The 2019 Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills is an attractive, ethereal wine. Sweet dried cherry, mint, tobacco and sage are some of the aromas and flavors that open in the glass. I would give this a few years in bottle to soften...

This is sufficiently reduced that I would strongly advise giving it a thorough aeration if you're tempted to try a bottle young. The sleek, intense and delicious bigger-bodied flavors possess excellent verve while...

(91-93 points) This too is sufficiently reduced to mask the underlying fruit, but it seems clear that it is ripe. More interesting are the finer and less powerful though no less concentrated medium weight flavors that...

Fascinating aromas of blackberries, volcanic ash and some stone follow through to a medium-bodied palate with medium, round tannins and a juicy finish. Fine tannins. Drink or hold.

Decadent notes of rum and toasted coconut accent ripe, rich black-cherry and plum flavors in this wine. A blend of Pinot Noir from the En Boichot and Les Prarons Dessus vineyards located in the periphery of Santenay's...

The 2019 Gevrey-Chambertin Coeur du Roy has also turned out very well in bottle, exhibiting aromas of plums, wild berries, sweet spices, peonies, orange rind and loamy soil. Medium to full-bodied, ample and layered, it's...

(90-92 points) Firm reduction renders an evaluation of the nose impossible at present. Otherwise there is good intensity to the voluminous and expansive flavors that display fine power on the youthfully austere finish...

(91-93 points) Unwinding in the glass with aromas of raspberries, cherries, sweet spices, rose petals and forest floor, the 2019 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Murgers is medium to full-bodied, concentrated and lively...

A rather svelte pinot with black-cherry, leather, bark and sauteed-mushroom character. It’s medium-bodied with fine and polished tannins and a long, flavorful finish. Some redwood and dried sea wood. Salted caramel, too...

A light-bodied, spicy red, boasting black cherry, violet, black pepper and baking spices. Balanced and lingers, with abundant ripe fruit. Drink now through 2027. 30 cases imported.

A pretty red, featuring bright, pure cherry, raspberry, rose and spice flavors. This well-structured version is more elegant than powerful, offering a line of chalky tannins for support, with fine earth- and...

(94+ points) The 2019 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru has a little more concentration and what seems like more extraction on the nose than Faiveley's. Dark berry fruit, incense and veins of blue fruit emerge, perhaps...

(96+ points) The 2019 Ruchottes-Chambertin Clos des Ruchottes Grand Cru offers an irresistible mélange of red and black fruit, hints of black tea leaves and bay, all delivered with stunning delineation. The palate is...

The 2019 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers 1er Cru has a veneer of new oak on the nose plus some reduction, but there seems to be plenty of red fruit here—it’s just suppressed under that reductive haze at the moment. The...

The 2019 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru employs quite a lot of new oak on the nose, but it seems simpatico with the dark berry fruit and the underlying mineralité that reveals itself with aeration. The palate is slightly candied...

Deeper pitched than the Vosne-Romanée La Colombière, the 2019 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots unwinds in the glass with scents of cassis, plums and raspberries mingled with top notes of rose petals, espresso...

(91-93 points) Aromas of cherries, sweet soil tones, dark chocolate and woodsmoke introduce the 2019 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Vignes Rondes, a medium to full-bodied, supple and enveloping wine that's round and...