oak it has a fine clarity on the nose, the...
Wine & Spirits, 91 points: There’s a beautiful, dark-fruited wine here, waiting for oxygen to bring it to life. At first, it seems volatile, with an onion-like reductive scent, black, smoky and heavily influenced by its oak. But there’s also an...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: (WA92-94 points) From 50-year-old vines that usually yield a generous 40 hectoliters per hectare, or thereabouts, the 2013 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St Jacques has a very succinct and focused bouquet with mineral...
Vinous, 93 points: (ST91-93 points) Bright, deep red. Brooding aromas of raspberry, coffee and licorice. Sweet and concentrated, offering excellent depth of material but coming across as less pliant today than the Suchots. Finishes long and...
Burghound, 94 points: (BH92-94 points) Reduction flattens the fruit. This also possesses a seductive mouth feel thanks to the sleek tannins underpinning the delicious and rich full-bodied flavors that display plenty of punch on the slightly...
Vinous, 92 points: The 2013 Nuits Saint-Georges Aux Lavières has a fragrant, perfumed bouquet with wonderful delineation and mineralité. The palate is beautifully balanced with plenty of lively red fruit mixed with brine and seaweed...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: (WA91-93 points) There are just three barrels of the Volnay 1er Cru Santenots du Milieu this year. It has a dense and concentrated raspberry and wild strawberry bouquet interlaced with minerals, backward and broody as...
Vinous, 90 points: Pale yellow. Much fresher on the nose than the Preuses, with ripe peach and powdered stone aromas complemented by spicy, vanillin oak; not exotic but still more Côte d'Or than Chablis in style. Fresh peach, lemon oil and...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Nuits Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Boudots has a sophisticated, well-defined, expressive bouquet with red plum, redcurrant and raspberry fruit, nicely integrated oak...
jamessuckling.com, 95 points: This is dense and tannic with beautiful bright fruit such as dried strawberry and mineral. Full body, chewy tannins and a long finish. Very muscular. Try it in 2020.
Burghound, 91 points: (BH88-91 points) A cool and admirably pure nose displays mostly red currant and earth aromas though there are background hints of wet stone and animale. There is a moderately seductive texture to the vibrant medium weight...
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