Tasting notes, Oct. 12, 2024; Burgundy

                    Burgundy Arrivals

2022 Louis Michel Chablis
On Sale for $39.99
Chablis / France
100% Chardonnay
Domaine Louis Michel possesses eight different plots within the Chablis Villages appellation located on both sides of the Serein river, the defining waterway of the zone. These vineyards, near those of the Premier Crus Forêts, Vaillons, and Montée de Tonnerre, are employed to create this unoaked Chardonnay.
2022 Michel Juillot Bourgogne Blanc
On Sale for $26.40
Mercurey / Chalonnaise / France
100% Chardonnay
The Juillot family has been cultivating grapes in the Cote Chalonnaise for four generations. The Bourgogne Blanc is sourced from 25-40 year-old vines planted in clay and limestone. Aging takes place in both small barrels and large casks.
2021 Francois Carillon Monthélie Blanc
On Sale for $44.80
Monthélie / Côte de Beaune / France
100% Chardonnay
Carillon’s Monthelie is sourced from the vineyards right around the corner from his famed Puligny and Chassagne holdings. The village of Monthelie is known for its rather steeply sloped vineyards which feature limestone and alluvial soils – hence the deep minerality found in this bottling.
2020 Camille Giroud
Bourgogne Rouge
On Sale for $28
Côte de Nuit, Côte de Beaune, Côte Chalonnaise / France
100% Pinot Noir
Sourced from the villages of Gevrey, Volnay and Moroges (Chalonnaise), Giroud’s Bourgogne offers a combination of red and black fruit flavors. The wine is fermented using native yeast and aged for 12 months in used barrels.
2018 Simon Bize Villages
On Sale for $56
Savigny-les-Beaune / Côtes de Beaune / France
100% Pinot Noir
From over 9 acres of holdings spread throughout the village of Savigny, Bize’s Villages bottling is aged for 12 months in a combination of new (20%) and used (80%) French oak barrels.
2022 Collotte Clos de Jeu
On Sale for $40
Marsannay / Côte de Nuit / France
100% Pinot Noir
Collotte’s Clos de Jeu vineyard holding features 50+ year old vines planted in soft limestone. The wine is aged in 25% new French oak. Tense and focused, this is a marvelously balanced Marsannay.