Top Morey-St-Denis 2020 en primeur wines

After fermenting as whole clusters and ageing in 70% new casks, the wine has an exotic perfume, with a pronounced pomegranate and black cherry fruit,...

A vibrant and fresh wine, with bright red cherry fruit, a hint of rose petal and liquorice. The texture is silky yet dense, and the...

Ripe plummy fruit of exceptional purity, suggestions of mineral, smoke and wild roses. Despite the perfumed, ethereal aromas, the wine is broad-shouldered, tannic and powerful....

A stunning wine. One sees the richness of the year in the ripe, dense, plummy fruit, yet it avoids over-concentration and has a lovely freshness...

Inky dark in colour, showing a ripe, brambly, blackberry fruit, with sweet spice and a marked mineral note. The wine is dense and concentrated, more...

After over a year in bottle, the 2020 Clos des Lambrays was still somewhat impenetrable, with an inky black colour and concentrated aromas of plum...

Complex and aromatically nuanced, showing well-developed plummy fruit, with accents of earth, leather, smoke and spice. The initial feel on the palate is tannic and...

Sourced from a 0.15ha parcel on the white marl soil near the top of the slope, with those soils bringing a pronounced mineral note, alongside...

A towering achievement. The new vintage of Clos de Tart demonstrates the nobility of this terroir with its immense depth of flavour, profoundly ripe red...

Bruno Clair has a large plot in Bonnes-Mares (1.63ha), with most of it on the Morey-St-Denis side of the vineyard, and largely on the white...

A concentrated wine, with a powerful black plum and blueberry fruit, replete with notes of mineral, rose petal, smoke and spice. The texture is very...

On the initial attack this is marked by elegant black plum and rose petal aromas, with haunting nuance provided by notes of mineral, spice and...

Roumier's Clos de la Bussière remains one of the best values in Burgundy. The red and black berry fruit character is charming, with hints of...

The wine is massive, with grippy tannins, full body and an interminable finish. 'A great vintage to taste in 20 years,' according to winemaker Frédéric...

Dark plum aroma, with notes of Havana cigars and violets. The texture is rich and concentrated, yet it always remains velvety and supple. This should...

A perennial favourite, this is produced from century-old Aligoté vines. The fruit is gently crushed and fermented in neutral casks to yield a wine of...

The domaine-owned parcel of 0.26ha is on the Chambolle side in the middle. Only the two-thirds on terres rouges is in production, the balance of...

This is a marvellous wine, with dense pomegranate and black cherry fruit, dusted with anise, liquorice and redolent of fresh flowers. The texture is ripe...

The wine is gorgeous and spot-on typical Morey-St-Denis, with a bright plummy fruit showing an earthy undertone and a suggestion of minerality. The texture...

A wine of incredible concentration: lush, lovely fruit, deep complexity and impressive power all at once. In 2020, the wine impresses immediately with deep colour...

Fresh and perfumed, with a marvellous raspberry and pomegranate fruit, plus an expressive floral note that almost recalls a Chambolle instead of a Morey. A...

There is a ripe plum and mulberry fruit, with hints of mineral, earth and smoke, within a texture that is fresh but balanced and concentrated....

From the oldest parcel of the domaine, planted with selection massale in 1936. It starts in Faconnières and continues into the contiguous lieu-dit of Les...

The wine shows an engaging, forward cassis fruit, with a lovely sucrosity and admirable depth of flavour. There is an approachably silky texture and impressive...

Bright raspberry fruit scented with salty mineral notes and a hint of smoke. The texture is fresh and lively, and although the parcel ripened early...

This is more blueberry and mulberry than black fruit; still ripe, deeply coloured and very fragrant. The texture is structured and rich, with the cool...

As with all the reds at Boillot, the Bonnes-Mares is fermented in small casks (fermentation integrale). Here the technique seems to dominate the fruit, giving...

This wine is made with purchased fruit picked on the 3rd September since the vigneron didn't want to work on the weekend, resulting in the...

Very forward plum and fig fruit, with a note of dark chocolate. The texture is ripe and velvety, but there is plenty of depth here....