Best Burgundy 2019 Premier Cru wines
After tasting more than 700 Burgundy en primeur samples, Charles Curtis MW says 2019 will take its place alongside other exceptional recent years in Burgundy. Here he selects his top scoring Premier Cru wines from this hedonistic vintage.
The 2019 vintage in Burgundy will be remembered for its ‘intense fruit, firm structure and supple texture’, says Charles Curtis MW who compiled the 2019 en primeur report for Decanter.com.
‘The reds are generally ripe and forward, with plenty of body and velvety tannic structure and the whites are also rich but show remarkable balance despite the heat,’ he wrote.
Full Burgundy 2019 en primeur report
Individual appellation overviews for:
Côte de Beaune, Côte Chalonnaise, Côte de Nuits & Mâconnais
Individual commune overviews for:
Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-St-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Vosne-Romanée & Nuits-St-Georges, Pommard & Volnay, Meursault, Chassagne-Montrachet & Santenay
Predictably the top-scoring wines came from the region’s famous Grand Cru vineyards with three wines scoring a complete 100 points.
There was plenty to celebrate from the Premier Cru sites, however, and below you’ll find the notes and scores for the best picks from the 2019 vintage.
See Charles Curtis MW’s top-scoring Burgundy 2019 Premier Cru wines
The following wines scored 96 points or above.
See also
Chablis 2019: Full vintage report and top-scoring wines
Domaine Fourrier, Gevrey-Chambertin, 1er Cru Clos St-Jacques, Burgundy, France, 2019
Fourrier's 0.89ha of Clos St. Jacques next to the Rousseau parcel was planted in 1910 and yields miniscule quantities of very small berries.The bunches are...
2019
Domaine FourrierGevrey-Chambertin
Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Meursault, 1er Cru Perrieres, Burgundy, France, 2019
Lafon owns nearly 1ha in Perrières, mostly in the upper portion called Perrières Dessus on thin, white soils. This plot has the advantage of old...
2019
Domaine des Comtes LafonMeursault
Domaine Méo-Camuzet, Vosne-Romanée, 1er Cru Cros Parantoux, Burgundy, France, 2019
This wine produced from Méo’s 0.3ha parcel of Cros Parantoux is exuberant and forward, with lots of lots of ripe cherry fruit and a hint...
2019
Domaine Méo-CamuzetVosne-Romanée
Domaine Roulot, Meursault, 1er Cru Perrieres, Burgundy, France, 2019
From a 0.26ha plot on the northern side of Perrières Dessous, planted in the 1950s. The grapes are lightly crushed, slowly pressed (without sulphur), and...
2019
Domaine RoulotMeursault
Domaine Georges Roumier, Chambolle-Musigny, 1er Cru Les Amoureuses, Burgundy, France, 2019
Produced from a 0.4ha parcel between Mugnier and de Vogüé, in the steep, southern end of Amoureuses. In 2019 this produced just four barrels. 65%...
2019
Domaine Georges RoumierChambolle-Musigny
Domaine Armand Rousseau, Gevrey-Chambertin, 1er Cru Clos St-Jacques, Burgundy, France, 2019
In 2019, Rousseau's large 2.2ha parcel of Clos-St-Jacques produced a wine that is decidedly lighter than the Chambertin and Bèze, but nonetheless impressively aromatic, with...
2019
Domaine Armand RousseauGevrey-Chambertin
Domaine Joliet, Fixin, 1er Cru Clos de la Perrière, Burgundy, France, 2019
Joliet has divided the vineyard into sections which he farms and ferments separately before blending just before bottling. The ferments are done with 100% whole...
2019
Domaine JolietFixin
Domaine Dujac, Vosne-Romanée, 1er Cru Malconsorts, Burgundy, France, 2019
This spectacular holding of 1.57ha has been in the family since 2005 and never fails to impress. One portion of the vineyard actually extends into...
2019
Domaine DujacVosne-Romanée
Domaine Michel Lafarge, Volnay, Clos des Chênes 1er Cru, Burgundy, France, 2019
From the domaine-owned 0.9ha parcel in the northeast corner of the lieu-dit, this is a monumental wine. Winemaker Frederic Lafarge believes it incarnates all the...
2019
Domaine Michel LafargeVolnay
Benjamin Leroux, Nuits-St-Georges, 1er Cru Boudots, Burgundy, France, 2019
Aux Boudots, on the border with Vosne, is always among the most elegant of the Nuits Premiers Crus. Half of the fruit is fermented as...
2019
Benjamin LerouxNuits-St-Georges
Benjamin Leroux, Gevrey-Chambertin, 1er Cru Cazetiers, Burgundy, France, 2019
A superb wine from this terroir just past the Clos-St-Jacques after the Combe de Lavaux. The ripeness here is very apparent, with an almost voluptuous...
2019
Benjamin LerouxGevrey-Chambertin
Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne-Romanée, 1er Cru Reignots, Burgundy, France, 2019
The fruit is mostly destemmed and macerated for one week, prior to a gentle fermentation and ageing in new casks. The result is dense and...
2019
Domaine du Comte Liger-BelairVosne-Romanée
Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair, Nuits-St-Georges, 1er Cru Les St-Georges, Burgundy, France, 2019
As close to grand cru as one will find in Nuits-St-Georges. The vines were planted over 75 years ago, yielding a powerful, majestic wine with...
2019
Domaine Thibault Liger-BelairNuits-St-Georges
Domaine Michel Niellon, Chassagne-Montrachet, 1er Cru Clos de la Truffière Les Chaumées, Burgundy, France, 2019
Produced from old vines growing high on a steep slope in Les Chaumées that face east, opposite Montrachet. The results have dense notes of smoke,...
2019
Domaine Michel NiellonChassagne-Montrachet
Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey, Meursault, 1er Cru Perrieres, Burgundy, France, 2019
The Perrières is made with purchased fruit, but the PYCM team works the vines, allowing Colin to feel secure of his mastery, and the quality...
2019
Pierre-Yves Colin-MoreyMeursault
Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, Chambolle-Musigny, 1er Cru Les Amoureuses, Burgundy, France, 2019
From 0.53ha in thin red clay soils over limestone, fruit from these 60-year-old vines is destemmed and gently fermented to produce a spectacular wine, with...
2019
Domaine Jacques-Frédéric MugnierChambolle-Musigny
Etienne Sauzet, Puligny-Montrachet, 1er Cru La Truffière, Burgundy, France, 2019
From a 0.21ha parcel high on the hill above Folatières, almost in Blagny. This has a pure citrusy character on the nose, with lime peel...
2019
Etienne SauzetPuligny-Montrachet
Etienne Sauzet, Puligny-Montrachet, 1er Cru Folatières, Burgundy, France, 2019
From 0.27 ha located at the closest possible point of Folatières to Chevalier-Montrachet. This is a bit less open on the nose, but there is...
2019
Etienne SauzetPuligny-Montrachet
Etienne Sauzet, Puligny-Montrachet, 1er Cru Les Combettes, Burgundy, France, 2019
Superb - this is among the most complex and round, if not necessarily the most easy to approach in its youth. A substantial wine that...
2019
Etienne SauzetPuligny-Montrachet
Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé, Chambolle-Musigny, 1er Cru Les Amoureuses, Burgundy, France, 2019
From a half-hectare in Amoureuses, fermented without punching down and with very little new oak, this is a wine where the youthful, vibrant red and...
2019
Domaine Comte Georges de VogüéChambolle-Musigny