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Top Nuits-St-Georges 2021 en primeur wines

Charles Curtis MW — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:53:38 +0000

Best Producers:

Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair
Domaine des Perdrix
Domaine Henri Gouges
Domaine de l’Arlot

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Nuits-St-Georges was generally less severely impacted than many neighbouring villages by the weather conditions in 2021.

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Burgundy 2021 en primeur: where to find value

Charles Curtis MW — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 07:00:51 +0000

Domaine A&P de Villaine at Bouzeron in the Côte Chalonnaise

In the past several years, ‘Burgundy’ and ‘bargain’ have seldom appeared in the same sentence. Despite the price escalation, finding value is eminently possible even in the current market of tiny supply and surging demand.

One possibility is to explore regional appellation wines that receive just the appellation ‘Bourgogne’.

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This appellation is nominally at the lowest rung of the quality ladder, but even the most celebrated domaines produce a Bourgogne (although some are quite expensive). If you search, however, you will find superstar domaines producing a wine of great value that spectacularly over-delivers at this level, such as Hudelot-Noëllat Bourgogne Pinot Noir or Michel Niellon Bourgogne Chardonnay.

Some producers farm the less-expensive vineyards at high elevations above the main slopes of the Côte d’Or known as the Hautes-Côtes. These are also included in the regional category as Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune and Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits.

These appellations can also provide exquisite quality wines that are also exceptional value, such as the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Au Bout du Monde from Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey and the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits Corvée de Villy from Thibault Liger-Belair.

Hautes Côtes de Beaune. Credit: Vins de Bourgogne

Another type of regional appellation that should not be overlooked is Bourgogne Aligoté. This white wine grape is widely undervalued since it can produce spectacular wines of concentration, depth and structure in the right hands.

The fruit character is more tangy grapefruit and tarragon than Chardonnay’s ripe apple and white flowers, but the lively acidity and breadth on the palate make this a wine of intense pleasure with food.

Bouzeron in the Côte Chalonnaise is the only village-level Aligoté, yet the grape is grown widely. Marsannay-based Sylvain Pataille is one of the flag-bearers for this grape and he makes several delicious versions, but his Clos du Roy (from a vineyard in Chenôve) is our current favourite.

A bit of searching can land the thirsty collector delicious wines from top domaines that are accessible on release but will also continue to improve with five years or more in the cellar. If you’ve been thinking that ‘everyday Burgundy’ is an oxymoron, these are definitely wines to explore.

Top 10 ‘value’ wines

94 Domaine Alexandre Parigot, Savigny-lès-Beaune PC Les Peuillets
94 Château de Chamirey, Mercurey PC En Sazenay
94 Domaine des Heritiers du Comte Lafon, Macon Milly Lamartine
93 Domaine Henri Boillot, Bourgogne Chardonnay
93 Domaine Belleville, Rully PC Les Cloux
92 Domaine Albert Morot, Beaune Dessus des Marconnets
92 Domaine Jean-Marc Vincent, Auxey-Duresses Blanc Les Hautés
92 Domaine A. & P. de Villaine, Bouzeron
92 Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet, Hautes Cotes de Nuits
91 Domaine Pascal Prunier Bonheur, Monthélie

Top 10 under-the-radar wines

95 Domaine Lamy-Caillat, Chassagne-Montrachet PC La Grande Montagne
95 Domaine Philippe Naddef, Mazis-Chambertin GC
94 Domaine Pierrick Bouley, Volnay PC Clos des Chênes
93 Pernot Père et Fils, Gevrey-Chambertin Les Jeunes Rois
93 Domaine Albert Morot, Beaune Bressandes PC
93 Domaine Ghislaine Barthod, Chambolle-Musigny, 1er Cru Véroilles
93 Alvina Pernot, Puligny-Montrachet Rue des Vaches
93 Domaine Chataigneraie-Laborier, Pouilly-Fuissé
92 Domaine Ghislaine Barthod, Chambolle-Musigny
91 Domaine Ghislaine Barthod, Bourgogne

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Top Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet 2021 en primeur wines

Charles Curtis MW — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:40:08 +0000

Puligny-Montrachet.

Best producers:

Domaine Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey (Chassagne)
Domaine Paul Pillot (Chassagne)
Domaine Blain-Gagnard (Chassagne)
Domaine Lamy-Caillat (Chassagne)
Domaine Michel Niellon (Chassagne)
Domaine Jean Chartron (Puligny)
Domaine Alvina Pernot (Puligny)

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Top Meursault 2021 en primeur wines

Charles Curtis MW — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:30:38 +0000

Meursault vineyards

Best producers:

Domaine du Comte Lafon
Domaine Henri Boillot
Maison Benjamin Leroux
Domaine Génot-Boulanger
Domaine de Montille

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Top Chambolle-Musigny 2021 en primeur wines

Charles Curtis MW — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:16:27 +0000

Chambolle-Musigny vineyards

Best producers:

Domaine Georges Roumier
Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier
Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé
Domaine Amiot-Servelle
Domaine Ghislaine Barthod

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See the score table listing Charles’ top Burgundy 2021 wines all scoring 94 points or above

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See tasting notes and scores for Charles Curtis MW’s top-scoring Chambolle-Musigny 2021 wines:

Burgundy 2021 en primeur: full report and top-scoring wines

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Top Gevrey-Chambertin 2021 en primeur wines

Charles Curtis MW — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:16:07 +0000

Best producers:

Domaine Armand Rousseau
Domaine Dugat-Py
Domaine Trapet
Domaine Rossignol-Trapet
Domaine Bruno Clair

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See the score table listing Charles’ top Burgundy 2021 wines all scoring 94 points or above

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Top Pommard and Volnay 2021 en primeur wines

Charles Curtis MW — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:15:45 +0000

Volnay vineyards

Best producers:

Domaine Michel Lafarge (Volnay)
Domaine Marquis d’Angerville (Volnay)
Domaine de Courcel (Pommard)
Domaine Pierrick Bouley (Volnay)
Domaine Y. Clerget (Volnay)
Domaine Joannès Violot-Guillemard (Pommard)

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See the score table listing Charles’ top Burgundy 2021 wines all scoring 94 points or above

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Burgundy 2021 en primeur: full report and top-scoring wines

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Top Morey-St-Denis 2021 en primeur wines

Charles Curtis MW — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:15:00 +0000

Clos des Lambrays

Best producers:

Domaine Dujac
Domaine Ponsot
Domaine des Lambrays
Domaine du Clos de Tart
Domaine Hubert Lignier

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See the score table listing Charles’ top Burgundy 2021 wines all scoring 94 points or above

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Meursault | Chambolle-Musigny | Gevrey-Chambertin | Pommard and Volnay | Vosne-Romanée

See tasting notes and scores for Charles Curtis MW’s top-scoring Morey-St-Denis 2021 wines:

Burgundy 2021 en primeur: full report and top-scoring wines

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Top Vosne-Romanée 2021 en primeur wines

Charles Curtis MW — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:14:26 +0000

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti vines

Best producers:

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair
Domaine Méo-Camuzet
Domaine d’Eugenie
Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg

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See the score table listing Charles’ top Burgundy 2021 wines all scoring 94 points or above

See all 700 Burgundy 2021 tasting notes and scores

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Morey-St-Denis | Meursault | Chambolle-Musigny | Gevrey-Chambertin | Pommard and Volnay

See tasting notes and scores for Charles Curtis MW’s top-scoring Vosne-Romanée 2021 wines:

Burgundy 2021 en primeur: full report and top-scoring wines

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Burgundy 2021: What to expect

Charles Curtis MW — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 07:00:24 +0000

The hill of Corton.

Burgundian growers hesitate to share their wines with the press until they feel they are ready to show. In this report, I form some early opinions about the Burgundy 2021s.

Reports from Burgundy after the 2021 harvest were dire – and justifiably so.

Burgundy 2021 weather

After a warm, wet winter, and a cool spell, temperatures climbed sharply at the end of March, bringing on budbreak and the start of growth.

Exploring white Burgundy in three steps

Remembering Clive Coates MW, an authority on Burgundy and Bordeaux

Decanter New York Fine Wine Encounter masterclass: Charles Curtis MW’s favourite Burgundies

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Best Burgundy 2020 premier cru wines

Charles Curtis MW — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 15:18:50 +0000

‘The unique conditions – economic as well as meteorological – of 2020 mean it is an exceptional Burgundy vintage,’ said Charles in his Burgundy 2020 en primeur vintage report.

Yet he found himself questioning whether the wines from the 2020 vintage truly reflect what most consumers perceive to be a Burgundian style.

Across the region yields were much lower than usual and the fruit was particularly concentrated.

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Burgundy 2020 en primeur: Full report plus top-scoring wines

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Even though it is the grand cru wines that tend to score the highest, Charles noted that the premiers crus from the highest reaches of Puligny, Chassagne and Meursault, such as Puligny Champ Gain, Chassagne La Romanée or Meursault Blagny, offered excellent quality.

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Burgundy 2020 en primeur: Full report plus top-scoring wines

Top 2020 Côte Mâconnais en primeur wines

Top 2020 Côte de Nuits en primeur wines

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Best value white Burgundy 2020 en primeur to buy

Charles Curtis MW — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:44:33 +0000

As the hottest vintage in Burgundy since the start of the century, it’s no surprise that the wines are showing a high concentration of fruit, with high levels of tannins in the reds and richness, density and ripeness in the whites, particularly in the Côte Chalonnaise.

This was the first year for Pouilly-Fuissé’s premier crus and Charles Curtis MW found it was a resounding success, producing ripe wines that ‘retained a lively acidity’, he said.

Burgundy 2020 en primeur: Full report plus top-scoring wines

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Charles Curtis MW’s top 10 value white Burgundy 2020 wines

Best value red Burgundy 2020 en primeur to buy

Burgundy 2020 en primeur: Full report plus top-scoring wines

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Best value red Burgundy 2020 en primeur to buy

Charles Curtis MW — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:43:11 +0000

Charles Curtis MW tasted over 1,200 wines for his Burgundy 2020 en primeur report and despite it being yet another hot year, he discovered some sublime wines from producers that have managed to tame the concentration of fruit.

‘The results are delicious, but they hardly conform to many wine lovers’ idea of what Burgundy is’, he said, as aromas and flavours in the reds tended more towards black fruit than red.

Burgundy 2020 en primeur: Full report plus top-scoring wines

See further analysis and top-scoring wines of the following areas:

Côte de Beaune | Côte de Nuits | Mâconnais | Côte Chalonnaise

Cool nights, wind, early harvesting and sorting for sunburn has allowed producers to craft some excellent wines despite such dry conditions.

If money is no object, Charles Curtis MW recommends seeking out reds from Bonnes-Mares, Richebourg, Ruchottes-Chambertin or Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts.

However, Charles has also compiled a list of top value reds, featuring wines from appellations such as Santennay, Marsannay and Chorey-les-Beaune.

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Charles Curtis MW’s top 10 value red Burgundy 2020 wines

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Burgundy 2020 en primeur: Full report plus top-scoring wines

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Top Meursault and Montrachet 2020 en primeur wines

Charles Curtis MW — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:25:50 +0000

Meursault-Genevrières

Among the whites, the best of the Meursault Perrières are breathtaking, and there are marvellous wines from Meursault Gouttes d’Or and Bouchères as well.

In Puligny-Montrachet, look for the Premiers Crus La Truffière, Caillerets, Folatières and Champ Gain, while in Chassagne, the Les Chaumées and La Grand Montagne were particularly good.

Scroll down for tasting notes and scores of Charles’ top-scoring Meursault and Montrachet 2020 wines

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Burgundy 2020 en primeur: Full report plus top-scoring wines

Top 2020 Côte Mâconnais en primeur wines

Top 2020 Côte de Nuits en primeur wines

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Top Pommard and Volnay 2020 en primeur wines

Charles Curtis MW — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:59:14 +0000

Grape pickers among the vines in Volnay

To the south of Beaune in Pommard, Caroline Parent-Gros of Domaine A. F. Gros noted: ‘2020 was a year of drought and concentration, but a concentration of both acidity and sugar.’

Scroll down for tasting notes and scores of Charles’ top-scoring Pommard and Volnay 2020 wines

Guillaume dAngerville of Domaine Marquis d’Angerville

Most winemakers left as much foliage on the vines as possible and followed through with a ‘hands-off’ policy.

‘I didn’t touch the vines at all,’ says rising star Joannès Violot-Guillemard in Pommard. ‘I punched down only once and shortened the length of fermentation; everything finished very quickly.’

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Morey-St-Denis | Meursault | Gevrey-Chambertin | Chambolle-Musigny | Vosne-Romanée

Even producers such as Nicolas Rossignol who typically favour a firm extraction showed restraint: ‘This year, it’s more about infusion than extraction,’ explains Rossignol.

Overall, the classic red wine terroirs of Rugiens and Epenots in Pommard, and Volnay’s Les Caillerets, Champans and Clos de Chênes were all reliable.

See tasting notes and scores for Charles Curtis MW’s top-scoring Pommard and Volnay 2020 wines:

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Top Chambolle-Musigny 2020 en primeur wines

Charles Curtis MW — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:54:32 +0000

Picking in Chambolle-Musigny vineyards

In Chambolle, Christophe Roumier was pleased with his results: ‘The surprise of the vintage is the freshness of the wines. The village-level Chambolle suffered in 2020 due to the lack of water, but the old vines not as much. There was less alcohol in 2020 than in 2018, and more complexity than 2019.’

Scroll down for tasting notes and scores of Charles’ top-scoring Chambolle-Musigny 2020 wines

Christophe Roumier of Domanie Georges Roumier

It was, above all, important to vinify carefully.

As Charles van Canneyt of Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat put it: ‘We don’t want to make 2005 all over again’, referring to the hard tannins of that vintage.

Away from the grand crus, it is a great year for the premier crus Les Fuées, Les Cras and La Combe d’Orveau.

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Côte de Beaune | Côte de Nuits | Mâconnais | Côte Chalonnaise

Morey-St-Denis | Meursault | Gevrey-Chambertin | Pommard and Volnay | Vosne-Romanée

See tasting notes and scores for Charles Curtis MW’s top-scoring Chambolle-Musigny 2020 wines:

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Top Gevrey-Chambertin 2020 en primeur wines

Charles Curtis MW — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:51:26 +0000

Pinot Noir vineyards, Gevrey-Chambertin

According to Denis Bachelet in Gevrey, 2020 ‘was a vintage where the wines resembled the Rhône more than Burgundy’.

He notes that his yield was 35-40% below an average harvest.

Scroll down for tasting notes and scores for Charles’ top-scoring Gevrey-Chambertin 2020 wines

See tasting notes and scores for Charles Curtis MW’s top-scoring Gevrey-Chambertin 2020 wines:

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Top Morey-St-Denis 2020 en primeur wines

Charles Curtis MW — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:46:02 +0000

Morey-St-Denis village and church from the Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru vineyard

In Morey-St-Denis, Jacques Devauges at Domaine des Lambrays calls 2020 a ‘historic vintage’.

‘The broad lines are striking: 30% less rain than normal and 20% more sun,’ he says. ‘Sunburn was a problem for the vines classed in village or premier cru, but the grand cru parcels were planted parallel to the slope which provided protection. Still, the yields were meagre – 15 hl/ha for the old vines sensitive to coulure.’

Scroll down for tasting notes and scores of Charles’ top-scoring Morey-St-Denis 2020 wines

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Top Vosne-Romanée 2020 en primeur wines

Charles Curtis MW — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:35:01 +0000

Vosne-Romanée

In Vosne-Romanée, Louis-Michel Liger-Belair was very sensitive to the risk of ‘figging,’ noting that his whites were significantly affected, as were the younger Pinot Noir vines.

‘We sorted three times at the end of the vine rows to eliminate the problem,’ he explains.

Scroll down for tasting notes and scores of Charles’ top-scoring Vosne-Romanée 2020 wines

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See tasting notes and scores for Charles Curtis MW’s top-scoring Vosne-Romanée 2020 wines:

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Top Mâconnais 2020 en primeur wines

Charles Curtis MW — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:59:14 +0000

Vineyards of Mâconnais

At the end of a relatively warm and sunny winter season, budbreak in the Mâconnais occurred at the end of March.

According to Audrey Braccini of Domaine J.A. Ferret, the rains at the end of April ensured that the vines were an entire month ahead of an average vintage.

This advance continued as flowering was completed in mid-May and an ample crop was set on the vines.