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This offer should resonate strongly with those of us who feel that the Burgundy boat has sailed over the horizon as prices have spiraled out of control and further and further out of reach.
It should come as a reminder that most of the excesses are centered on the Cote de Nuits, leaving the red wines of the Cote de Beaune and the historic villages of Volnay and Pommard well behind in the price advances.
With every price under $100 a bottle, this is really where value shines mostly brightly in Burgundy.
Tariffs: we notice that many competitors are now in the habit of quoting prices on wines coming from Europe without incorporating the 25% tariff that applies to still wines under 14% alcohol. Our prices INCLUDE tariffs.
We can also quote the discounted price for delivery to LCB, a UK bonded warehouse, where you can store the wine under your own, or our account. We will arrange this for you if you wish. Call for details. You will save about 20% on the listed retail price.
Henri Boillot
No introduction is needed to this leading house that Henri expanded from its superb domaine holdings with additions on the Cote de Nuits and a seemless expansion into negotiant bottlings from managed vineyards. They may nominally be known as a white wine estate, but only because their range and quality is so spectacular, but the original domaine trio of Volnays are also right on the money.
2016 Volnay Caillerets - $99
93-95 Stephen Tanzer (Vinous) - (just 20 hectoliters per hectare produced; 50% new oak): Medium bright red. Denser, darker and more serious on the nose than the other Volnay premier crus at this address, offering mineral-driven scents of black cherry, spices and licorice. Wonderfully elegant and fine-grained, combining outstanding volume and an impression of finesse and weightlessness. Conveys a small-berry concentration and near-perfect balance, finishing with refined tannins and terrific length and lift. This stunning Volnay is wonderfully approachable today but I suspect it will shut down a bit by the time it's bottled and benefit from five to eight years of cellaring.
2017 Volnay Chevrets - $75
91-93 Neal Martin (Vinous) -The 2017 Volnay Les Chevrets 1er Cru, not the most commonly seen Premier Cru (Nicolas Rossignol also bottles this), has an attractive bouquet with violet petals littered over bright black cherry fruit. The palate is well balanced with grippy tannin, the 30% new oak nicely integrated here, sorbet-fresh with orange zest, tangy marmalade and Indian spices surfacing towards the vibrant finish. Very fine. (Drink between 2021-2033)
2017 Volnay Fremiets - $75
90-92 Neal Martin (Vinous) -The 2017 Volnay Les Fremiets 1er Cru has a generous, slightly gamey bouquet that unfolds in the glass. The palate is well balanced with sappy red and black fruit infused with liquorish and light tobacco notes forward the structured finish. A spicy residue on the aftertaste lingers for 30 seconds. Give this a couple of years in bottle. (Drink between 2021-2034)
Yvon Clerget
We're very pleased to be able to offer these wines from this very hot property.
2016 Volnay Clos du Verseuils - $85
92-94 Stephen Tanzer (Vinous) -(this wine and the Caillerets got 30% new oak): Bright red-ruby. Musky, complex soil tones along with black cherry and mocha on the nose. Quite suave and silky on entry, conveying a relaxed quality (production here was 42 hectoliters per hectare) but no shortage of concentration. In fact, this is a wonderfully classy, supple wine with sexy sweetness and rocky energy (the mother rock is close to the surface here). Soil and spice notes add flavor interest. Consistent from start to finish, this quintessential, refined Volnay spreads out on the back end to saturate the mouth, with its tannins fully buffered by fruit.
2016 Volnay Santenots - $75
90-93 Allen Meadows (Burghound) -A more deeply pitched array is composed mostly of plum liqueur, dark cherry and notably more earth influence. There is also more volume and muscle though less refinement to the medium-bodied flavors that deliver excellent length on the focused and sneaky long finale. (Drink starting 2026)
Heitz-Lochardet
If you have not tried these wines you should. They are precise, with clear well-delineated fruit and classical balance. They are delicious and among the best Pommards made. (Burghound's scores are typically understated for less established names.)
2017 Pommard Rugiens - $89
92 Allen Meadows (Burghound) Here the wood regimen is less subtle as there are notes of menthol on the airy and equally high-toned nose that is also distinctly floral. The relatively supple medium weight flavors possess both fine precision and minerality, all wrapped in a dusty, youthfully austere and built-to-age finish. (Drink starting 2029)
2017 Pommard Pezerolles - $75
91 Allen Meadows (Burghound) An elegant, cool and ultra-fresh nose combines a plethora of floral elements with those of high-toned red currant, plum and lavender. The sleek, delicious and stony flavors possess reasonably good mid-palate density as well as fine depth and length. While the dusty finish offers solid balance, it does need to flesh out and thus at least some patience is recommended. (Drink starting 2025)
2017 Pommard Clos des Poutures - $65
90 Allen Meadows (Burghound) -This too is softly toasty with an abundance of earth and underbrush characters suffusing the slightly more elegant red currant-scented nose. The nicely detailed medium weight flavors possess an elegant mouth feel thanks mainly to the relatively fine-grained tannins shaping the attractively complex and lingering finish that reflects only a hint of Pommard-like rusticity. (Drink starting 2024)
2016 Pommard Clos des Poutures - $65
91 Neal Martin (Vinous) -The 2016 Pommard Clos des Poutures 1er Cru has an attractive bouquet with brambly red berry fruit, briary and light sous-bois aromas, classic in style and very well focused. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly raw tannin, hints of tomato vine lacing the red fruit with a straightforward and conservative finish. Probably not a long-term Pommard. Evidence of some whole bunch addition. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting. (DIAM 5 closure) (Drink between 2019-2027)
Clos de la Chapelle
We cannot let a Cote de Beaune offer go out without including our own favorite, the Clos de la Chapelle. This is the new rising star of the Cote de Beaune that grew out of the old Louis Boillot estate in Volnay that was centered on the now eponymous 1er cru in the center of the village. It is a French American partnership under the stewardship of long time Burgundy collector, Mark O'Connell who is making the wines at the Chateau de Bligny in Meursault at a facility now shared with Dominique Lafon.
Their wines consistently come in at the top of John Gilman's range of scores for the Cote de Beaune. They are stylish, concentrated wines of finesse that show great typicity of their fine terroirs.
2017 Volnay Taillepieds - $95
94+ John Gilman (View From The Cellar) The Domaine Clos de la Chapelle’s beautiful 2017 Taillepieds is an absolutely textbook example of this great terroir, as one might expect in a great vintage and sixty-five-plus year-old vines tucked in between d’Angerville and de Montille in the heart and soul of the vineyard. The stunning nose soars from the glass in a nascently complex blend of sweet black cherries and plums, dark chocolate, fresh nutmeg and other delicate spice tones, dark soil tones, gamebird, woodsmoke and a bit of vanillin oak. With extended aeration there is a touch of Bonnes-Mares-like heather tones as well here, which is utterly gorgeous. On the palate the wine is deep, full, focused and properly structured, with a beautiful core of fruit, great soil signature, ripe, well-integrated tannins and a long, tangy and perfectly balanced finish. Great juice. (Drink between 2030-2090)
2017 Beaune Champs Pimont - $75
91 Allen Meadows (Burghound) Relatively prominent wood toast fights a bit with the more deeply pitched and notably ripe aromas of plum liqueur, cassis and discreet floral nuances. There is better mid-palate density to the seductively textured medium-bodied flavors that deliver fine depth and persistence on the mildly toasty finale. This velvety effort will need a few years to more completely integrate its oak. (Drink starting 2024)
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