Top Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet 2021 en primeur wines

The Caillerets from Lamy-Caillat is a monumental wine with a powerful nectarine and greengage plum fruit character and notes of salty minerality, spice, flowers, and...

<p>This thrilling wine has a profusion of ripe nectarine, green apple and lime fruit aromas on the initial attack, with a pronounced saline minerality and...

The 2021 Champs Gains from Lamy-Caillat boasts exotic fruits on the initial attack, with notes of pomelo, passionfruit, and hibiscus, along with a modest complement...

This is a fabulous wine, if somewhat un-Morgeot-like. Morgeot is well known for its reds, while whites run the risk of heaviness. Here, however, the...

<p>Consistently among the top wines in the appellation for me, this was particularly successful in 2021. The fruit character blends the citrus and the tropical,...

Thierry Pillot grinned as we tasted his ’21 Caillerets: ‘I don’t feel the stress in 2021’. A nerve-racking vintage, to be sure, but he ended...

The minute quantities of Grande Montagne from Pillot are eminently worth seeking out, given the wine’s thrilling, electric lime peel and salty mineral nose and...

Bright aromas of pomelo, lemon peel, and passionfruit aromas with a mineral accent feature prominently on the initial impression of the ’21 Grandes Ruchottes from...

<p>A majestic wine with immense ageing potential. There is a lovely apricot fruit here with notes of quince and spice, and a silky, almost waxen...

The vineyards farmed by the domaine were so badly damaged by frost and rain in 2021 that the premier cru parcels in Chassagne (like the...

<p>This inspiring wine combines notes of citrus, ripe pear and green apples with hints of mineral, smoke and spice. The texture is lively and fresh...

This wine was my favourite of the premier crus from Alvina Pernot’s cellar. The fruit character was still primarily focused on citrus, but there are...

This tiny lieu-dit is located just up-slope from Le Montrachet, against a sheer cliff. Coffinet-Duvernay is the largest of four producers. The 2021 vintage has...

This wine was among my favorites in the de Montille tasting, with piercingly lovely aromas of lemon peel, flint, spice on the initial attack, impressive...

Chartron’s Clos du Cailleret is a regal premier cru. This emblematic cuvée of the Chartron family is particularly successful in 2021, with exotic aromas of...

I pick very late here, and it gives grapes with great phenolic maturity – almost like a red' according to Jean-Marc Vincent. The result in...

The second village-level Chassagne from Lamy-Pillot comes from one of their favourite lieux-dits near the top of the slope, Pot Bois. These are the highest...

The village-level Chassagne from Lamy-Pillot is particularly engageing. The wine has a green cast to the lemon-yellow fruit and a ravishing saline edge to the...

Lucie Cotoux relates that the domaine picked their 0.44 hectares of Champgains in three hours since there was so little fruit on the vines. The...

The domaine owns nearly a hectare in Clos St-Jean, planted to Pinot (base of the slope) and Chardonnay (at the top). In 2021 these latter...

The Chenevottes is richer and riper than the Champgains – it is straightforward to see the distinctive nature of each climat in the Niellon cellar....

With its lemony quince fruit aromas and floral notes and the combination of vibrant acidity and lean body on the palate, this wine is tightly...

Pillot’s village-level Chassagne is a delightful wine that can boast ripe lemony fruit, floral notes, a hint of smoky reductiveness on the attack, and impressive...

Thierry Pillot makes both red and white from his premier cru Clos St-Jean. The white is among his richer wines, with ripe apricot and marzipan...

Ripe nectarine and gooseberry fruit lead the charge, rounded out with floral notes and a suggestion of fresh cream. There is more ripeness and less...

This wine is an extraordinary example of a village-level Chassagne. The aromas add lovely floral and spice notes to a green apple fruit character, while...

The Caillerets from Alvina Pernot has exotic aromas of grapefruit, hawthorn flowers, and spice with a strong mineral underpinning. The texture is crisp with a...

<p>This is an impressive wine, with pronounced aromas of citrus and flint and a hint of acacia flower. The texture is racy and bright, with...

This classic Puligny comes from a single lieu-dit—La Rue aux Vaches—although this is not indicated on the label. The wine has the citrus fruit and...

Domaine Dujac farms two parcels in Puligny, one in Folatières and one in Combettes; often, I have a slight preference for the latter, and 2021...