Though this is rich and a little heady at first pass, it quickly kicks in with the acid and mild reduction, making for a swirling of both deep and racy elements. At once broad and meaty, and then…
This was a favorite, with a tension-filled delivery that is laced with flinty reduction and yellow/orange core fruit. This was competing neck and neck with the 2022 Boillot Corton Charlie. The CC had…
Yellow citrus, lemon curd, and yellow pear dominate here, with a hit of reduction that finishes with a combination of flint/smoke/matchstick and a kiss of tropical yellow stone fruit. The strong…
One of the best Henri Boillot bottles I've had in a while, out-classing Mouchere, Corton Charlie (which are more angular and blocky when young), and even Batard (though Batard has elevated focus,…
Heavy reduction and a bit of heat kick off flavors of sour lemon and lime, lemon pith, clementine, honeydew, white melon rind, and lemon verbena. After a two hour decant, this was less reduced and…
Holy potent panther of ripe and ready profundity! All you Aubert and Kongsgaard cronies take note, as the 2019 Henri Boillot Folatieres is a double-barreled doozy of such volume and intensity that it…
A solid bottle, with a rich and lively performance that offers both lemon succulence and superb acidic tension. Air was a friend to this wine, as it was displaying a bit of a blocky front end until…
On the first pull of the cork, nuthin. No nose; no palate; no finish; no nuthin. Hints of red cherry water and, you guessed it, nuthin. Swirling, swirling, swirling. Zero pulse. "CLEAR!!!"…
Powerful and pungent (though less overtly brawny and heated than the 2019 Richemont), this is a Folatieres with a lot to say. Pear and pineapple rind lead the charge, with yellow and green pear,…
The more recent vintages of Henri Boillot pinots (currently crafted by Boillot Jr.) really have a strikingly suave as well as a beautifully racy comportment, with a saturating texture and viscosity…
A well made Bourgogne, with predictable yellow citrus, unripe stone fruit, and some white rock notes delivered in a somewhat powerful unfolding of medium+ flavors. Finishes a little abrasive and…
Accessible flavors of black cherry, black raspberry, and a dash of spice set off this Bourgogne in a fashion that is immediately pleasing. It over-performs a tick or two above its class, fanning out…
Clean and pure, with a clarity that keeps the register and delivery a bit higher and linear. With air, lemon juice, lemon seed, quince, and green apple skin notes are coaxed out. There's some…
Dark red and black cherry, red and black raspberry, forest floor, and rocky earth. Nicely pitched, with a cascading and saturated mid-palate expansion that surprises considering its youth. Fresh and…
Black cherry, spicy black and red raspberry, rhubarb, and subtle bark, wet limestone, and orange rind notes. Beautifully weighted and seamlessly executed, with a surprisingly accessible demeanor…
Similar to the Latricières-Chambertin and Clos Vougeot Grand Crus, except perhaps for the dialed-down spiciness that showed more front-and-center with its former siblings. The Echezeaux is more…
Similar to the Latricieres-Chambertin with its black cherry and subtly spicy red and black raspberry profile, but just a hair lighter-bodied and medium-weighted...until air kicks in...fanning out and…
