Burgundy
When it comes to the world of fine wines, Burgundy stands tall as one of the most revered and sought-after regions. Renowned for its exceptional terroir and commitment to quality, Burgundy has long captivated enthusiasts with its exquisite and highly prized wines. Today, let us delve into the realm of the best and most expensive wines that Burgundy has to offer, a realm where true wine aficionados can indulge in the pinnacle of winemaking excellence.
At the heart of Burgundy's prestige lie its renowned vineyards, which have garnered global acclaim for their exceptional wines. The names that resonate in the world of Burgundy are Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Domaine Leroy, Domaine Armand Rousseau, and Domaine Georges Roumier. These vineyards have become synonymous with greatness, crafting wines that define elegance, complexity, and longevity.
Burgundy's most esteemed wines are crafted from two noble grape varieties: Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The region's red wines, made predominantly from Pinot Noir, display a finesse and purity of fruit that are unmatched. Vineyards such as Romanée-Conti, La Tâche, and Richebourg produce red wines that command astronomical prices due to their exceptional quality and limited production.
For white wine enthusiasts, Burgundy's Chardonnay-based wines are a true revelation. Vineyards like Montrachet, Corton-Charlemagne, and Meursault showcase the full potential of this noble grape, producing wines of unparalleled richness, depth, and complexity. These whites epitomize the artistry of winemaking, with each sip revealing layers of flavors and a harmonious balance between fruit, minerality, and oak.
In the world of fine wines, Burgundy stands as an epitome of elegance, complexity, and refined craftsmanship. Its best and most expensive wines are a testament to the region's unwavering commitment to excellence, terroir-driven winemaking, and the artistry of the winemakers.
Burgundy
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Inc. VAT£633.89 -
(6x75cl) 2014Indulge in the luxurious taste of Joseph Paget Criots-Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru 2014, a distinctive fine French wine praised by connoisseurs worldwide. This notable vintage hails from the renowned estate of Joseph Paget, located in the esteemed Burgundy wine region of France. The exceptional Chardonnay grapes used in producing this delightful Grand Cru are carefully nurtured under the Burgundy sun to yield an exquisite wine of sterling quality. Skilfully blended and elegantly aged in French oak barrels, this opulent vintage boasts of rich aromatic complexity with hints of pear, apple, and vanilla, beautifully wrapped in a silky texture. Joseph Paget Criots-Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru 2014 exudes a captivating full-bodied flavour profile of blossoming fruit complemented by an elegant mineral core, leaving an impressively long finish. An undeniable gem of the 2014 cultivation, this highly lauded Grand Cru promises a captivating fine wine experience.
Inc. VAT£2,082.12 -
(6x75cl) 2011The Joseph Paget Meursault 1er Cru Genevrieres 2011 is a superb exhibition of quintessential Burgundian craftsmanship. Cultivated by the esteemed producer, Joseph Paget, in the revered Genevrieres Climat, it candidly reflects the terroir's limestone-rich soil and excellent sun exposure. This Chardonnay is a testament to the meticulous art of traditional viticulture, undergoing fermentation in oak barrels, and aged for 12 months, unifying finesse with complexity. Demonstrating a masterful balance of lush richness and elegant minerality, the 2011 vintage is a paragon of the Meursault's Genevrieres appellation. It radiates vibrant citrus and white peach notes entwined with a subtle underpinning of toasted almond and spices. On the palate, it begins with a silky texture, seamlessly transitioning into a lively, extended finish. This wine's depth of character, structure and age-worthiness makes the Joseph Paget Meursault 1er Cru Genevrieres 2011 a venerated addition to any fine wine collection.
Inc. VAT£644.12 -
Indulge in the exquisite craftsmanship of Joseph Pascal Cote d'Or Chardonnay Bourgogne 2022. Born out of centuries-old viticultural heritage of Burgundy, France, this premium Chardonnay captures the exquisite harmony of soil, climate, and tradition. The esteemed vintner, Joseph Pascal, meticulously harvests the famed Côte d'Or vineyards where each grape is instilled with rich terroir and unique microclimate.
This Chardonnay is skillfully vinified implementing traditional methods, marrying the art of old-world winemaking techniques with today's precision. The wine elegantly exhibits a luscious palette of crisp apple tones intertwined with gentle buttery nuances, underlined by a vibrant minerality. Its respectably complex character and admirable depth achieve an enchanting balance, radiating the iconic style that Joseph Pascal is renowned for.
The Joseph Pascal Cote d'Or Chardonnay Bourgogne 2022 is an unequivocal choice for discerning palates, embodying the true essence of Burgundian winemaking traditions at its finest. A cellar-worthy masterpiece deserving of any sophisticated wine collection.
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Vinous (89-91)
The 2019 Bourgogne Pressonnier is cohesive on the nose of blackberry, boysenberry jam and light violet aromas unfurling with time. Silky-smooth on the entry (you might well mistake this for a Vosne-Romanée), building nicely in the mouth and showing good salinity on the finish.Inc. VAT£217.92 -
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Wine Advocate (94)
The 2007 Charmes-Chambertin Tres Vieilles Vignes is in a class by itself for the Roty collection of this vintage, or indeed of the combined 2007 and 2008 collections. Liqueur-like rich black raspberry, cassis, and dark cherry are backed by marrowy meat stock and laced with black tea, licorice, cocoa powder, and tamarind. This positively sticks to the gums in a sumptuous yet buoyant and downright refreshing finish. Given its present generosity at nearly one year of bottle age, I expect this to put on a great show continuously over the next 12-15 years.Inc. VAT£529.73 -
(6x150cl) 2009Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (97)
Deep red-ruby, the darkest of the range. Superripe aromas of black cherry, tobacco, licorice, mint, minerals, violet and orange peel; even the nose conveys an impression of tightly coiled energy. The palate delivers almost confectionery sweetness but with solid underlying spine to the black fruit, violet and licorice flavors. Finishes with noble, sweet, fine-grained tannins and great perfumed, spicy, slow-building persistence. This is almost painfully backward and will need a good decade to express itself.Inc. VAT£4,890.07 -
Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (97)
Deep red-ruby, the darkest of the range. Superripe aromas of black cherry, tobacco, licorice, mint, minerals, violet and orange peel; even the nose conveys an impression of tightly coiled energy. The palate delivers almost confectionery sweetness but with solid underlying spine to the black fruit, violet and licorice flavors. Finishes with noble, sweet, fine-grained tannins and great perfumed, spicy, slow-building persistence. This is almost painfully backward and will need a good decade to express itself.Inc. VAT£3,855.12 -
Vinous (96)
Full, deep red. Sexy scents of black raspberry, licorice, violet and minerals, plus torrefaction notes of espresso and mocha. More tightly wound on the palate than the young 2012; less horizontal and broad at this stage but wonderfully thick, fine-grained, savory and precise, with its multidimensional flavors of dark fruits, spices, minerals and flowers given an added element of complexity by savory soil tones. Manages to be both velvety and light on its feet, and ultimately suppler than the '12. This exceptional young grand cru finishes with utterly mellow, perfect integrated tannins, explosive rising length and penetrating salty minerality. In short, a great expression of soil and a classic example of its vintage. (13.7% alcohol; 3.34 pH; 20 h/h)Inc. VAT£4,729.92 -
Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (93-96)
Bright ruby. Knockout nose combines cassis, blackberry, minerals and smoked meat. Creamy, deep and layered, combining outstanding concentration and superb inner-mouth lift. Finishes with a whiplash of black fruits and licorice, the tannins thoroughly buffered by the wine's extract. An infant today but already very subtle on the aftertaste.Inc. VAT£4,195.27 -
Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (93-96)
Bright ruby. Knockout nose combines cassis, blackberry, minerals and smoked meat. Creamy, deep and layered, combining outstanding concentration and superb inner-mouth lift. Finishes with a whiplash of black fruits and licorice, the tannins thoroughly buffered by the wine's extract. An infant today but already very subtle on the aftertaste.Inc. VAT£2,117.52 -
Wine Advocate (95)
The Roty 2012 Charmes-Chambertin is astoundingly good, and it has yet to shut down in the cellar. The bouquet reveals a lovely melange of black cherry, plum and rich soil tones that synergize beautifully with the wine's high toast cooperage. On the palate, the wine is carrying quite a bit of puppy fat that makes it deceptively accessible, but it's clear that when the very serious and refined structural chassis hidden behind that youthful precocity begins to open up a decade or so down the line, it will be an even more massive, bottomless wine. What a legacy the late Philippe Roty has left us!Inc. VAT£799.44 -
(12x75cl) 2013Burghound (95)
An elegant, pure and broad-ranging nose is composed of very fresh, cool and airy aromas of both red and dark currant, spice and earth scents where the wood treatment is admirably subtle if again not invisible. There is a lovely mouth feel to the attractively intense and well-concentrated flavors that coat the palate with dry extract before culminating in a refined, well-balanced and beautifully persistent finish. Like the Griotte this is an overtly robust and powerful wine that will require an even longer snooze in a cool cellar.Inc. VAT£4,210.02 -
Burghound (95)
An elegant, pure and broad-ranging nose is composed of very fresh, cool and airy aromas of both red and dark currant, spice and earth scents where the wood treatment is admirably subtle if again not invisible. There is a lovely mouth feel to the attractively intense and well-concentrated flavors that coat the palate with dry extract before culminating in a refined, well-balanced and beautifully persistent finish. Like the Griotte this is an overtly robust and powerful wine that will require an even longer snooze in a cool cellar.Inc. VAT£1,688.44 -
Wine Advocate (96)
The 2015 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes is fabulous, blossoming in the glass with a deep bouquet of wild berry fruit, cassis, coniferous forest floor, incense, rose petal and wood smoke. On the palate, the wine is multidimensional, expansive and full-bodied, with fabulous concentration and depth and wonderful sappy energy, its ripe tannins cloaked in layer after layer of fruit. A beautiful Charmes-Chambertin, from some of the oldest vines in Burgundy.Inc. VAT£5,252.64 -
Wine Advocate (97)
The 2016 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes is showing superbly from bottle, unfurling in the glass with a complex bouquet in which notes of blackcurrants, cherries, spiced plums and dark chocolate mingle with nuances of peony, orange rind and grilled meats. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, deep and dense, with a layered and immensely concentrated core that largely conceals the wine's rich structuring tannins, concluding with a long, resonant finish. This Charmes' precision and definition rank it a touch higher than the domaine's 2015, though it would be fascinating to taste the two side-by-side.Inc. VAT£383.60 -
Wine Advocate (96)
The 2017 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes has turned out even better than I anticipated, unfurling in the glass with a magical bouquet of cassis, plums and blackberries mingled with dark chocolate, spices, sweet soil tones, licorice and black truffle. Full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it's extraordinarily sumptuous and concentrated, framed by velvety tannins that caress the palate, and underpinned by lively acids, concluding with a long and expansive finish. Pierre-Jean Roty compares it to the 2012 and 2009 renditions, which readers who follow this domaine will know is high praise indeed.Inc. VAT£4,415.04 -
(12x75cl) 2018Vinous (93)
The 2018 Charmes-Chambertin Très Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru offers intense black and red fruit, woodland, black truffle and dried blood notes on the nose (almost like andouillette). The palate is medium-bodied with a lot of new oak to be subsumed, which is always the way with this cuvée, but it is counterbalanced by fine acidity. Liberally sprinkled white pepper and clove toward the persistent finish. Excellent.Inc. VAT£4,345.90 -
Vinous (93)
The 2018 Charmes-Chambertin Très Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru offers intense black and red fruit, woodland, black truffle and dried blood notes on the nose (almost like andouillette). The palate is medium-bodied with a lot of new oak to be subsumed, which is always the way with this cuvée, but it is counterbalanced by fine acidity. Liberally sprinkled white pepper and clove toward the persistent finish. Excellent.Inc. VAT£2,053.55 -
Wine Advocate (97)
Aromas of ripe cherries and cassis mingled with notions of licorice, anise, sweet spices, dark chocolate and peonies introduce the 2019 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes, a full-bodied, layered and concentrated wine that's rich and velvety, with a broad-shouldered, textural profile and a long, resonant finish. Framed by beautifully ripe, powdery tannins, it's an especially sensual rendition of this perennially great wine.Inc. VAT£2,080.69 -
Wine Advocate (97+)
There were only seven barrels of the superb 2020 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes, as the Roty family's ancient vines yielded a mere 18 hectoliters per hectare. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of cherries, cassis and plums mingled with licorice, sweet spices, violets and loamy soil, it's full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, with huge concentration, velvety tannins and lively acids, concluding with a long, resonant finish. This monument in the making will require a decade's patience, and prove essentially immortal thereafter.Inc. VAT£1,521.96 -
Wine Advocate (97+)
There were only seven barrels of the superb 2020 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes, as the Roty family's ancient vines yielded a mere 18 hectoliters per hectare. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of cherries, cassis and plums mingled with licorice, sweet spices, violets and loamy soil, it's full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, with huge concentration, velvety tannins and lively acids, concluding with a long, resonant finish. This monument in the making will require a decade's patience, and prove essentially immortal thereafter.Inc. VAT£2,172.29 -
Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (95)
A rich and even darker purple. Very intense crushed dark strawberries, gorgeously hedonistic. Then it is. A-fresher style of strawberry, plus raspberry, on the palate, an excellent fruit acid balance with tamed tannins. Do I still get a touch of something smoky to finish, a slight intrusion of the barrel toast while the wine is young? Drink from 2030-2038.Inc. VAT£303.20 -
Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (95)
A rich and even darker purple. Very intense crushed dark strawberries, gorgeously hedonistic. Then it is. A-fresher style of strawberry, plus raspberry, on the palate, an excellent fruit acid balance with tamed tannins. Do I still get a touch of something smoky to finish, a slight intrusion of the barrel toast while the wine is young? Drink from 2030-2038.Inc. VAT£1,851.12 -
Wine Advocate (97)
The 2022 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes is terrific, unwinding in the glass with notes of cherries and dark berries mingled with notions of licorice, violets, rose petals and spices. Full-bodied, deep and layered, it's concentrated and multidimensional, with the most body and incipient complexity of any wine in the range, concluding with a long, expansive finish.Inc. VAT£1,948.32 -
Vinous (88)
Bright dark red. Very ripe aromas of plum and redcurrant. Musky and saline in the mouth, with red fruit and menthol flavors coming across as a bit flat. Finishes with light but slightly drying tannins. I wanted more lift and personality.Inc. VAT£635.89 -
(1x75cl) 2013Vinous (88)
Medium red. Aromas of redcurrant, mocha and underbrush could use a bit more youthful lift. Sweet and pliant in the mouth, offering early appeal but only modest complexity and thrust. The initially fine-grained tannins turned slightly dry with air.Inc. VAT£111.85
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(6x75cl) 2014
Indulge in the luxurious taste of Joseph Paget Criots-Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru 2014, a distinctive fine French wine praised by connoisseurs worldwide. This notable vintage hails from the renowned estate of Joseph Paget, located in the esteemed Burgundy wine region of France. The exceptional Chardonnay grapes used in producing this delightful Grand Cru are carefully nurtured under the Burgundy sun to yield an exquisite wine of sterling quality. Skilfully blended and elegantly aged in French oak barrels, this opulent vintage boasts of rich aromatic complexity with hints of pear, apple, and vanilla, beautifully wrapped in a silky texture. Joseph Paget Criots-Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru 2014 exudes a captivating full-bodied flavour profile of blossoming fruit complemented by an elegant mineral core, leaving an impressively long finish. An undeniable gem of the 2014 cultivation, this highly lauded Grand Cru promises a captivating fine wine experience.
In Bond£1,714.43 -
(6x75cl) 2011
The Joseph Paget Meursault 1er Cru Genevrieres 2011 is a superb exhibition of quintessential Burgundian craftsmanship. Cultivated by the esteemed producer, Joseph Paget, in the revered Genevrieres Climat, it candidly reflects the terroir's limestone-rich soil and excellent sun exposure. This Chardonnay is a testament to the meticulous art of traditional viticulture, undergoing fermentation in oak barrels, and aged for 12 months, unifying finesse with complexity. Demonstrating a masterful balance of lush richness and elegant minerality, the 2011 vintage is a paragon of the Meursault's Genevrieres appellation. It radiates vibrant citrus and white peach notes entwined with a subtle underpinning of toasted almond and spices. On the palate, it begins with a silky texture, seamlessly transitioning into a lively, extended finish. This wine's depth of character, structure and age-worthiness makes the Joseph Paget Meursault 1er Cru Genevrieres 2011 a venerated addition to any fine wine collection.
In Bond£517.53 -
Indulge in the exquisite craftsmanship of Joseph Pascal Cote d'Or Chardonnay Bourgogne 2022. Born out of centuries-old viticultural heritage of Burgundy, France, this premium Chardonnay captures the exquisite harmony of soil, climate, and tradition. The esteemed vintner, Joseph Pascal, meticulously harvests the famed Côte d'Or vineyards where each grape is instilled with rich terroir and unique microclimate.
This Chardonnay is skillfully vinified implementing traditional methods, marrying the art of old-world winemaking techniques with today's precision. The wine elegantly exhibits a luscious palette of crisp apple tones intertwined with gentle buttery nuances, underlined by a vibrant minerality. Its respectably complex character and admirable depth achieve an enchanting balance, radiating the iconic style that Joseph Pascal is renowned for.
The Joseph Pascal Cote d'Or Chardonnay Bourgogne 2022 is an unequivocal choice for discerning palates, embodying the true essence of Burgundian winemaking traditions at its finest. A cellar-worthy masterpiece deserving of any sophisticated wine collection.
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Vinous (89-91)
The 2019 Bourgogne Pressonnier is cohesive on the nose of blackberry, boysenberry jam and light violet aromas unfurling with time. Silky-smooth on the entry (you might well mistake this for a Vosne-Romanée), building nicely in the mouth and showing good salinity on the finish.In Bond£163.00 -
In Bond£129.00
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Wine Advocate (94)
The 2007 Charmes-Chambertin Tres Vieilles Vignes is in a class by itself for the Roty collection of this vintage, or indeed of the combined 2007 and 2008 collections. Liqueur-like rich black raspberry, cassis, and dark cherry are backed by marrowy meat stock and laced with black tea, licorice, cocoa powder, and tamarind. This positively sticks to the gums in a sumptuous yet buoyant and downright refreshing finish. Given its present generosity at nearly one year of bottle age, I expect this to put on a great show continuously over the next 12-15 years.In Bond£438.00 -
(6x150cl) 2009
Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (97)
Deep red-ruby, the darkest of the range. Superripe aromas of black cherry, tobacco, licorice, mint, minerals, violet and orange peel; even the nose conveys an impression of tightly coiled energy. The palate delivers almost confectionery sweetness but with solid underlying spine to the black fruit, violet and licorice flavors. Finishes with noble, sweet, fine-grained tannins and great perfumed, spicy, slow-building persistence. This is almost painfully backward and will need a good decade to express itself.In Bond£4,043.00 -
Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (97)
Deep red-ruby, the darkest of the range. Superripe aromas of black cherry, tobacco, licorice, mint, minerals, violet and orange peel; even the nose conveys an impression of tightly coiled energy. The palate delivers almost confectionery sweetness but with solid underlying spine to the black fruit, violet and licorice flavors. Finishes with noble, sweet, fine-grained tannins and great perfumed, spicy, slow-building persistence. This is almost painfully backward and will need a good decade to express itself.In Bond£3,194.00 -
Vinous (96)
Full, deep red. Sexy scents of black raspberry, licorice, violet and minerals, plus torrefaction notes of espresso and mocha. More tightly wound on the palate than the young 2012; less horizontal and broad at this stage but wonderfully thick, fine-grained, savory and precise, with its multidimensional flavors of dark fruits, spices, minerals and flowers given an added element of complexity by savory soil tones. Manages to be both velvety and light on its feet, and ultimately suppler than the '12. This exceptional young grand cru finishes with utterly mellow, perfect integrated tannins, explosive rising length and penetrating salty minerality. In short, a great expression of soil and a classic example of its vintage. (13.7% alcohol; 3.34 pH; 20 h/h)In Bond£3,923.00 -
Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (93-96)
Bright ruby. Knockout nose combines cassis, blackberry, minerals and smoked meat. Creamy, deep and layered, combining outstanding concentration and superb inner-mouth lift. Finishes with a whiplash of black fruits and licorice, the tannins thoroughly buffered by the wine's extract. An infant today but already very subtle on the aftertaste.In Bond£3,464.00 -
Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (93-96)
Bright ruby. Knockout nose combines cassis, blackberry, minerals and smoked meat. Creamy, deep and layered, combining outstanding concentration and superb inner-mouth lift. Finishes with a whiplash of black fruits and licorice, the tannins thoroughly buffered by the wine's extract. An infant today but already very subtle on the aftertaste.In Bond£1,746.00 -
Wine Advocate (95)
The Roty 2012 Charmes-Chambertin is astoundingly good, and it has yet to shut down in the cellar. The bouquet reveals a lovely melange of black cherry, plum and rich soil tones that synergize beautifully with the wine's high toast cooperage. On the palate, the wine is carrying quite a bit of puppy fat that makes it deceptively accessible, but it's clear that when the very serious and refined structural chassis hidden behind that youthful precocity begins to open up a decade or so down the line, it will be an even more massive, bottomless wine. What a legacy the late Philippe Roty has left us!In Bond£660.00 -
(12x75cl) 2013
Burghound (95)
An elegant, pure and broad-ranging nose is composed of very fresh, cool and airy aromas of both red and dark currant, spice and earth scents where the wood treatment is admirably subtle if again not invisible. There is a lovely mouth feel to the attractively intense and well-concentrated flavors that coat the palate with dry extract before culminating in a refined, well-balanced and beautifully persistent finish. Like the Griotte this is an overtly robust and powerful wine that will require an even longer snooze in a cool cellar.In Bond£3,476.29 -
Burghound (95)
An elegant, pure and broad-ranging nose is composed of very fresh, cool and airy aromas of both red and dark currant, spice and earth scents where the wood treatment is admirably subtle if again not invisible. There is a lovely mouth feel to the attractively intense and well-concentrated flavors that coat the palate with dry extract before culminating in a refined, well-balanced and beautifully persistent finish. Like the Griotte this is an overtly robust and powerful wine that will require an even longer snooze in a cool cellar.In Bond£1,391.00 -
Wine Advocate (96)
The 2015 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes is fabulous, blossoming in the glass with a deep bouquet of wild berry fruit, cassis, coniferous forest floor, incense, rose petal and wood smoke. On the palate, the wine is multidimensional, expansive and full-bodied, with fabulous concentration and depth and wonderful sappy energy, its ripe tannins cloaked in layer after layer of fruit. A beautiful Charmes-Chambertin, from some of the oldest vines in Burgundy.In Bond£4,340.00 -
Wine Advocate (97)
The 2016 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes is showing superbly from bottle, unfurling in the glass with a complex bouquet in which notes of blackcurrants, cherries, spiced plums and dark chocolate mingle with nuances of peony, orange rind and grilled meats. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, deep and dense, with a layered and immensely concentrated core that largely conceals the wine's rich structuring tannins, concluding with a long, resonant finish. This Charmes' precision and definition rank it a touch higher than the domaine's 2015, though it would be fascinating to taste the two side-by-side.In Bond£317.00 -
Wine Advocate (96)
The 2017 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes has turned out even better than I anticipated, unfurling in the glass with a magical bouquet of cassis, plums and blackberries mingled with dark chocolate, spices, sweet soil tones, licorice and black truffle. Full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it's extraordinarily sumptuous and concentrated, framed by velvety tannins that caress the palate, and underpinned by lively acids, concluding with a long and expansive finish. Pierre-Jean Roty compares it to the 2012 and 2009 renditions, which readers who follow this domaine will know is high praise indeed.In Bond£3,642.00 -
(12x75cl) 2018
Vinous (93)
The 2018 Charmes-Chambertin Très Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru offers intense black and red fruit, woodland, black truffle and dried blood notes on the nose (almost like andouillette). The palate is medium-bodied with a lot of new oak to be subsumed, which is always the way with this cuvée, but it is counterbalanced by fine acidity. Liberally sprinkled white pepper and clove toward the persistent finish. Excellent.In Bond£3,583.00 -
Vinous (93)
The 2018 Charmes-Chambertin Très Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru offers intense black and red fruit, woodland, black truffle and dried blood notes on the nose (almost like andouillette). The palate is medium-bodied with a lot of new oak to be subsumed, which is always the way with this cuvée, but it is counterbalanced by fine acidity. Liberally sprinkled white pepper and clove toward the persistent finish. Excellent.In Bond£1,692.00 -
Wine Advocate (97)
Aromas of ripe cherries and cassis mingled with notions of licorice, anise, sweet spices, dark chocolate and peonies introduce the 2019 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes, a full-bodied, layered and concentrated wine that's rich and velvety, with a broad-shouldered, textural profile and a long, resonant finish. Framed by beautifully ripe, powdery tannins, it's an especially sensual rendition of this perennially great wine.In Bond£1,716.00 -
Wine Advocate (97+)
There were only seven barrels of the superb 2020 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes, as the Roty family's ancient vines yielded a mere 18 hectoliters per hectare. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of cherries, cassis and plums mingled with licorice, sweet spices, violets and loamy soil, it's full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, with huge concentration, velvety tannins and lively acids, concluding with a long, resonant finish. This monument in the making will require a decade's patience, and prove essentially immortal thereafter.In Bond£1,259.00 -
Wine Advocate (97+)
There were only seven barrels of the superb 2020 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes, as the Roty family's ancient vines yielded a mere 18 hectoliters per hectare. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of cherries, cassis and plums mingled with licorice, sweet spices, violets and loamy soil, it's full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, with huge concentration, velvety tannins and lively acids, concluding with a long, resonant finish. This monument in the making will require a decade's patience, and prove essentially immortal thereafter.In Bond£1,791.00 -
Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (95)
A rich and even darker purple. Very intense crushed dark strawberries, gorgeously hedonistic. Then it is. A-fresher style of strawberry, plus raspberry, on the palate, an excellent fruit acid balance with tamed tannins. Do I still get a touch of something smoky to finish, a slight intrusion of the barrel toast while the wine is young? Drink from 2030-2038.In Bond£250.00 -
Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (95)
A rich and even darker purple. Very intense crushed dark strawberries, gorgeously hedonistic. Then it is. A-fresher style of strawberry, plus raspberry, on the palate, an excellent fruit acid balance with tamed tannins. Do I still get a touch of something smoky to finish, a slight intrusion of the barrel toast while the wine is young? Drink from 2030-2038.In Bond£1,524.00 -
Wine Advocate (97)
The 2022 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes is terrific, unwinding in the glass with notes of cherries and dark berries mingled with notions of licorice, violets, rose petals and spices. Full-bodied, deep and layered, it's concentrated and multidimensional, with the most body and incipient complexity of any wine in the range, concluding with a long, expansive finish.In Bond£1,605.00 -
Vinous (88)
Bright dark red. Very ripe aromas of plum and redcurrant. Musky and saline in the mouth, with red fruit and menthol flavors coming across as a bit flat. Finishes with light but slightly drying tannins. I wanted more lift and personality.In Bond£512.00 -
(1x75cl) 2013
Vinous (88)
Medium red. Aromas of redcurrant, mocha and underbrush could use a bit more youthful lift. Sweet and pliant in the mouth, offering early appeal but only modest complexity and thrust. The initially fine-grained tannins turned slightly dry with air.In Bond£90.00
