Reviews

Domaine des Malandes Chablis 1er Cru Mont de Milieu

An easy drinker with a decent QPR. Medium weighted and quasi-rich notes of lemon curd and lemon juice dominate. A touch more simple than its sibling Montmains VV (which I prefer a little more…

Patrick Piuze Chablis 1er Cru Les Séchets

Clean, fresh, and light on its feet. White and light yellow citrus fruit, chalk, white lemon rind, citrus zest, and some lemon verbena. Medium bodied, with a ultra pure delivery. Moderate complexity,…

Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Murgers

Red cherry, pomegranate, orange rind, raspberry sorbet, bark, and bitter coffee bean. Primary and red-fruited, with the sorbet and orange rind adding interest, but also keeping this at a higher…

Domaine Tessier Meursault 1er Cru Le Poruzot-Dessus

Vibrant, crisp, clean, and fresh. White-yellow citrus fruit rides at a higher register, with some pumice and pithy yellow lemon rind framing the primary core. Exhibits a profile more like a juvenile…

Domaine Henri Boillot Volnay 1er Cru Les Chevrets

Black raspberry, red and black cherry, cranberry, pomegranate juice, sorbet, citrus rind, and subtle bark elements. Excellent purity and balance. Finishes youthfully linear, but with wonderful…

Domaine Michel Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Chaumées Clos de la Truffière

An exquisite bottle of wine, with a beautifully balanced sense of vivacity; lime and lemon zest, lemon verbena, mint sprig, white wedding flowers, and wet limestone. Excellent intensity, with a…

Domaine Matrot Meursault 1er Cru Charmes

A healthy injection of lemon oil and ripe Meyer lemon juice, complimented by peach, orchard fruit, roasted nuts, and subtle burnt sugar flavors making up the core. Really opened up after an hour or…

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

Preserved Meyer lemon, olive oil, bruised lemon zest, cantaloupe rind, and yellow pear skin. Full and unctuous, with a ripe lemony profile. Slightly angular on the finish, but with a big dollop of…

Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos

White and yellow peach, Rose's lime juice, grapefruit, lemon juice, travertine, and white pear. Succulent and mouthwatering on entry, expanding on the palate with a full, voluptuous, quasi-sappy…

Domaine Michel Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Chaumées Clos de la Truffière

Bottle #2. WAY better than the bottle I had yesterday that was a total flaccid dud. Clearly bottle variation going on here. This bottle was fresh and vibrant, with lemon juice, lemon zest, lemon…

Domaine Michel Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Chaumées Clos de la Truffière

Flat and pretty lifeless in terms of drive. A "pfud" execution. There are flavor elements that seem pure, but there just wasn't much exuberance or verve to push the fruit to the front. Drinkable, but…

Château de la Maltroye Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos du Château de la Maltroye

Baked apple pie filling, poached pear, ripe lemon, acacia, dry oatmeal, smokey char, and brassy preserved lemon rind. Leesy and yeasty, with a more rounded and ripe profile overall. Don't expect the…

Caroline Morey Beaune 1er Cru Grèves Blanc

Lemon seed, lemon rind, white melon rind, white peach, salt rock, and chalk. Pure, clean, and fresh. Decent acidity and energy, with a higher register (white fruit) ride on the palate. Stayed fairly…

Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Boudriotte

Clean, fresh, and wonderfully balanced, the Boudriotte saunters its way across the palate with pure yellow citrus flavors that are flanked by quince, grass, and mineral elements that add to its…

Domaine François Mikulski Volnay 1er Cru Santenots-Du-Milieu

A fascinating wine, with a nose that blasts sea foam and oyster shells right into the back of the mouth...Like walking down a fog-covered beach in Point Reyes with seaweed-strewn sands and hundreds…

Domaine Henri Boillot Volnay 1er Cru Les Fremiets

Red cherry, strawberry, red and black currant, dark sorbet, and faint earth and spice notes. Outstanding purity, with an ultra clean delivery that keeps excellent focus while also delivering inviting…

Domaine François Mikulski Meursault 1er Cru Charmes

Lemon juice, lemon and lime zest, mandarin orange, lemon curd, dry grass, quince, travertine, white popcorn, and honeysuckle. Beautifully weighted, with a vibrant energy that doesn't race over the…

Sylvie Esmonin (Michel et Fille) Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques

From the nose, you think you're in for a petting zoo barnyard wet sheep moment, but on the palate, the animale element is nuanced, existing more as a subtlety that accompanies the profile rather than…

Domaine Darviot-Perrin Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières

Punchy, bright, and full of vigor and life from the first sip. Such a vibrant wine that dances on the palate like a coke-dusted Elvis (before he was fat...and, well.... dead....). Take a healthy hit…

Domaine François Mikulski Meursault 1er Cru Les Poruzots

Lemon and lime zest, fresh squeezed lemon juice, lemon curd, butterscotch, almond meal, poached yellow pear, and wet river rock. Vibrant and rich (without being "riiiiiich"). Finishes with a great…

Domaine Michel Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Maltroie

Candied lemon peel, ripe yellow citrus, lemon curd, white and yellow peach, pineapple rind, acacia, and wet limestone. A medium-plus front end gives way to an extremely balanced and exquisitely…

Domaine Daniel Rion et Fils Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts

Smooth and balanced, with an equilibrium that makes for a beautiful display of black cherry, red and black currant, earth, and cinnamon flavors. With air, alluring burnt orange peel and smokey anise…

Gilbert et Christine Felettig Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune "En Vallerot" Blanc

Very similar to the 2015, if just a little more firm and tense by comparison on the delivery. The punchy execution of lemon juice, unripe white peach, white melon, and chalk really liven-up the…

Domaine François Mikulski Chardonnay Bourgogne Côte d'Or

For the price, this is absolutely stupid good. Vibrant acidity and verve push the fresh lemon and lime zest flavors across the palate, darting to all sides of the mouth, finishing with medium punch…

Gilbert et Christine Felettig Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune "En Vallerot" Blanc

Pithy and punchy, with lemon seed, melon rind, quince, and white stone. Rides high but has amazing verve. Served next to a Mikulski base model Bourgogne, which has a little more depth. Both are crazy…