Burgundy En Primeur Vintage 2019
2019 is a mouth-watering vintage in Burgundy. A vintage in which the white wines are not just better than expected but are really serious propositions, their textured assertiveness refreshed by taut, zippy acidity. The red wines can be very aromatically expressive – roses and violets – with the often rich palate fruit enlivened by zesty citrus flavours.
Importantly, there is depth of quality, from the regional and village wines upwards. A vintage to buy at all levels and one which at the top end will go the distance and make for fine old wines.
2019 Vintage Report Price List
CHABLIS
Located some 100 miles north of the Côte d’Or, Chablis sits apart from the rest of Burgundy, separated from the Côte d’Or by the Morvan Mountains. Geologically, it shares characteristics with the Loire and Champagne. Historically, the region benefited from its proximity to Paris and being able to transport wines by river to the capital. The advent of the railways had the opposite effect as more regions, with cheaper wines, became accessible. Chablis’ marginal location and fossil-rich soils lie at the heart of its quintessential flinty mineral style.
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Domaine Vincent Dampt – READ MORE
CÔTE DE NUITS
The Côte de Nuits forms the northern half of the Côte d’Or, running from the outskirts of Dijon, through seven famous communes, to the villages of Prémeaux and Corgoloin, south of Nuits-Saint-Georges. The region is around 20 kilometres long and between 200 and 800 metres wide. It covers 3,600 hectares. Driving south from Dijon, looking to the right, you will see slopes adorned with vineyards, broken up periodically by barren, rocky outcrops and, at its southern end, limestone quarries. The Côte de Nuits, with few exceptions, is red wine country. It is, quite simply, home to some of the greatest Pinot Noirs in the world. The Côte de Nuits forms the northern half of the Côte d’Or, running from the outskirts of Dijon, through seven famous communes, to the villages of Prémeaux and Corgoloin, south of Nuits-Saint-Georges. The region is around 20 kilometres long and between 200 and 800 metres wide. It covers 3,600 hectares. Driving south from Dijon, looking to the right, you will see slopes adorned with vineyards, broken up periodically by barren, rocky outcrops and, at its southern end, limestone quarries. The Côte de Nuits, with few exceptions, is red wine country. It is, quite simply, home to some of the greatest Pinot Noirs in the world.
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Domaine des Varoilles – READ MORE
Domaine Stephane Magnien – READ MORE
Château de La Tour – READ MORE
Domaine Gilles Jourdan – READ MORE
CÔTE DE BEAUNE
The Côte de Beaune is almost twice the size of the Côte de Nuits, with around 6,000 hectares under vine. Whereas the Côte de Nuits is an elongated strip of east-facing slopes, the gradient rising steeply into the hills above, the Côte de Beaune has several side valleys, making it a broader shape on a map.
Travelling north to south, the Côte de Beaune makes a dramatic entrance just before the city of Beaune itself, with the iconic Hill of Corton. This southern region is the more rugged and picturesque half of the Côte d’Or, feeling like proper countryside. The appellation covers both white and red wines.
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Domaine Pierre Labet – READ MORE
Domaine Cyrot-Buthiau – READ MORE
Domaine du Comte Armand – READ MORE
Domaine Patrick Javillier – READ MORE
Domaine Pierre Morey – READ MORE
Domaine Leflaive – READ MORE
Domaine Marquis D’Angerville – READ MORE
Domaine François Carillon – READ MORE
Domaine Hubert Lamy – READ MORE
MÂCONNAIS
Mâcon lies 45 minutes by autoroute to the south of Chalon-sur-Saône. It is closer to Lyon than Beaune. For a style of wine sometimes confused with Chablis, it is worth noting that there are 219 kilometres between the two towns, making for real differences in climate.
The quality hierarchy in the Mâconnais starts with generic Mâcon, which may be red or white. Mâcon-Villages is a step up, applying to white wines only. The top status, again for white wines only, is conferred on the 26 communes who can use their village name after Mâcon.
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Domaines Leflaive – READ MORE
BEAUJOLAIS
Beaujolais and the world of Gamay are thriving, with quality-focused producers and friendlier price tags than in the Côte d’Or. Move over Beaujolais Nouveau!
Our two Beaujolais producers are a Moulin-à-Vent family, the Labruyères, who now also own Domaine Jacques Prieur in Meursault and a Volnay family, the Lafarges, whose holdings now stretch to Fleurie.
The Beaujolais crus have benefitted from the arrival of established Burgundian producers and know-how. Just as the Labruyères stress that they make Moulin-à-Vent rather than Beaujolais, for the Lafarges, Fleurie and Chiroubles are very much centre-stage.
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Domaine Labruyère – READ MORE