Reviews

Olivier Bernstein Clos de la Roche

Rhubarb, wild ripe strawberry, RC Cola, red and black cherry, bruised raspberry, dark earth, and subtle vanilla liqueur. Deep and concentrated, with slamming grip and speed that beg for more time in…

Olivier Leflaive Auxey-Duresses Blanc

Continues to deliver well executed lemony yellow citrus flavors. Has a decent degree of finesse for a village Bourgogne, avoiding the angularity that can come from others in this class. Satisfying…

Domaine Darviot-Perrin Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières

This wine just straight owns! There are lime zest and limestone-laced kiwi notes that kick the volume of this thing past 11. The best representation of the Perrieres site I've ever experienced. So…

Joseph Drouhin Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Rouge

Rhubarb, red and black cherry, strawberry, incense, orange rind, and some smoke. A hair more intensity and fruit than the 2015, with a succulent delivery that makes for a juicy core. A judicious hit…

Domaine Henri Boillot Volnay 1er Cru Les Fremiets

Generous with the black cherry fruit, with burnt orange rind, smokey earth, and spice notes. A tick of extravagance mid-palate is perfectly counterbalanced with extraordinary acid. Notable speed and…

Jean-Pierre Maldant Corton-Charlemagne

Impresses for its exquisitely seamless delivery of honeyed yellow citrus and yellow pear flavors. Shows Grand Cru concentration and sophistication, with balanced excecution from start to finish. In a…

Gilbert et Christine Felettig Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Carrières

Cool wild blackberry, rhubarb, purple plum, strawberry seed, stems, and some subtle limestone and garrigue notes. With a couple hours of decanted air, this really produced an interesting layered…

Domaine Michel Mallard & Fils Corton-Les Renardes

A succulent black cherry and wild berry core is flanked by a gorgeous array of spices and subtle forest floor notes. Youthfully driven but surprisingly accessible and unctuous, with a flavor…

Domaine des Malandes Chablis 1er Cru Montmains Vieilles Vignes

I'm continuing to love this wine. Some tropical fruit notes, with stone fruit, melon rind, and a well placed delivery of minerality to accompany the yellow citrus core. Such a sense of completeness…

Nicolas Rossignol Pommard 1er Cru Les Épenots

Black and red currant, black and red cherry, rhubarb, and some earthy spice. Linear and reserved, with a muted flavor expansion. Finishes simple. Not a ton of stuffing, with even less intensity, but…

Domaine Launay-Horiot Pommard 1er Cru Les Chaponnières

Dark and earthy plum, deep black cherry, muddled ripe black raspberry, forest floor, pine, and faint passings of crimini mushroom, black tea, and bark. The core fruit is carried wonderfully along the…

Domaine Henri Boillot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Mouchère

The yellow citrus core executes its flavors precisely with the white mineral notes, making for a subtly tense and nervy, but decadently focused expansion on the palate. Intent and deliberate, but…

Domaine Bruno Clair Vosne-Romanée Les Champs Perdrix

Subtle earth-inflected mineral elements dart in and out of the dominant black cherry and black raspberry core. Flavorful and a bit darker in profile overall (which I was especially drawn to) with a…

Domaine François Mikulski Meursault 1er Cru Les Poruzots

Lemon verbena, lemon and lime zest, and wet limestone. Primary and pure, with a clean but linear delivery at this juncture. Much more straight-laced than the 2015. Tasty but in need of 3+ years to…

Domaine Anne et Hervé Sigaut Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Les Millandes

Beautiful black cherry, limestone, black raspberry, tilled earth, dark sorbet, subtle spice. Deeply pitched mid-palate, but offers minerality and finessed soil notes that add lift and frame. Nicely…

Domaine Michel Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Vergers

Lemon and limestone, with some unripe pear and ripe green apple flesh. Medium all the way around, with a decent grip and speed to harness the flavors and provide focus. Hold this for a few years.…

Domaine Y. Clerget Volnay

Ripe black cherry and plump black raspberry, with some spice and stone. Plush and simple right now. Finishes round and semi-full. A decent sipper, but not exhibiting much complexity at this juncture.…

Domaine Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru Séchets

White stone fruit, lemon juice, lemon rind, white travertine, and unripe pear. More on the white end of the fruit spectrum, with the yellow citrus following closely behind. Direct and fairly linear…

Château de la Maltroye Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Grandes Ruchottes

Ripe and ready yellow citrus, petrol, olive oil, clementine, travertine, and some vanilla. Delicious now (I can't figure out if I'm concerned or happy about that). Lacks a little speed from what I'd…

Domaine Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot

Mature and ready for consumption. Viscous honeyed lemon and yellow citrus, pineapple, light olive oil, hints of butterscotch, brass rail, and some torched sugar. Luckily, this finishes dry and…

Joseph Drouhin Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

Black cherry, red and black raspberry, ripe strawberry, earth, faint citrus rind, and spice. Round and a bit plump mid-palate, making for an accessible delivery of flavor. Medium drive and verve.…

Château de la Charrière Chassagne-Montrachet Les Champs de Morjot

Agreeable yellow citrus and some medium-driven lemony type pedestrian flavors; some limestone tries to come out, but otherwise gets a little lost. It's a fine Sunday sipper kind of drink, but a…

Domaine François Mikulski Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières

A solid core of yellow citrus is encompassed by some white stone and vanilla notes. Medium weighted and a bit primary, but still kicking out the usual succulent core that comes from the Mikulski…

Henri Germain et Fils Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot Les Fairendes

Fresh squeezed lemon and lime juice, Squirt, coconut meat, and white rock. Excellent purity and focus, with an ultra-clean and fresh delivery. Finishes higher-toned with light yellow/white fruit and…

Domaine François Mikulski Meursault 1er Cru Gouttes d'Or

A fresh lemon and lime juice core is flanked by cardamom and pulverized granite notes that add interest to the medium and agreeable delivery of flavor. Beautifully weighted and succulently round…