News — White Burgundy

"This is excellent" -Lowest Price:
2022 Ballot-Millot Meursault

This bottle punches well above its weight class. It boasts undeniable energy and detail without sacrificing richness. In any vintage, there's impressive drive and presence.

"I was knocked out by the quality"
2022 Roulot Meursault Villages

Jean-Marc Roulot is one of the masters of white Burgundy, and his 2022s are some of the most exciting wines that we've seen from him in years. 

A Perfect Match - Burgundy Go-To:
2022 Tessier Meursault 1er Cru Le Poruzot Dessus

Tessier makes sculpted and tension-filled Meursaults that have a captivating intensity. They serve as a great example of wines where terroir-soaked honesty can offer seemingly endless fascination in the glass. 

Colin-Morey:
St. Aubin to Chevalier-Montrachet

There's no doubt that Pierre-Yves Colin is making some of the most compelling white Burgundies around.

A Master At Work:
2022 Dominique Lafon Meursault Les Narvaux

The 2022 epitomizes what makes the wine stand out in a lineup.  There's a radiance and polished minerality that's thrilling. The wine packs so much intensity into a relatively lithe frame and it's delivered with breathtaking agility. 

Not To Be Missed: 2022 Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clavoillon

Catch Clavoillon in the right vintage, and you'll be wowed by its harmony and its mineral delicacy. 

"This is excellent, indeed examples of Bourgogne are rarely better"
-2022 Fichet Bourgogne Blanc VV

Fichet's Bourgogne Blanc VV has long been one of the secrets of Burgundy fanatics.

"This is a lovely Puligny villages and worth considering."
-2022 Carillon Puligny-Montrachet

The wines of Jacques Carillon may keep a lower profile than some others in Burgundy, but they are no joke. You'd be hard-pressed to find Burgundies as carefully crafted as Carillon's.

Utter Brilliance:
2014 Lafon Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes

Lafon's 2014s were so impressive that they were impossible not to notice.

If it wasn't already obvious that things were starting to click into high gear at this Meursault benchmark, the 2014 drove this point home unequivocally. 

Meursault Charmes At Its Best:
2022 Tessier Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes Dessus

A few years ago, a friend poured me a glass of Arnaud Tessier's Meursault AC, and I was immediately intrigued.

I've been buying the domaine's wines ever since. 

Today, I'm happy to present a stunning example of their work, the 2022 Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes Dessus. 

A Master At Work - Value Edition:
2022 Dominique Lafon Bourgogne Blanc

While there's no way around the fact that Lafon's wines can hit high price points, it's not true that encountering Lafon's mastery comes at a cost. Today, we drive this point home in a big way. 

"It belongs among Chablis's top half-dozen domaines." -Part Two:
2022 Bessin-Tremblay Chablis VV

Romain Bessin is making some of our favorite Chablis.

White Burgundy: Coche-Dury, Colin-Morey, Dureuil-Janthial,
Lafon, Lamy, Leflaive, Raveneau, Roulot & More

There are 29 white Burgundies on the list below, covering nearly all of our favorite producers of white Burgundy. 

"This is an excellent Puligny villages"
- 2021 Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet

Things at Leflaive have obviously kicked into high gear.

"This is lovely and a wine that should age accordingly."
2022 Tribut Chablis 1er Cru Côte de Léchet

What makes 2022s at Tribut so exciting is how the wines combine power and presence with verve and minerality. Tribut's 2022s have an incredible amount of punch and finesse.

2021 Bachelet-Monnot Puligny

It is a really exciting villages level white Burgundy. It combines seriousness with an irresistible deliciousness that's rarely encountered in white Burgundy. 

Perennial Over-Achiever:
2022 Drouhin Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Blanc

Drouhin's Clos des Mouches is an expectation-defying wine beloved by Burgundy insiders.

Cult Chablis:
2022 Tribut Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy

Tribut's 2022s have an incredible amount of punch and finesse.

White Burgundy Dynamite:
2014 Coche-Dury Meursault

Coche-Dury's Meursault may very well be the greatest village wine on earth. There are Grand Crus that it puts to shame.

Not To Be Missed:
2022 Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clavoillon

This all-too-often overlooked bottle can deliver some serious value relative to Leflaive's other 1er Crus.

Cult Burgundy Brilliance: 2020 Anne Boisson Meursault Chevalières

Chevalières is a tension-filled, elegant, and incredibly precise white Burgundy. It has no trouble competing with the top 1er Crus.

"This is also very good for its level" -2021 Ballot-Millot Meursault

The 2021 Meursault is very impressive. It's lifted and rich with a tactile minerality. Stylistically, Ballot-Millot falls between the reductive style of Coche and Roulot and the voluptuous, oily style of old-school Meursault producers.

2021 Roulot Meursault Villages
"This is an excellent Meursault village" -Burghound

The villages designation is very deceiving. It seems like Burgundy's hierarchies based on centuries of accumulated wisdom are suspended when it comes to Roulot's Meursault Villages. It is world-class.

Punching Above Its Weight Class
2021 Bachelet-Monnot Chassagne-Montrachet

Bachelet-Monnot's Chassagne AC is a bottle that we reach for often. The 2021 is an especially thrilling vintage of the wine. As Burghound's note below highlights, the 2021 is a seriously structured example of the wine. It is also a tense and electric one.