Ripe dark-cherry flavors run deep in this clean, violet-scented Beaune. There’s some earthiness to the tannins, with an underlying note of fresh mushrooms to complement the firm, juicy flavors of the fruit. The wine’s...

(90-92 points) Note: 2017 will be the last vintage for this wine. his is aromatically similar to the Pommard villages but with a bit more layering. The delicious, plump and generously proportioned medium-bodied flavors...

A well-spiced and broad-based nose freely offers up notes of forest floor, red and dark currant and evident sauvage character. The tautly muscular and vibrant medium-bodied flavors exude a subtle minerality while offering...

Quite a contrast with Louis Jadot's Aux Cras bottling, this is altogether lighter, paler and more aromatic, despite facing due south. It's a fragrant, textured, finely balanced Beaune premier cru with a core of scented...

Revisited from bottle, the 2017 Aloxe-Corton 1er Les Vercots is showing well, unfurling in the glass with notes of cassis and red berries mingled with sweet soil tones. Medium to full-bodied, muscular and succulent, this...

Fine purity accents the cherry, strawberry, cinnamon and toast aromas and flavors. Concentrated and fluid, with a supple texture and intensity that builds to a lingering finish. Terrific length. Best from 2023 through...

The 2017 Meursault Clos des Ambres is also showing very well from bottle, opening in the glass with notes of green pear, oatmeal, dried white flowers and a hint of youthful reduction that dissipates with aeration. On the...

The 2017 Volnay Les Chevrets 1er Cru has an open-knit, well-defined bouquet of brambly red berry fruit and discreet wilted rose petal aromas. The palate is medium-bodied, quite grippy and a little drier than its peers...

(95+ points) The 2017 Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru wafts from the glass with aromas of cherries, black raspberries, woodsmoke, cloves and peonies, framed by a deft touch of toasty new oak. Full-bodied, deep and...

(92-94) A deft application of oak easily allows the earthy aromas of plum, red and dark berries and game to be appreciated. Once again there is very good volume to the powerful and solidly concentrated middle weight plus...

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...

The Tortochot Charmes-Chambertin is from a holding of 0.57ha in the Mazoyères-Chambertin sector. Medium red colour, no great density, fine boned raspberry and redcurrant, opens out attractively on the palate, with just a...

(93+ points) The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Champ-Gain is deeper, more concentrated and more introverted than the Referts, revealing scents of citrus oil, fresh peach, honeycomb and white flowers. On the palate, it's...

More evident wood stops short of fighting with the fresh, cool and restrained aromas that features notes of forest floor, herbal tea, wild red and dark cherry and a hint of humus character. The equally restrained...

The 2017 Mazoyeres-Chambertin Grand Cru has a glorious bouquet of briary, blackberry and cranberry scents, plus a touch of sous-bois in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins that belie the...

With all of its supple black cherry and sweet plum brightness, this lasts on smoky, spicy tannins. It’s powerful, a little syrupy in its ripeness, ready to bring its fruit to roast duck.

(90-92 points) Very generous wood and menthol elements fight somewhat with the plum, cassis and violet scents. There is better vibrancy to the muscular medium weight plus flavors that offer better depth on the solidly...

Toasty, charred oak leads off, with ripe black cherry, black currant and graphite flavors underneath. Firm, sinewy and a bit surly now, with a strong grip of tannins on the finish. Best from 2025 through 2048. 50 cases...