Top Chambolle-Musigny 2021 en primeur wines

<p>This wine is consistently among the very best in Burgundy. As with nearly every year, it shows a superb depth of red and black fruit,...

<p>Tasting in the cellar, I wrote, ‘Wine from another planet’; this is truly spectacular and worthy of notice – super-ripe plummy fruit with an undercurrent...

This wine is among the most powerful Bonnes-Mares that I tasted from the 2021 vintage, with dark fruit aromas of plum and blackberry touched with...

I noted the 2021 Amoureuses from Roumier as ‘A bit more elegant and finesse than usual - not as voluptuous but every bit as good’....

The Musigny from Frédéric Mugnier is consistently among the very finest wines in Burgundy, exemplifying the sublime combination of power and elegance that is possible...

This delicious Musigny from Domaine de la Vougeraie opens with a lovely, bright mulberry fruit aromas with dark notes of earth, mineral, smoke, and menthol....

Intensely good wine. The colour is a fairly deep ruby, and the nose displays a lush, plummy fruit. There are no heavy, smoky aromas, just...

This wine features an amazingly silky texture yet impressive density. There is abundant ripe pomegranate, currant fruit, and notes of rose petals and spice. The...

The structure, tannin, and density on offer mark this as a serious wine. The fruit is a bit reticent on the initial attack, but one...

There is a lovely fresh quality to this concentrated wine's red and black fruit character that seems to offer both a lush, seductive fruit and...

Les Borniques is a step up in the Amiot-Servelle portfolio, with a lovely raspberry/blackberry fruit, ample floral notes, and just a touch of menthol and...

This alluring wine has a fragrant, spicy floral nose with more black fruit than red and hints of clove and peppery spice. The colour is...

This wine features spicy, intense blackberry and earth aromas, with an undercurrent of savoury notes and a smoky hint of ground coffee. This is more...

This wine is a lovely, textbook example of Amoureuses, with fragrant red and black berry fruit, rose petal floral notes, and a bit of spice....

When I tasted, new winemaker Jean Lupatelli was hard at work deconstructing the massive de Vogüé holdings in Musigny. The domaine is now moving to...

This beautiful wine is consistently among my favourites from this vineyard. Its deep ruby colour and reticent aromas on the initial attack make it seem...

Ethereal finesse and lovely freshness were the hallmarks of this wine in 2021, with notes of bright red fruits and no sign of the slightly...

This lively, energetic wine sparkles with freshness and balance. The aromas are more black fruit than red, with hints of fresh rose petal, menthol, spice,...

A marvel of intensity without weight, this lovely charming wine has bright black cherry fruit, fresh floral aromas, and a texture that is pleasantly rich...

This elegant wine sports a relatively light colour, but the aromas are fully ripe, with abundant floral shading to the ripe pomegranate and currant fruit....

This ripe, classic Amoureuses features lush blackberry fruit aromas and hints of exotic spices and smoke. There is plenty of nuance and length on the...

This exciting wine from Bouchard is seldom seen, but in 2021, it was delicious, with ripe mulberry and bramble aromas and notes of menthol, mineral,...

The village-level wine from Les Bas Doix is a bit more reserved than the blended version, but it is more substantial. The raspberry and blackberry...

The Feusselottes is a surprisingly deep ruby hue for the vintage. Initially slightly restrained, the aromas open up with a pleasantly ripe cherry fruit on...

There is a great purity of bright black cherry fruit with floral notes and a hint of mineral here; the flavour definition is even more...

This delightful wine features bright cherry fruit aromas that open up with more spice and earth nuance on the palate. The texture is fresh but...

This is a cuvée in transition. It has historically consisted of the young vines from Musigny, but since the average age of the de Vogüé...

The 0.70-hectare parcel of Bonnes Mares belonging to Domaine de la Vougeraie was purchased by Boisset from the heirs of Pierre Ponnelle in 1985. It...

Drouhin’s Amoureuses has always been among the jewels of the domaine-owned properties. The house owns no less than four different parcels spread throughout the various...

This wine is detailed and approachable, with its ripe, high-toned red fruit and floral aromas that continue seamlessly onto the palate. The texture is firm...