Burgundy 2022 En Primeur: Blue Skies Over Beaune, Verdant Vines In Vosne
After the unusually cold and small-yielding 2021, the 2022 vintage swung back to what we might consider the “new norm”. With an overall abundance of warmth and sunshine, timely rainfall in June and August helped to balance out any effects of the heat. Early impressions tell a story of wines in general produced with more richness and concentration than their predecessors, with the best of them retaining all important freshness and disarming equilibrium.
Jasper Morris is the first critic to release the 2022 vintage report. He praised the vintage as "bountiful and beautiful" and recommends collectors to consider cellaring the wines.
"Vintages that came to mind were 1985 for the health of the grapes, 1999 for the size of the crop and the relative consistency of quality though with a bias towards the Côte de Beaune, and 2002 – just short of top flight but a really lovely flavour profile of medium density and longevity." Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
"All other things being equal, I would recommend going large in 2022, large in the sense of a broad range because there are so many really good wines at all levels." Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
Burgundy 2022 En Primeur: Blue Skies Over Beaune, Verdant Vines In Vosne
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Faiveley Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 98-99 (JS) |
In Bond
£672.00 |
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James Suckling (98-99)Such a salty wine with intense preserved lemon, flint and chalk dust character. Awe-inspiring power and concentration, yet so bright and vivid, the sweetness of the fruit precisely balanced by the stunning mineral acidity. |
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Faiveley Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St Jacques
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 91-93 (BH) |
Expected Price Range
£314 -
£377
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Burghound (91-93)Moderate wood again frames the fresh and unusually expressive nose of forest floor, the sauvage and various wild red berries. There is impressive concentration to the powerful and tautly muscular medium-bodied flavors that display excellent length on the very firm finale where the only reproach is a touch of warmth. This is already attractively complex and a wine that should age gracefully over the next 12 to 15 years |
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Faiveley Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cazetiers
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 91-94 (IB) |
Expected Price Range
£300 -
£360
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Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (91-94)Faiveley pulled out quite a lot after the frost. There is still plenty left to make this wine, though. Solid red crimson colour, with a delicious red fruit nose with its mineral overlay. Alpine strawberries, fair concentration, very detailed, maybe just needs to kick on more at the finish. Drink from 2030-2037. Tasted: October 2023. |
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Faiveley Mercurey 1er Cru Clos des Myglands
(12x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 93-94 (JS) |
Expected Price Range
£450 -
£540
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James Suckling (93-94)Enticing nose of black raspberries and sour cherries. Wonderful freshness and vitality. Silky tannins for this appellation. Long, clean and bright finish. |
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Faiveley Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Saint Georges
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 93-95 (IB) |
Expected Price Range
£300 -
£360
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Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (93-95)The Les St Georges comes under the negociant label, Joseph Faiveley, as the produce of their own vines is mixed with two other sources, one of which is the Hospices de Nuits. A deep crimson colour. The bouquet is relatively luxurious, a super succulent ripe raspberry, with very good tension behind. This seems very young, but the abundant fruit and the structure are promising. The fruit on the palate is fresher than for the village Nuits. Drink from 2030-2038. Tasted: October 2023. |
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Follin-Arbelet Romanee-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 93-96 (IB) |
In Bond
£1,125.00 |
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Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (93-96)The wine is nowadays vinified by the Poisot cousins who own the vineyard, with some wine then being sold to Domaine Follin Arbelet. Glowing crimson. Still quite backward, the nose showing some of the flamboyance of its origins, but it is in an awkward stage, showing a lot of oak and some tannins. A little chunky, though with the requisite length. Drink from 2030-2040. Tasted: October 2023. |
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Fontaine-Gagnard Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 94-96 (VN) |
In Bond
£695.00 |
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Vinous (94-96)The 2022 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru has an almost clinical bouquet with more penetration than the Criots served alongside. The medium-bodied palate has fine tension, but there is a real delicacy about this Bâtard with a very persistent, controlled finish and hints of white peach on the aftertaste. Wonderful. |
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Fontaine-Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Romanee
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 93 (VN) |
Expected Price Range
£280 -
£336
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Vinous (93)Wipe your tears because this is the last vintage of Chassagne-Montrachet La Romanée 1er Cru for now; the vines were pulled up after the harvest as production had tumbled to untenable levels, plus there was unacceptable soil erosion. The well-defined bouquet is intense with yellow plum, Mirabelle, crushed stone and wilted white flowers. The palate is very well-balanced with superb tension, focused and energetic with a saline finish. Bowing out in style. |
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Burgundy | - | 92 (VN) |
Expected Price Range
£220 -
£264
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Vinous (92)The 2022 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Caillerets 1er Cru has wonderful delineation and poise on the nose, real frisson, with yellow fruit, egg whites and wild peach. Love it! The palate is very well-balanced with a touch of reduction, elegant in style, perhaps needing more depth and grip on the finish. But this is very suave and nuanced. |
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Burgundy | - | 92 (VN) |
Expected Price Range
£167 -
£200
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Vinous (92)The 2022 Chassagne-Montrachet Morgeots 1er Cru has a terroir-driven, minerally bouquet with crushed stone filtering through the orchard fruit and subtle hazelnut and litchi scents developing in the glass. The palate is well-balanced, perhaps just a little conservative/timid at the moment, precise yet bashful. Hints of rose water and peach skin towards the finish. One of the prettiest cuvées from Fontaine-Gagnard this year. |
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Fontaine-Gagnard Criots-Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 94-96 (VN) |
In Bond
£695.00 |
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Vinous (94-96)The 2022 Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru has a terse, stony bouquet with touches of granite, orange pith and grilled walnut aromas that gradually gather momentum in the glass. The palate is very well-balanced, with a reductive note lending tension and poise. Surfeit with energy, this fans out wonderfully and is one of the longest in the mouth. Due to be bottled next spring, this is a magnificent Criots. |
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Fontaine-Gagnard Le Montrachet Grand Cru
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 95-97 (VN) |
In Bond
£1,695.00 |
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Vinous (95-97)The 2022 Montrachet Grand Cru is the only cuvée in two one-year-old barrels. I don't think it needs new oak. There is real energy and complexity here, orange pith and lemon verbena, touches of lemon curd. The palate is beautifully balanced with great depth and power, far more than the Bâtard-Montrachet. It has a beguiling length and precision, velvety smooth, with a hint of walnut on the finish. Divine. |
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Gerard Peirazeau et Fils Bourgogne Pinot Noir
(12x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | - |
Expected Price Range
£275 -
£330
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Burgundy | - | - |
Expected Price Range
£2,610 -
£3,132
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Gilbert Picq Chablis 1er Cru Vosgros
(12x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 93-95 (VN (NM)) |
In Bond
£288.00 |
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Vinous - Neal Martin (93-95)The 2022 Chablis Vosgros 1er Cru takes a little more time to open on the nose than Picq's other cuvées but eventually reveals eucalyptus-tinged citrus fruit flanked by wet stone aromas. The palate is very well-balanced with a fine bead of acidity, very saline but with a countervailing, almost honeyed element keeping this on its toes. This is a brilliant follow-up to the 2021. |
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Gilbert Picq Chablis
(12x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 89-91 (BH) |
In Bond
£174.00 |
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Burghound (89-91)Outstanding Top Value An expressive, fresh and ripe nose freely offers up its aromas of mostly white orchard fruit and floral wisps that possess plenty of classic Chablis typicity. The nicely rich and attractively vibrant middleweight flavors exude a subtle salinity on the clean, dry and sneaky long finish. This is lovely for its level and worth considering. |
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Gilbert Picq Chablis Dessus Carriere
(12x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 92-94 (VN) |
In Bond
£204.00 |
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Vinous (92-94)At the moment, the 2022 Chablis Au Dessus des Carrières is stoic on the nose compared to Picq's other cuvées, despite both of us giving our glasses vigorous swirls. The palate is where the action is: great concentration and depth, hints of white peach and nectarine, the power loaded at its back end. Give this two or three years in bottle. |
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Gilbert Picq Chablis Vieilles Vignes
(12x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 90-92 (BH) |
In Bond
£210.00 |
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Burghound (90-92)Outstanding Top Value Once again there is a smoky character to the cool aromas of shellfish, apple and prominent iodine and quinine nuances. There is excellent complexity to the beautifully textured flavors thanks to the abundant dry extract as the old vines are clearly present on the stony and impressively long finale. Like all of these villages-level wines, this boxes well above its weight and is also warmly recommended. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 96-99 (IB) |
In Bond
£2,075.00 |
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Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (96-99)(5 Star Wine) 100% new Tronçais wood, for April bottling. A deep central core of purple. Very intense indeed without being clumsy. There is a massive structure here to build on, but it is all about the intensity of the fruit. Deep red not black, almost as thrilling as the 2020 Echezeaux. Waves more fruit come flooding back across the palate, with everything in perfect proportion. Drink from 2032-2040+. Tasted: November 2023. |
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Burgundy | 2 | 95-98 (IB) |
In Bond
£3,545.00 |
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Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (95-98)100% mixed forests, to bottle in April. Fine mid purple. The nose is not so drop dead stunning as the Clos Vougeot but it is still impressive, and then the palate delivers yet more. Some rose petals, some vibrant deep red fruit, chiselled and intense at the same time, nuanced without latticework. Then a firm structure. Looks like becoming a great wine but under the cosh from the Clos Vougeot this year. But there is a breadth of fruit here nonetheless. Drink from 2030-2040. Tasted: November 2023. |
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Guyon Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru En Orveaux
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 94-96 (IB) |
In Bond
£1,125.00 |
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Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (94-96)100% new wood, to bottle in April. The wood comes from mixed forests, as Jean-Pierre thinks Tronçais doesn’t work here. A bright fresh crimson ruby. More floral more sensual, the early morning rose says Jean-Pierre. This is more quintessentially Vosne than the Brûlées, with a lifted and balanced flair, a mix of darked red fruits, avoiding the blacker side. White pepper spice becomes more apparent at the end. A thick velvet coat of fruit throughout. Drink from 2030-2038. Tasted: November 2023. |
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Burgundy | 2 | 94-97 (IB) |
In Bond
£1,625.00 |
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Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (94-97)(5 Star Wine) Deep ruby crimson colour. At this end of the scale the power of the fruit and the vineyard character completely outweigh the vinification. 100% new wood (Tronçais) is invisible. Instead, we find the slaty and singed character of the vineyard, plus an astonishing wealth of fruit. A thickness of texture which is extraordinary. Quite stunning this year with the blood red depth of fruit. Enough acidity behind and exceptional pure as well as concentrated. Drink from 2030-2038. Tasted: November 2023. |
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Guyon Vosne-Romanee Les Charmes de Maizieres
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 92-94 (IB) |
In Bond
£695.00 |
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Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (92-94)100% new wood, to bottle in April. A rich purple colour, more saturated. Less floral than the regular Vosne, more in little red fruits. Excellent density, bright fruit backed by a little liquorice note, while the structure behind indicates that this will need time to come round. Drink from 2029-2037. Tasted: November 2023. |
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Henri Boillot Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 95-98 (IB) |
In Bond
£1,600.00 |
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Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (95-98)A glowing pale yellow. Super-concentrated if not yet very yielding bouquet. Extra tension here, certainly some depth, but perhaps more in class than power. That will change with time – the class with remain but the depth will expand. White fruit, tension, some youthful bitters, but keeping itself to itself for the moment. Really very long finish though. Drink from 2030-2040. Tasted: December 2023. |
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Henri Boillot Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | - |
Expected Price Range
£1,320 -
£1,584
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Henri Boillot Chambertin-Clos de Beze Grand Cru
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | - |
Expected Price Range
£1,237 -
£1,484
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Henri Boillot Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | - |
Expected Price Range
£1,200 -
£1,440
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Burgundy | 2 | 93-96 (IB) |
In Bond
£905.00 |
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Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (93-96)Mostly Aloxe with a touch of Pernand. Quite a full lemon yellow. The bouquet offers a balanced ripeness, with flinty notes more than opulent fruit. This Corton-Charlemagne shows very lively, white fruit, a little citrus, river bed minerals behind, and excellent persistence. Lots of crunch to finish. Drink from 2030-2038. Tasted: December 2023. |
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Henri Boillot Echezeaux Grand Cru
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | 92-94 (IB) |
In Bond
£725.00 |
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Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (92-94)Purple in the centre with a lighter rim. The nose speaks a little of its oak and a lot of its fruit, a riper style of red berries, yet with good acidity behind, indeed quite fresh at the finish after a slight heaviness up front. Drink from 2030-2038. Tasted: December 2023. |
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Henri Boillot Latricieres-Chambertin Grand Cru
(3x75cl)
2022
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Burgundy | - | - |
Expected Price Range
£960 -
£1,152
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Burgundy 2022 En Primeur
We're sure you're as excited as we are to see how the Burgundy vignerons will price their wines this year, and our team are here every step of the way to help you secure your favourite wines and provide you with the best recommendations from this year's Burgundy 2021 En Primeur campaign.
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Featured Producers
- Arlaud- Berthaut-Gerbet
- Clos Frantin (Altert Bichot)
- Comte Armand
- Faiveley
- Felettig
- Fontaine-Gagnard
- Guyon
- Henri Gouges
- Louis Jadot
- Jean Chauvenet
- Jean Fournier
- Jean-Marc Boillot
- Joseph Colin
- Louis Latour
- Marc Colin
- Michel Noellat
- Taupenot-Merme
- Tawse
- Vincent Girardin