The « Les Charmes » vineyard near the village of Lugny in the Mâconnais region of southern Burgundy is prized for its exceptional southern exposure and for the age of its vines, averaging some 40 years of age on the whole. Around here, we prize its production as among the surest of bets for value in dry white wine. Vinified entirely in stainless steel and bottled sans bois, that is, unlumbered, 100% unencumbered by oak, at the nearby Cave de Lugny; green/gold in color, the wine is fresh and vibrant with aromas that would suggest hazelnut, citrus flower and acacia honeys on a foundation of refreshing summer rains on limestone; medium-bodied, ample in weight, with a clean, crisp and lasting flavor on the finish. Given the consistently excellent quality and its extremely fair price, it’s not much wonder that Mâcon-Lugny Les Charmes Chardonnay is among the best-selling of white Burgundies in the United States!

The lovely village of Saint‑Vérand (note the different spelling) is located half‑hidden amongst the hills in the Mâconnais region of southern Burgundy, between Pouilly‑Fuissé and the Beaujolais. Its Jurassic chalky soils are a continuation of the limestone strata found in the Côte d'Or and are ideal for growing Chardonnay grapes. Harvested by hand the grapes are immediately and gently pressed, then passed into stainless steel to undergo a slow and cool fermentation. The wine is bottled the following spring to retain its inherent freshness, fruitiness and roundness. Green‑gold in color with at once discreet, pure and vibrant Chardonnay aromas suggesting flesh of crisp green apple, citrus and stone; fine, elegant Chardonnay flavors are refreshingly crisp and mineral, but at the same time broadening on the tongue, becoming more sumptuous and satisfying, delivering a nice wallop of excellent dry white Burgundy wine for the price of mere everyday Chardonnay.

Produce of 100% Chardonnay fruit from the Clos de l'Ermitage Saint-Claude vineyard in Prissé near the rocks of Solutré and Vergisson. The vines here are 70 years of age on average, planted to argilo-calcaire soils at elevations of 200 mètres with southerly exposition that yield a richer, somewhat more opulent wine, one that is aged en cuve (read, no oak; quite apparently, no oak aging is necessary with this excellent raw material). Brilliant yellow-gold in color with fetching southern Burgundian Chardonnay aromas suggestive of orchard fruits, beeswax, citrus zest and summer rain-moistened limestone (Thevenet themselves note aromas of linden and jasmine); gently, but firmly rich and just rounded on the tongue and yet poised and light on its feet, both satisfying and refreshing with a certain sapidity and the nerve of crisp citrusy acidity keeping things fresh to the finish. Simply lovely southern Burgundian white wine.

Emblematic Chassagne-Montrachet produced from a dozen plots of Chardonnay vines an average of 50 years in age and located just beneath mid-slope and above the RN74 with exposures from northeast to southwest. Bright yellow/gold with reflections of emerald in color with subtle aromas suggesting gently toasted baguette, sweet lemon and limestone (Andrea noted melon, stone fruit and honeysuckle) and, with air, a notion of garden fresh fennel or cerfeuil; crystalline pure, almost spherical in shape on the palate, tactile, both ample and weightless, then impactful, mineral and mouthwatering long to the fresh, vivid, intensely flavorful finish. Simply superb white Burgundy wine.

The commune of Chorey-lès-Beaune is located just northeast of Beaune, on the east side of the Route Nationale 74 opposite Savigny-lès-Beaune. The 100% Pinot Noir fruit for this wine is hand‑harvested into small containers and is then transported the short distance to the state of the art Louis Jadot production facility on the northwest side of Beaune proper. There the fruit is sorted by hand and destemmed, maceration of from 3 to 4 weeks then occurs in open wooden vats or in stainless steel tanks. During fermentation, pigeage is performed twice per day. The wine ages for 18 months in air‑dried 228‑litre oak barrels from Louis Jadot's own cooperage, Tonnellerie Cadus. The resulting wine is, we feel, quite correct, most useful and, most importantly, completely delicious red Burgundy. Lovely, translucent ruby in color with fine, subtle, delicately perfumed Pinot Noir aromas suggestive of ripe cherry, a light toast from barrel aging, shaved dark chocolate and the hallowed Burgundian soils (Henry also noted the subtle bergamot orange scent of Earl Grey tea); supple and silky in texture on entry, then demonstrating a building presence on the palate with gentle grip of fine tannins and crisp grapey acidity carrying complex Burgundian Pinot Noir flavors charmingly, elegantly long to the finish. Regularly $42.50 the bottle, on sale now at:

The 2019 Santenay La Maladière 1er Cru, from a large 5‑hectare vineyard out of which Jadot selects the most propitious plots, is crisp and edgy on the nose, here offering darker fruit than the Clos de Malte and a light sea spray influence. The palate is medium‑bodied with lithe tannins, a rounded texture and good depth. Red plum and cranberry sauce, and a little white pepper sprinkled over a quite tender finish. Recommended. Drink 2023‑2033. Rated (89-91) - Neal Martin, vinous.com, October, 2020. Regularly $50.00 the bottle, on sale now at:

Here too there is enough wood and menthol influence to merit pointing out on the more floral and spicier aromas of pure red berry, plum and anise. There is fine richness to the relatively refined yet generously proportioned flavors that exude evident minerality on the youthfully austere finale. This is sufficiently firm to repay at least a decade of keeping and 12 to 15 years would not be surprising. Drink 2029+. Rated (90‑93). - Allen Meadows, burghound.com April, 2021

Though concentrated, with cherry, currant and boysenberry flavors, this red is also sleek and vibrant, with bright acidity and refined tannins, showing excellent balance and length. Sandalwood and earth notes add detail. Best from 2023 through 2035. 45 cases imported. Rated 93. - Bruce Sanderson, winespectator.com November, 2021

From a very small single vineyard of clay and limestone soils located on a steep slope above La Toppe au Vert on a hump of the hill of Corton and shared between Domaine Chanson and the Hospices de Beaune. Brilliant yellow/gold in color with subtle toast and nostril titillating suggestion of sweet citrus (it's lemon) on cool limestone with notions of fresh delicate green herb like chervil, fennel or rain-moistened marjoram (a bit more air strangely revealed a touch of reduction in the wine); spherical in shape and building on the palate, with a through-line of beautiful ripe fleshy orchard fruits and the sweet spice of (expensive) vanillin oak lending a creaminess of texture, all the while très minérale, holding its shape and crystalline balance with nuance of orange peel and wine-moistened limestone on the ultra-long, warming, enveloping finish; simply put, this is a profound white Burgundy wine. One among our handful of favorite white Burgundies over the last decade or so of vintages. Rated Superb! - Le groupe de quatre (ou cinq ou six) dégustateurs intrépides (cette configuration : PB, DB, CC, AM, JR, HS) November, 2021

This is Burgundian Pinot Noir, if from a source a bit north of where we usually find it. An hour or more northwest from the Côte d'Or, this is Yonne Pinot Noir, from just southeast of Chablis itself, an area known as Irancy. Deep ruby in color; richer aromatic slate than the previous vintage, if still highly mineral with dusty, stony, taut dark cherryish Pinot Noir aromatics along with subtle scent of beetroot translating Kimmeridgian earth; supple on entry, then demonstrating a certain structure with fine (according to Henry, "not insignificant") tannins, crisp and chalky dry, building in body with air, both ample and vibrant with breadth and length and intensity of delicious Kimmeridigian (read clay and limestone) Pinot Noir flavor long on the finish. All in all, we're ever so pleased to have another source for such delicious red Burgundy at ever so reasonable a price.

Attractive if just translucent deep ruby in color with bolder than normal Bourgogne Pinot Noir aromas suggesting dark ripe cherry, baking spices, orange peel and a sense of petrichor from those celebrated clay/limestone Burgundian soils; smooth in texture on entry, then rather more powerful and fuller in body than previous vintages of the wine with solid stony underpinning and a gentle warmth on the deceptively long and mouthwatering finish.

Reassuringly medium ruby in color, red-fruited, too on the nose, with hallowed ripe Burgundian Pinot noir berries suggestive of rhubarb, mandarin orange peel and petrichor (both Henry and Brian noted fine white pepper); polished on entry (more polished than silken in this 2020 vintage), holds it shape nicely on the tongue if holding back just a bit following travel, saline, tangy red-fruited on the finish.

The 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jacques (Domaine Louis Jadot) is shaping up brilliantly, wafting from the glass with aromas of raspberries and plums mingled with sweet spices, orange rind and peonies. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and concentrated, it's bright and precise, with a layered core of fruit and a long, penetrating finish. Rated (93‑95). - William Kelley, robertparker.com January, 2022

The 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques 1er Cru has a well-defined bouquet with crisp blackberry, briary, crushed stone and light eucalyptus aromas that blossom with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, fine acidity, fleshy and harmonious with a touch of spice towards its very cohesive and sustained finish. Classy. Drink 2026‑2055. Rated (93‑95). - Neal Martin, vinous.com November, 2021

The 2019 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jacques (Domaine Louis Jadot) is very promising, wafting from the glass with aromas of raspberries, cherries, warm spices, candied peel, rose petals and smoke. Medium to full-bodied, layered and muscular, with serious concentration and rich reserves of ripe, powdery tannin, it concludes with a bright, precise finish. Rated (93‑95+). - William Kelley, robertparker.com January, 2021

Slightly more subtle, though still moderately prominent, wood sets off the very spicy, cool and elegant aromas that consist mostly of red and dark currant and iron-inflected earth. There is very good volume and verve suffusing the refined and classy middle weight flavors that brim with minerality and dry extract where the latter helps to buffer the very firm tannic spine shaping the compact, powerful and strikingly long finale. This excellent effort will likely need a minimum of 10 years before it can be reasonably approached and should reward up to 20 years of keeping. Drink 2036+. Rated (92‑95). ♥. Outstanding. - Allen Meadows' burghound.com April, 2021

The 2019 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques 1er Cru is surprisingly reticent at first, offering quite strong earthy aromas and gradually opening with sage, thyme and mint. I feel that compared to the other Clos Saint-Jacques, the aromatics never quite click into fifth gear. The palate is medium-bodied with the best backbone of the four Gevrey Premier Crus tasted from Jadot. Spicy black pepper and clove notes furnish the middle and the finish, which feels sustained and persistent, yet I wonder whether it will have the unadulterated charm of the Les Cazetiers when in bottle. We will find out soon. Drink 2024‑2042. Rated (92‑94). - Neal Martin, vinous.com December, 2020

I continue to just love these 2018 Red Burgundies, and the 2018 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jacques doesn't disappoint, offering an incredibly pure, focused, yet concentrated style carrying ample bright berry fruits, spring flowers, spice, and graphite-like aromas and flavors. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it has a terrific spine of acidity, ripe, yet ultra-fine tannins, and just about flawless balance. It shows the ripe style of the vintage yet is pure, fresh, and focused. Enjoy bottles any time over the coming 20 years or more. Drink 2021‑2041. Rated 95. - Jeb Dunnuck, jebdunnuck.com April, 2021

The 2018 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques 1er Cru has a wonderful bouquet that just pips the Cazetiers for precision and poise. This is detailed and very finely tuned, the oak married perfectly with the fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and very well-judged acidity, almost sorbet-fresh. The vivacious blood-orange-infused finish seems to shimmer. This is a great Clos Saint-Jacques from Louis Jadot. Drink 2024‑2050. Rated (94‑96). - Neal Martin, vinous.com January, 2020

The 2017 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques 1er Cru clearly has the finest bouquet of seven wines that I tasted from the appellation by Jadot. It is very precise and focused, showing superb edginess and impressive terroir expression. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. This is quite linear in style, the fruit just a little muted toward the finish, but there is fine structure and detail on this more masculine Clos Saint-Jacques than anticipated. Drink 2022‑2040. Rated (91‑93). - Neal Martin, vinous.com January, 2019

The 2017 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jacques (Domaine Louis Jadot) unfurls in the glass with an incipiently complex bouquet of sweet red berries, coffee roast, raw cocoa, candied peel and cedary new wood. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, ample and layered, with an abundance of satiny structuring tannin, juicy acids and a long, pure finish. As usual, this will require some bottle age, but it's one of the high points of the collection. Rated (92‑94). - William Kelley, Wine Advocate January, 2019

The 2020 Corton-Pougets Grand Cru (Domaine des Héritiers Jadot) is excellent, mingling aromas of cherries and raspberries with notions of raw cocoa, orange rind, warm spices and smoke. Full-bodied, velvety and layered, it's deep and concentrated, with powdery tannins, bright acids and a long, resonant finish. Rated (93‑95). - William Kelley, robertparker.com January, 2022

The 2020 Corton-Pougets Grand Cru is often one of Jadot’s strongest cards amongst the Côte de Beaune reds and this is no different. It has a captivating bouquet with earthy red fruit, graphite, just a faint hint of menthol that emerges with time. The palate is medium‑bodied with sappy red fruit, lightly spiced with a dash of white pepper towards the sustained finish. It will require several years in bottle to show its best, but it will be worth waiting for. Drink 2027‑2050. Rated (94‑96). - Neal Martin, vinous.com November, 2021

The 2020 Beaune Clos des Ursules 1er Cru has a very dense and quite intense bouquet, a melange of red and black fruit, tobacco and a touch of graphite. An underlying marine element becomes more prominent with aeration. The palate is medium‑bodied with firm tannins, fresh and vibrant but with quite a sturdy backbone and certainly the spiciest on the finish of the six Beaune Premier Crus from Jadot. Long term potential here. Drink 2026‑2045. Rated (91‑93). - Neal Martin, vinous.com November, 2021

The 2019 Beaune Clos des Ursules 1er Cru has a fragrant bouquet featuring a mélange of red and black fruit intermingled with orange blossom and iodine aromas. Good intensity. The palate is medium-bodied with a stocky opening, fine structure and symmetry and a fine bead of acidity. There’s a dark fruit flourish toward the finish, which leaves behind a subtle marine-themed aftertaste. Excellent. Drink 2023‑2038. Rated (91‑93). - Neal Martin, vinous.com December, 2020

The 2018 Beaune Clos des Ursules 1er Cru has the finest bouquet out of Jadot’s Beaune Premiers, featuring copious dark cherry, crushed strawberry and blueberry aromas that are very well defined. The fleshy, rounded palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, fine acidity and a fine-boned, quite persistent and certainly elegant finish. Excellent. Drink 2022‑2040. Rated (91‑93). - Neal Martin, vinous.com January, 2020

The 2017 Beaune Clos des Ursules 1er Cru, one of my favorite vineyards from Jadot, has a lovely red and black fruit nose that feels harmonious and assured. The class of the terroir shows through here. The palate is medium-bodied with fleshy ripe red fruit and fine grip. A little sinewy, like the Les Cras, but showing fine precision and persistence on the finish. Excellent. Drink 2020‑2035. Rated (90‑92). - Neal Martin, vinous.com January, 2019

When they have the opportunity to celebrate a great vintage, Maison Louis Jadot places focus on the Premiers Crus of Beaune as a way to celebrate its origins and the foundation of the house there in 1859. Today they own 25 hectares (about 62 acres) across 17 different premier cru vineyards within the appellation of Beaune. The first release of the Beaune 1er Cru Célébration cuvée took place with the launch of the 2009 vintage, their 150th anniversary. The next releases were from the 2012 and 2015 vintages. And, now, Louis Jadot (and ourselves) are celebrating the excellent 2018 vintage in Burgundy — a vintage demonstrating great ripeness as a result of an exceptionally sunny growing season — with this blend of selected lots from various premiers crus, including Clos des Ursules, Boucherottes, Aux Cras, Clos des Couchereaux, Bressandes, Theurons, Grèves, Avaux, Chouacheux, Cent Vignes, Toussaints, Vignes Franches, Pertuisots, Aigrots, Clos du Roi, and Reversées. Deep ruby in color with alluring aromas suggestive of dark ripe cherry and Asian five spice, revealing more vivid red fruits along with a touch of reglisse as it opens in the glass; supple and silken in texture on entry, then building to reach a certain puissance with structure of pulverized stone‑like tannins carrying gently bursting intense flavor long to the finish; this is indeed a célébration in the glass by way of this bevy of Beaune premiers crus. Quintessential Beaune, at that. And, that said, quintessentially Burgundy.

Les Cras is a vignoble lieu dit just south of the village of Pommard itself and at the bottom of the alluvial cone of the Pommard valley and notable for the presence of sands, gravel and pebbles in its soil. This is, of course, a red wine produced by a master producer of white wines (most always an interesting proposition): translucent medium-ruby in color with aromas that are quite Pommard in nature, what with berry, bramble and earth (with some air came a subtle spice and a hint of candied orange peel; Henry noted a savory herbal quality); subtle, supple, but with some kind of nerve and that earth and berry thing holding sway by way of flavor along with a suggestion of kirsch; finishing rather chock-full, building, gripping and, eventually, mouthwatering and delicious. Pommmmard!

The 2017 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers comes from Faiveley’s substantial four-hectare parcel. I find this has more gumption and detail than the Lavaux Saint-Jacques at the moment. The nose features layers of blackberry, raspberry and crushed stone aromas, and the sweet, candied palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannin. Blood orange and quince infuse the red fruit toward the finish. Excellent. Drink 2022-2038. Rated (91-93). - Neal Martin, vinous.com January, 2019

An intensely earthy nose is comprised by notably ripe dark currant aromas that are cut with underbrush, spice and a whiff of wood toast and the sauvage. There is an attractive freshness and plenty of vivacity to the velvet-textured full-bodied and overtly muscular flavors that possess terrific punch on the beautifully long, youthfully austere and notably firm finish. I like the overall sense of complexity and this too should age effortlessly. Drink 2035+. Rated (92‑94). Sweet spot. - Allen Meadows' burghound.com January, 2019

The 2017 Corton Clos des Corton Faiveley Grand Cru comes from a monopole of around 3 hectares. It has quite a powerful bouquet of assertive red currant and cranberry fruit, fig jam and a hint of dates. The medium-bodied palate displays supple tannin and a fine bead of acidity. Quite stocky in style, with a saline, quite persistent finish that lingers in the mouth. Excellent. Drink 2024-2040. Rated (91-93). - Neal Martin, vinous.com January, 2019

Château du Basty is an historic property in the hands of the same family for 15 generations since 1482. The Varenard family was succeeded by the Varenard de Billys, then the Ronys and finally today La Famille Perroud. The property has commanding views of the area including the imposing Mont Brouilly to the south and The Alps themselves to the east. The domain is farmed under culture raisonnée translating to sustainable agriculture, demonstrating respect for the environment — « the earth is there, living, silent and faithful » according to propriétaire/vigneron Gilles Perroud. The domaine consists of 18 hectares situated within the communes of Lantignié and Régnié at an elevation of about 400 mètres. The subsoil is granitic, sometimes sandy, sometimes stony depending on the parcels. Their superb Beaujolais-Lantignié is produce of 100% hand-harvested Gamay grapes vinified in the cool cellars there and aged briefly in quite large neutral oak foudres. Dense, deep ruby/purple in color in this 2020 vintage with pure fresh/fleshy grapey aromas suggestive of unspoilt wide open spaces with beautiful views, cherry blossom, bing cherry and granitic earth; medium‑full in body, mouthfilling with excellent intensity of crunchy berry flavor and a nice gentle astringency that refreshes the palate, causing the mouth to water and ever so gently cajoling one to take another pull.

The vineyard parcels of Château Thivin Côte de Brouilly are predominantly south-facing and are planted entirely with Gamay vines that average 50 years of age on steep (48% grade) slopes of blue volcanic rock comprised of plagioclase and biotite on the Mont Brouilly. Importer Kermit Lynch has famously described the wine as resembling "a country squire who is not afraid to get his boots muddy. Handsome, virile, earthy, and an aristocrat." Château Thivin Côte de Brouilly is long among our favorite of the Beaujolais crus. Translucent purple ruby to fuchsia at the edges in color with fermentive and fleshy, gently reduced post‑volcanic Gamay fruit suggestive of a compote de baies mélangées together with notions baking spices, violet and an underpinning of crushed stone (graphite and granite); crunchy berry Beaujolais again (Henry found it more lithe and taut and all the while silky) on the palate with this cooler vintage 2021, with a refreshing, bursting, vibrant mouthwatering intensity of flavor that is just irresistible.

Maison Vitteaut-Alberti was founded in 1951 in Rully in the Côte Chalonnaise by M. Lucien Vitteaut and his wife née Alberti, who chose to specialise in the production of sparkling white wines using the Méthode Champenoise. Today they are operating among the most highly-regarded sparkling wine operations in Burgundy from Rully in the Côte Chalonnaise, about twenty minutes south of Beaune. The Cuvée Agnès (Agnès is the granddaughter of the founders, now active in the company) is a blend of a strict selection of 100% Chardonnay grapes coming from the Côte Chalonnaise and the Côte de Beaune. Brilliant yellow-gold in color with just a wealth of fine bubbles; ultra fresh aromas titillate the nostrils with suggestion of stone fruits, citrus blossom, ultra-fine brioche just in the oven; ultra-fine on the palate, too, with a delicate froth, poised, balanced, almost spherical in shape; then, a freshness of flavor that resonates long. Among the finest Crémants de Bourgogne that we've encountered. And we've encountered, mmmm, quite a few.

Dedicated to Jeanne Thomas Picamelot, Louis' wife, this cuvée is said to combine a feminine elegance and strong personality. We can but smile and nod in complete and utter agreement. 'Happy wife, happy life' comes to mind. This is a vintage‑dated sparkling wine, but we tend not to focus on that. Produce of mostly Chardonnay with a slight admixture of Aligoté, all hand‑harvested from the Côte Chalonnaise, Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits (the best addresses for white grapes from this part of Burgundy). Vivid green/gold in color with generous and persistent tiny bubbles and aromas ever so fresh and inviting, suggesting white flower, citrus zest and fine wine‑friendly limestone rich soils; full and round, powerful, yes, and eventually sumptuous on the palate, this wine both refreshes and satisfies. Picamelot themselves recommend it as a perfect Crémant pour le gastronome (it works especially well at the dinner table, that is). Our wine buyer simply adores this Crémant with the dim sum (everything, really) at Lin Asian Bar + Dim Sum and Qi Austin.