Top 2019 Côte de Beaune en primeur wines

Lafon's third of a hectare parcel in the south-east corner of Montrachet on the Chassagne side faces south, and the wine produced is often voluptuously...

Less rich than this producer's Bâtard even though it was picked the same day. Thinner soils and higher elevation combine to produce a wine with...

Produced with fruit purchased from two parcels on the Chassagne side, one exposed fully to the south and the second a bit east, neighbours with...

In order to retain freshness, Benoît Riffault picked the fruit for this textbook Chevalier-Montrachet from the top terrace first. The fruit is very ripe but...

At Boillot they normally make a single, 350-litre barrel of Montrachet, lightly crushing the fruit before pressing in a basket press. The results in 2019...

Bouchard’s holding here is superb: 0.90ha on the edge of the Puligny side at midslope between Ramonet and Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. In 2019, Bouchard...

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...

Produced from very old vines planted in the centre of the slope on the slightly south-facing Chassagne side. The fruit was harvested in perfectly healthy...

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...

A wine that manages to combine elegance and power, the grapes coming from a tiny old-vine parcel. The fruit is pressed very slowly without crushing,...

From the slopes above Montrachet, planted in 1962. The result shows aromas that meld citrus, tropical, and white stone fruits with a strong sense of...

From a 0.32ha parcel that straddles the line between Puligny and Chassagne, beginning at the bottom of the slope and running up to the top,...

From a parcel of 60-year-old vines, the fruit is lightly crushed and fermented in cask (30% new), with a high proportion of lees before a...

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,...

From grapes purchased from a parcel located at the top of the hill in Les Languettes. The PYCM team does most of the work in...

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...

Wonderfully elegant and yet quite powerful, this is produced from two parcels: 0.22ha in Le Charlemagne facing south and 0.28ha in En Charlemagne facing west....

From a parcel next to Bienvenues on the Puligny side. The fruit is whole cluster pressed before being run into cask along with most of...

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...

Superb - this is among the most complex and round, if not necessarily the most easy to approach in its youth. A substantial wine that...

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...

Purchased fruit from three parcels – one each from the villages of Ladoix-Serrigny, Pernand-Vergelesses and Aloxe-Corton. It is fermented and aged in 350L barrels, 20-50%...