Top 2019 Côte de Nuits en primeur wines

Although picked on the same day, the reserved Romanée-Conti is evolving differently than the explosive La Tâche. Tasted out of barrel, the wine was...

Roumier’s 0.1ha plot of Musigny is at the top of the slope between Jadot and Faiveley; in 2019 it made a single barrel. The result...

Rousseau Clos de Bèze is a blend of three plots that total 1.42ha. Cyrielle believes the wine shows better in its youth than Chambertin. Both...

The last few months of maturation in cask have moved the 2019 La Tâche from being a superb wine to be one that is essentially...

Méo owns two parcels of Richebourg that border Cros Parantoux, mostly in Les Véroilles. The wine produced in 2019 was spectacular – among the highlights...

Liger-Belair starts with old vines: this year, 20% of the vines in La Romanée are more than 100 years of age. The result is a...

The reference standard in Chambertin. This is every bit the equal of the Clos de Bèze, if slightly less approachable young. Blended from four parcels...

Bertrand de Villaine, co-manager of the domaine, has often evoked the savoury nature of the Grands Echézeaux produced from their 3.53-hectare plot down-slope from their...

This continues to impress as a supremely elegant wine with finesse, freshness and a lovely expressive fruit character. It is lighter than its fellows, but...

From 0.24ha of Clos de Bèze and 0.05ha of Chambertin, both parcels neighbouring Rousseau. In 2019, the vineyards in Gevrey were picked first because of...

An exceptional wine, the Dujac Romanée-Saint-Vivant is from the parcel acquired from Moillard in 2005, located downslope from Romanée-Conti and next to Cathiard. Using mostly...

Dujac's Clos de la Roche holdings include parcels in the original Clos de la Roche heart of the vineyard, in Monts Luisants and in Les...

From a 1.37ha parcel in the section of the Clos known as Les Marets Hauts, next to Drouhin-Laroze. Made with a little more than half...

The super-ripe aromas of cassis and currant leap from the glass, coloured with hints of mineral, smoke and spice. The texture is rich, almost fleshy,...

Faiveley farms two parcels in Les Musigny - one near the bottom of the slope at the northern extremity of the appellation and one at...

A treat. Anne Gros owns 0.6ha of old vines in Richebourg, most of it in Les Véroilles . The fruit is completely destemmed prior to...

The deep purple/ruby colour of the 2019 and the intense blackberry and cassis fruit aromas speak to the youthful vibrancy of this impressive wine. The...

Liger-Belair owns 0.5ha, planted in 1936 just above DRC in the lower part of Les Richebourg. Initially somewhat reserved, this wine opened in the glass...

The jewel of the Mugnier estate is the 1.14ha parcel of Musigny on the top of the ridge. The young vines are declassified into village-level...

From mature vines and a majestic site, the completely destemmed fruit - fermented without punching down - gives a complete wine that is seductive even...

<p>Produced from old-vine fruit from Monts Luisants giving tiny yields. Produced with about one-third whole clusters and one-third new casks for ageing, the wine opens...

From vines planted between 1907 and 1917. The parcel is planted just opposite to where the Combe Grisard lets out at the limit of Griotte-Chambertin,...

Dark in colour, this has pronounced aromas of mulberry and cassis that waft from the glass, adorned with accents of exotic spices and a hint...

Most of Bruno Clair's large parcel of Bonnes-Mares is planted to old vines that stretch from the bottom of the slope to the top in...

Produced from two parcels, one on the heavier red clay soils and another on the chalky white soil at the top of the slope. The...

The domaine owns two parcels of Clos-St-Denis: 1.1ha down the slope from Ponsot and 0.37ha in the Lieu-dit Calouère. Here, the cold maceration and whole...

This is produced from three of the four Faiveley parcels in the Clos de Bèze. After a fermentation largely with whole clusters and ageing...

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...

A superb wine, from a parcel planted in 1928 that was purchased by the domaine in 1955. At 0.28ha, it doesn't yield much: a normal...

The 0.32ha parcel of Richebourg was planted in 1949, between Thibault Liger-Belair and Mongeard-Mugneret, up the slope from Hudelot-Noëllat. The old vines and gentle extraction...

Produced by the Hospices from their parcel in the Froichots section of Clos de la Roche by Ludivine Griveau and her team, and matured at...

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...

Fruit purchased from an old vine plot; nearly 80% of which was fermented as whole clusters using native yeasts. The maturation will continue for 18...

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...

The grapes come from an old vine parcel purchased by Dr. Mugneret in 1953, just underneath the château. There is a bit of whole cluster...

From a parcel purchased from Maison Thomas-Bassot located in Ruchottes du Bas, the wine is aged in 70% new casks. With a bit of whole...

Produced from Ponsot’s métayage agreement with the Mercier family, whose vines were planted in 1905. It is made as Ponsot believes wines were made two...

Bertrand de Villaine, co-manager of the domaine, avers that the recent re-planting of part of the DRC Echézeaux will help the vines adapt to global...

The Romanée-Saint-Vivant was shown after the Richebourg, which was not always the case. The domaine farms 5.29 hectares here, the former holding of the Marey-Monge...

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%...

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...

From the 1.6ha owned by the domaine over several plots throughout the appellation, this is a blend that has produced a sublime result. 80% of...

The de Vogüé holding in Bonnes-Mares is 2.7ha in size, almost all of it on the red clay soils called terres rouges, which gives deep...