Best value white Burgundy 2020 en primeur to buy
After tasting 1,200 wines for his Burgundy 2020 en primeur report, Charles Curtis MW selects his top value white wines from this hot but successful vintage.
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.
Top-value white Burgundy 2020 wines:
Charles Curtis MW’s top 10 value white Burgundy 2020 wines
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Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey, St-Aubin, 1er Cru Chatenière, Burgundy, 2020
Aromas of ripe pears and acacia blossom. There is a rich, waxy buttery quality on the palate and plenty of depth. This wine has the...
2020
Pierre-Yves Colin-MoreySt-Aubin
Domaine Ferret, Hors-Classe Tournant de Pouilly Cuvée, Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Cru Les Reisses, Burgundy, 2020
Shows a pronounced ripe apple character, with hints of hazelnut and chamomile. On the palate, there is density, power and length—a noble wine. In the...
2020
Domaine FerretMâconnais
Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon, Clos du Four, Mâconnais, Macon-Milly-Lamartine, Burgundy 2020
A ripe apple fruit tending slightly towards the tropical. The fruit is pressed as whole clusters and fermented in large casks to give a wine...
2020
Les Héritiers du Comte LafonMâconnais
Domaine A & P de Villaine, Bouzeron, Burgundy, 2020
There is a pure lemony fruit on the initial attack here, but there is more complexity than that, with saline, iodine notes, plus hints of...
2020
Domaine A & P de VillaineBouzeron
Domaine Barraud, La Roche, Mâcon-Vergisson, Burgundy, 2020
Domaine Barraud has produced here a lovely, lemony 2020 that is not lacking richness while maintaining a thrilling freshness. The lieu-dit Sur la Roche stretches...
2020
Domaine BarraudMâconnais
Domaine Henri & Gilles Buisson, Sous la Velle, St-Romain, Burgundy 2020
The Buissons farm nearly 2ha of 60-year-old vines at 370m in the Sous la Velle lieu-dit. The site has more clay in the soil than...
2020
Domaine Henri & Gilles BuissonSt-Romain
Domaine Paul Pillot, Bourgogne, 2020
Lemony and very fine, with an edge of minerals and smoke, and enough body on the palate to balance the crisp acidity. Well done indeed....
2020
Domaine Paul PillotBourgogne
Benjamin Leroux, Auxey-Duresses, Burgundy, 2020
There is a lovely lemony fruit here, but more richness than one might typically find in Auxey. The wine is blended from parcels all along...
2020
Benjamin LerouxAuxey-Duresses
Domaine Lucien Jacob, Savigny-lès-Beaune, 1er Cru Vergelesses, Burgundy, 2020
This wine comes from a prime parcel of Savigny premier cru, located at the top of the hill on the border with Pernand (which has...
2020
Domaine Lucien JacobSavigny-lès-Beaune