Top Côte de Beaune 2017 en primeur wines

One of the outstanding white wines of the vintage, this comes from a 0.18ha parcel that always seems to produce a brilliant white wine. It's...

Charmes wasn't hit by the frost in 2016, so volumes were actually down a little in 2017, but Dominique Lafon is more than happy with...

After a near wipeout in 2016 leading to it being sold as part of a 500-bottle blend with six other producers, this superlative grand cru...

The Roulots' 0.26ha parcel is entirely located in Perrières Dessous, so is better positioned than their Charmes. This is a correspondingly superb wine, right up...

Bienvenues is generally less powerful than Bâtard at Leflaive, and that's certainly the case here. But what this impressive grand cru lacks in terms of...

Divided into three separate parcels, two in Puligny and one in Chassagne, the Leflaive holdings in Bâtard amount to a more than satisfactory 1.5ha. Rich,...

Leflaive owns a comparatively large 1.8ha in Chevalier, running from the bottom to the top of the grand cru, so it's normally made in two...

When it's as good as this, Chevalier is every bit as exciting as the more famous and expensive Montrachet. This four-barrel parcel from the highest...

One barrel is all that Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey makes of this stunning grand cru, and there's a long waiting list to get hold of a bottle...

A single supplier sells Olivier Leflaive the grapes to make these two precious barrels of Bienvenues. It has the freshness, focus and poise that's common...

Volumes will be down in 2018, as one-third of this 0.78ha parcel has been pulled out to be replanted, but 2017 yielded a full crop....

In a very good year for the white grands crus of the Côte de Beaune (provided people didn't pick too late), this stylish expression of...

Young vines from the Clos des Cortons are assembled with vines from elsewhere on the hill to produce this fresh and citrusy wine that is...