Fine Wine

"Charles Joguet himself was the iconic producer in Chinon from the 1960s onwards until he retired about 25 years ago. He is in his 90s today, and I...

"Here too very strong reduction completely flattens the fruit. There is excellent volume, intensity, power and muscle to the full-on and frank medi...

"The 2009 Meursault Les Tessons – Cuvee de Mon Plaisir is another of the riper, rounder wines in this lineup. It shows marvelous integrity and pers...

"This is also notably ripe, indeed it sidles right up to the point of being surmature with plum, warm earth, crushed herbs and a floral note that g...

"From three barrels reflecting parcels on the top and in the middle of this famous enclave (purchased as juice, although beginning in 2009, Gambal ...

"François Delaby directs this 27.5 ha family domaine from a beautiful château in the center of Meursault but makes most of the wines in a state-of-...

"François Delaby directs this 27.5 ha family domaine from a beautiful château in the center of Meursault but makes most of the wines in a state-of-...

"A spicy, fresh and pretty if less elegant nose is composed primarily of earth suffused red berry fruit aromas that are in keeping with the impress...

"A relatively high-toned nose of earthy red and blue pinot fruit, violet and a hint of the sauvage seamlessly merges into delicious and vibrant mid...

"This was my first visit to Pascal Prunier, a fifth-generation vigneron whose eight-hectare domaine is based out of cellars in Meursault that forme...

"An extremely attractive set of relatively high-toned red berry fruit aromas with undertones of earth, crushed herb, wet stone and a hint of the sa...

"Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Rauzan-Ségla drifts effortlessly from the glass with fragrant rose hip tea, candied violets and chocolate box...

"OAn expressive and nuanced nose offers up notes of ripe plum, cassis and distinct floral notes that precede fresh, vibrant and racy middle weight ...

"A gentle touch of wood frames a densely fruited and relatively high-toned red pinot fruit nose replete with notes of stone and crushed herb, both ...

"Classic ruby. A wonderfully elegant, airy, cool and pure red pinot fruit nose evidences a subtle minerality that continues onto the delicious, int...

"An airy and notably ripe red pinot fruit nose is nuanced by obvious mineral hints that can also be found on the rich, sweet and detailed flavors t...

"A more elegant and distinctly cool nose of red pinot fruit and like the Fremiers, with obvious minerality that is also reflected by the densely st...

"As one would reasonably expect, this offers a small step up in both aromatic elegance and complexity with a pure red pinot fruit, plum, earth and ...

"A beautifully layered nose of purple fruit, violets and soil tones leads to exceptionally rich, velvety and sappy medium weight plus flavors that ...

"An unusually high-toned nose also displays a touch of wood that sets off subtle lower register notes of earth and humus that carry over to the tex...

"Here the nose is notably ripe and quite densely fruited with a mix of underbrush, warm earth, game and red currant aromas that introduce dense, se...

"The 2000 Volnay Les Champans 1er Cru is (like many millennial red Burgundies) a real surprise. The bouquet is lively and joyous with red cherries,...

"The barest touch of wood frames backward and very primary yet also very pure and high-toned red pinot fruit aromas that are distinctly cool in cha...

"A background touch of wood frames backward and reserved earth-infused aromas as well as intense, robust and full-bodied and broad-scaled flavors t...