Burgundy

Aromas of honeydew melon, guava and golden apple. On the palate, the wine has buttery textures, sustained acidity and spiced-citrus length. *Gold Medal*

Sunny, rich and ripe, offering aromas of peach, pear and quince that lead into a texture that is unexpectedly lush yet still retains an elegant balance. The cuvée is based on young vines in St-Romain - two-thirds of the blend this year - complemented by grapes purchased in the Mâconnais. The result is a charming wine perfect for current consumption. (CC)

Chiseled golden apple frolics with brioche and bruised yellow pear on the nose that is accented by baby's breath. Stony minerality infuses the palate that brings in bread dough and lemon peel. This wine's citrus lift would complement shrimp cocktail, sushi and grilled asparagus.(AC)

When I first tasted the Vignes Blanches from Curveux, I wrote down in my notes: "I can't decide if Premier Cru Pouilly-Fuissé of this quality shouldn't be possible at this price, or if I'm just overzealous in my first week on the job." Lo and behold, over a month, and half-a-hundred Pouilly-Fuissés later, I still haven't tasted one that struck me like this bottle did. It's a lush and doughy and superbly textured, with wonderful lift from the always-energetic 2024 vintage. A wine that you taste and are certain you’ll have to pay an arm and a leg to enjoy it, and then celebrate with a second bottle when you find out it’s under $30!

Lovely transparency to this, with subtle honeysuckle, lemon rind and honey in the nose. It's medium-bodied with a refined texture and beautiful length. Real white Burgundy for the money. Drink now.

Pierre Ramonet arrived in Chassagne-Montrachet in the late 1920s with, as the family tells it, a knapsack and not much else, bought grapes and made wine until he could afford vines, and in 1934 made his first purchase in Les Ruchottes, the premier cru that would make his name. Frank Schoonmaker found him early and sent the wines to America, and Pierre never stopped buying: Bâtard and Bienvenues from Domaine Coquet in the 1950s, and in 1978, at 72, a quarter hectare of Montrachet paid for with his savings. He died in 1994 at 88, having handed the work to his grandsons Noël and Jean-Claude a decade earlier. Since 2013 the labels have read Jean-Claude Ramonet, and Jean-Claude now runs the domaine with his daughter Anne-France. The holdings are what every white Burgundy lover dreams about: Montrachet, Bâtard, Bienvenues and a sliver of Chevalier, plus Ruchottes, Caillerets, Morgeot, Boudriotte, Vergers and Chaumées in Chassagne, with Saint-Aubin and Puligny alongside. The cellar is old-fashioned and unhurried, with fermentation on native yeasts and 12 to 15 months in barrel, new oak kept to a modest share even for the grands crus. Decanter calls Ramonet one of the best white wine producers on the planet, and we’re not inclined to argue: these are the Chassagnes we buy whenever we can, with the Ruchottes and the Morgeot the ones that turn up most often on our own shelves.

Pierre Ramonet arrived in Chassagne-Montrachet in the late 1920s with, as the family tells it, a knapsack and not much else, bought grapes and made wine until he could afford vines, and in 1934 made his first purchase in Les Ruchottes, the premier cru that would make his name. Frank Schoonmaker found him early and sent the wines to America, and Pierre never stopped buying: Bâtard and Bienvenues from Domaine Coquet in the 1950s, and in 1978, at 72, a quarter hectare of Montrachet paid for with his savings. He died in 1994 at 88, having handed the work to his grandsons Noël and Jean-Claude a decade earlier. Since 2013 the labels have read Jean-Claude Ramonet, and Jean-Claude now runs the domaine with his daughter Anne-France. The holdings are what every white Burgundy lover dreams about: Montrachet, Bâtard, Bienvenues and a sliver of Chevalier, plus Ruchottes, Caillerets, Morgeot, Boudriotte, Vergers and Chaumées in Chassagne, with Saint-Aubin and Puligny alongside. The cellar is old-fashioned and unhurried, with fermentation on native yeasts and 12 to 15 months in barrel, new oak kept to a modest share even for the grands crus. Decanter calls Ramonet one of the best white wine producers on the planet, and we’re not inclined to argue: these are the Chassagnes we buy whenever we can, with the Ruchottes and the Morgeot the ones that turn up most often on our own shelves.

Exuberantly aromatic with sweet black plums, forest berries and violets. Juicy and vinous, this has vivacious, refreshing acidity and succulent, seamless tannins. The two-thirds new oak offers light espresso tones. The panache is bewitching. This is equally intellectual and pleasurable. One of the wines of the vintage.

Bright and zesty, with lime, flint and mineral aromas. Plenty of substance, with salted citrus flavors, a medium body and a textural, rounded finish. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink now or hold

The 2024 Chassagne-Montrachet Village is a blend of seven lieux-dits with one-third from Morgeots, all touching Grand Crus. It has a touch of oyster shell on the nose that combines deftly with the citrus fruit. Fine delineation and focus. The palate is well balanced with a killer line of acidity, impressive depth and intensity, lightly spiced with a powerful and long finish that is unequivocally Premier Cru in standard. You will find few white Village Crus better than this.(NM)

A perfumed and highly expressive nose freely proffers its aromas of the essence of white fleshed fruit, green apple, wet stone, petrol and a plethora of floral elements. There is again excellent mid-palate density to the sappy and powerful medium-bodied flavors that possess an almost aggressive minerality on the superbly long finale. This is a knockout and it's extremely rare to find this level of quality at the villages-level - if you can find it, buy it.

Château de la Charrière is one of our most popular direct import producers and a label that easily represents the best bang for your buck we carry in Burgundy. Formerly run by Yves Girardin, the business is now run by his young son Benoit, who has modernized the winemaking since his first vintage in 2011.

Bid on this 6-bottle lot of 2021 Alex Moreau (Bernard Moreau) Chassagne-Montrachet (91JG). John Gilman: "The 2021 Chassagne villages bottling is simply stunning this year. The bouquet is precise and vibrant, jumping from the glass in a blaze of lemon, pear, a touch of fresh pineapple, a complex base of chalky soil tones, white lilies, lemon zest and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is precise, full-bodied and vibrant, with excellent depth at the core, a lovely girdle of acidity, superb mineral drive and a long, complex and seamlessly balanced finish. Great juice and premier cru quality without a doubt! 91+" (12/2022)

The 2024 ranks among the best vintages of Leflaive's Bâtard I have tasted. There is a lovely freshness without sacrificing the richness that is the charm of a proper Bâtard. The wine surprises with profuse aromas of ripe pear, acacia flower, chalk and spice; the texture is dense but very fine, bringing impressive persistence to the finish. The wine is completely, convincingly delicious. The difficult 2024 vintage required extensive sorting, but the team did what was necessary to produce a truly memorable result.

Samuel Billaud’s 2024 Bourgogne d'Or Chardonnay, a blend of purchased fruit from the Mâconnais and the Auxerrois, delivers aromas of pear, beeswax, peach and apricot. The palate is medium-bodied, ample and inviting, underpinned by vibrant acidity, and it concludes with a finish of moderate length.(KK)

As is often the case when young, the nose closely resembles that of the Pucelles with just a bit more layering. By contrast, there is definitely more size, weight and power to the bigger-bodied still yet refined and wonderfully energetic flavors that coat the palate with dry extract while delivering outstanding persistence on the compact, balanced and Zen-like finale. This is gorgeous and equally classy though it's also very much a buy and forget you own it wine. *Don't miss!*

Once again there is a coolness to the airy, even wafting, nose of wet stone, citrus and exotic tea. The sleek, intense and beautifully delineated, even chiseled, flavors brim with minerality on the lilting, focused, balanced and lightly austere finale. Villages-level Meursault doesn't get a lot better and this is pretty much textbook Tillets. *Outstanding* *Top Value*

Mid lemon yellow. A distinguished but understated bouquet, partly spring flowers, partly fresh apple. There is power behind, with tension at the back of the palate, a light citrus wash to the orchard fruit, a feeling of treading on very small white stones, and a refined finish. Drink from 2028-2032. Tasted Nov 2025.

Château de la Charrière is one of our most popular direct import producers and a label that easily represents the best bang for your buck we carry in Burgundy. Formerly run by Yves Girardin, the business is now run by his young son Benoit, who has modernized the winemaking since his first vintage in 2011.

Note: from 60+ year old vines and the vineyard is a whopping 4 ha monopole within Perrières. Here too the lightly wooded nose displays a panoply of floral nuances that include rose petal, lilac and acacia blossom with additional notes of just grated zest, spice and green apple. There is almost painful intensity to the slightly more concentrated and more mineral-driven flavors that conclude in a chiseled, youthfully austere and sneaky long finale that seems to go on and on. The Clos de la Mouchère is always excellent but in 2024, it is genuinely stunning.*Burghound Outstanding!*

Mid lemon yellow. A high-class nose. The apples have ripened well but there is no excess sunshine. A considerable volume here, with a crunch at the finish, complex, fruit stones and acidity very nicely interwoven. Fine long aftertaste with a touch of salinity. Drink from 2028-2033. Tasted Nov 2025.

Clos Rousseau is a Premier Cru climat of Santenay, an appellation at the southern end of Burgundy’s Côte de Beaune. Château de la Charrière’s 2024 bottling is made from Pinot Noir and carries the vineyard name, linking it to a specifically delimited and classified site within the appellation.

Pouilly-Fuissé’s first premier cru designations took effect with the 2020 vintage, a milestone for this Chardonnay appellation in Burgundy’s southern Mâconnais. Domaine Guillaume Curveux’s 2024 “Les Menestrières” belongs to that classification, highlighting a named vineyard site within an appellation whose wines are made exclusively from Chardonnay.

A fresh mix of red and dark cherries is cut with hints of earth and spice. There is slightly better volume though this still isn't especially dense, all wrapped in a dusty and lightly austere finish where a touch of bitter pit fruit character slowly emerges. This too should drink well early on.

Santenay sits at the southern end of Burgundy’s Côte de Beaune, an area where Pinot Noir is the principal red grape. Château de la Charrière’s 2024 “Les Charmes Dessus” is a site-designated Santenay rouge made from Pinot Noir.

From the only producer to use the AP Charlemagne label, this shows a lovely citrussy nose with hints of mineral and hawthorn flowers. The texture is compact but not heavy; there is abundant acidity to balance the impressive level of extract, and an immensely satisfying finish. It is produced from two parcels totalling 0.5ha. One faces south on the Aloxe side, and one faces west on the Pernand side. The combination is compelling and should not be overlooked. (Drink between 2025-2040)

They are Chassagne end, homogenous plot. Pale lemon colour. Here the nose has a sense of lifted energy alongside then weight of Morgeot. Quintessence of Chassagne for Bastien and consistent every year. Ripe grapefruit and a texture which makes one salivate. Finesse too. Pretty spectacular potential. *5 Stars*

Attractive pale colour. The bouquet is reticent with fresh citrus, and some leesy minerals. Definitely some citrus notes on the palate too along with white apple fruit, good length, well balanced, white wine terroirs. Drink from 2026-2029. Tasted Oct 2024.

Drouhin's 2022 Amoureuses is a magical wine, all perfume and silk. There are lovely aromas of ripe black cherries with a floral note and hints of violets and cardamon. The texture is dense and lush without being heavy, and the fresh acid balance carries the wine to a lingering finish. The grapes come from four domaine-owned parcels of old vines and are fermented as 40% whole clusters before ageing in primarily used casks. The result will open in three to five years and drink for 20 or more afterwards. (Drink between 2028-2055)

This is a Chardonnay from Meursault produced by Domaine Robert Ampeau & Fils, a historic family estate known for releasing wines only after extended cellar aging. The wine comes from the Premier Cru vineyard La Pièce-sous-le-Bois, a small climat on the southern side of Meursault bordering Puligny-Montrachet. Domaine Ampeau became famous for maintaining deep library stocks and holding back vintages for years or even decades before release, allowing the wines to mature under ideal cellar conditions before reaching the market.

Bid on this bottle of 1988 Domaine Armand Rousseau Chambertin Grand Cru (93BH, 93RP, 93VN). Vinous: "The 1988 Chambertin is powerful and burly, but it also lacks the fruit density of the other wines in this tasting that share its virile personality. Hints of tobacco, smoke and leather add shades of complexity. I suspect the 1988 will drink well for another 15+ years, even if it will probably never reach the heights of some of the more profound vintages. I have had better examples of the 1988. (AG)" (08/2017)

Bid on this bottle of 1988 Domaine Faiveley Chambertin Clos-de-Beze Grand Cru.

Bid on this bottle of 1985 Dupard Aine Montrachet Grand Cru.

Bid on this bottle of 1995 Christian L. Remoissenet Chambertin Grand Cru "Clos de Bèze".

Bid on this bottle of 1988 Domaine du Clos Frantin (Bichot) Chambertin Grand Cru. Neal Martin writes: "Domaine du Clos Frantin is owned by Maison Albert Bichot. Their Clos de Vougeot vines are located in two parcels – a smaller plot on the upper reaches of the clos and a larger parcel lower down, stretching from the mid-slope down to the RN74 artery. Though they have experimented with separate cuvees in the past, the winemaking team feels that an assemblage of the two creates a more complete Clos de Vougeot. The fruit is partly de-stemmed, the whole bunches individually selected, after which follows a three- to four-week maceration in temperature-controlled conical oak vats where punching down is conducted manually. The Clos de Vougeot is usually aged for up to two years in 60% new oak."

Bid on this bottle of 1983 Joseph Drouhin Montrachet Grand Cru "Marquis de Laguiche". Made from arguably the most desirable plot of vines in the world's greatest white wine vineyard, Joseph Drouhin's Montrachet "Marquis de Laguiche" is often considered a quintessential expression of this hallowed site.

Bid on this 2-bottle lot of 1988 Domaine Clos Frantin (Bichot) Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru. From wine writer Richard Jennings: " Bricking medium red violet color with pale meniscus; deep, tart cherry, mineral, shitake mushroom, raspberry, truffle and dried cherry nose and palate; medium-plus finish 94+ pts." (12/2008)

Bid on this 3-bottle tasting lot; including 1-bottle of 1997 Domaine Marius Delarche Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru "Ile des Vergelesses" and 2-bottles of 1999 Domaine Marius Delarche Le Corton Grand Cru "Vieilles Vignes Reserve". Of the 1997 Domaine Marius Delarche Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru "Ile des Vergelesses", Int'l Wine Cellar writes: "Medium red. Vibrant aromas of cherry, minerals, licorice and spice. Dense, sweet and stuffed with fruit; flavors of cherry and licorice repeat in the mouth. Solid, peppery back end is longer than that of the above wine. A good showing." (04/1999)

Bid on this bottle of 1992 Domaine François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru "Montée de Tonnerre" (93BH, 93VN). Vinous: " The 1992 Chablis Montée de Tonerre 1er Cru is impressive but richer and more botrytised in style than expected. It is atypical for a 1992 white: deeper in colour with dried honey, beeswax, acacia, and lanolin on the enticing nose. There is something…burly about it. The palate is slightly viscous in texture, powerful and with greater density than one would expect. Forget the tension and steeliness you can find in the best ’92 Burgundy whites—this cuvée is rich yet retains acidity. After 33 years, whatever residual sugar had been floating in the wine was finally dried out or subsumed so that the finish bears some similitude to a Sauternes with mileage. Wonderful. (NM)" (07/2025)

Bid on this bottle of 1993 Domaine Bertheau & Fils Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru (92BH). Burghound: "The highly expressive and wonderfully complex nose has gone fully secondary with hints of spice, earth and sous-bois sneaking in. There is a really lovely mouth feel to the fully resolved medium weight flavors that exhibit a hint of acidity on the otherwise delicious and beautifully persistent finish. This is really lovely stuff and is basically a Bonnes Mares of finesse. Tasted twice with consistent notes." (11/1999)

Bid on this bottle of 1985 Domaine Pierre Morey Montrachet Grand Cru.

Bid on this bottle of 1996 Domaine Bachelet Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru "Les Corbeaux" Vieilles Vignes (90WS). Wine Spectator: "Plenty of animal character. The berry, game and mineral notes are well displayed on a bright structure, without the concentration and density of some. (BS, Web-1999)"

Bid on this 3-bottle lot of 1996 Marius Delarche Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru (94RP). Wine Advocate: "I was floored by the Corton-Charlemagne Reserve. Its rich and ripe nose is followed by a massively powerful, superbly balanced, and explosive personality filled with concentrated flavors reminiscent of candied pears, minerals, warm gravel, and lemon drops. This exquisite wine's seductive, thick, and layered mouth-feel is magnificently focused by its racy acidity. Its admirable finish is long, precise, and wonderfully delineated. (PR)" (04/1998)

Bid on this bottle of 1993 Domaine Pierre Damoy Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru (93BH). Burghound: "Elegant, extremely pure and spicy with austere black fruit notes and understated, powerful, densely concentrated and superbly well-focused big-bodied flavors that deliver superb mid-palate punch and terrific finishing complexity. This has always been impressive, even since release and it continues to hold effortlessly. Multiple, and consistent, notes." (07/2017)

Bid on this 2-bottle tasting lot; including 1-bottle of 1989 Domaine François Jobard Meursault 1er Cru "Charmes" and 1-bottle of 1995 Domaine François Jobard Meursault "En La Barre".

Bid on this 2-bottle lot of 1995 Domaine Francois Jobard Meursault 1er Cru "Les Poruzots". From one of Meursault’s traditional, cellar-focused domaines, Les Poruzots is a premier cru on the south side of the village, near Genevrières. The Jobard style from this era is generally associated with long élevage and wines built for extended aging rather than early release.

Bid on this bottle of 1996 Domaine d'Auvenay (Lalou Bize-Leroy) Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru (97DC). Decanter: "This wine has extraordinary concentration and power, with a deep, youthful aroma of plum and blackberry fruit overlaid with notes of mineral, peony, and leather and a distinctly savoury roast quality. The texture is still youthfully dense, tannic, and rich, with superb length and impressive complexity on the lingering finish. Drinking this wine 20 years after the harvest with collector friends, it had hardly seemed to evolve at all. Accessible now, it will only continue to improve for decades to come. (Drink between 2023-2050) (CC)" (03/2016)

Bid on this bottle of 1999 Domaine Pierre Amiot Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru "Combottes".