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“Exquisite nose, with intense red fruits and wonderful clarity. The attack is lean and silky, intense and pure, and its fine acidity makes it seductive and moreish. Linear but complex, bright and very long. Drinking Window 2019 – 2038”
– Decanter (95 points)

“A tightly wound style, featuring black cherry, blackberry, mineral and spice flavors fused to a solid spine of acidity and tannins. Dense and long, with vivid acidity focusing the lingering aftertaste. Best from 2023 through 2038. 150 cases imported.”
– Wine Spectator (94 points)

“More discreet wood more easily allows the overtly spicy aromas of poached plum, lavender and tea, The round yet reasonably well-detailed flavors possess a sophisticated mouth feel as well as fine mid-palate density, all wrapped in a youthfully austere, mineral-driven and very firm finish. Unlike the Grèves however, this excellent effort should be reasonably approachable after 5 to 7 years.”
– Burghound (92-94 points)

“Good dark red. Alluring, mellow aromas and flavors of redcurrant, tobacco, spices and minerals, plus a suggestion of toffee. Round, silky and plush, offering mouthfilling voluptuousness without losing its shape. The compellingly round, sweet finish shows a fine dusting of tannins and superb length. Absolutely no sign of vine stress here!”
– Vinous (92-94 points)

“The 2016 Volnay 1er Cru Les Caillerets Ancienne Cuvée Carnot is lovely, wafting from the glass with a youthfully reserved bouquet of wild berries, forest floor, potpourri and a subtle framing of new cedar wood. On the palate, it’s medium to full-bodied, broad and satiny, with beautifully powdery tannins cloaked in cool, succulent fruit, concluding with a long finish. Right now, this Caillerets is quite reserved, but its structural finesse and harmony are already impressive.”
– Wine Advocate (93 points)

Michel Caillot’s wines have a clear, consistent house style. Domaine Caillot Meursault 2012 is a beautifully balanced white Burgundy that combines pure, clean lemon-citrus fruit, vanilla oak, fascinating minerality, a fine, creamy texture and a crisp, long and complex finish.

Presented in a 17th-century inspired bottle, it’s no wonder why this Champagne is among the best-selling Rose Champagnes of France.

“Pale salmon-pink. Sweet aromas of strawberry and earth. Frothy and ripe, with accessible flavors of strawberry, raspberry and earth. A bit aggressive but not heavy or crude.”
- Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar

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“Everything went quickly in 2015, in the vineyards as in the cellar. A flowering at the beginning of June, a veraison begun in mid-July and grapes that one begins to harvest at the end of August. In this vintage, the grapes were perfect. An impeccable health status and optimal maturity. This vintage is solar, with generous wines.”
- Bourgogne-pascal.com

Though not as well-known as its distinguished neighbors, Charmes and Perrieres which are generally fatter and richer, Les Grand Charrons produces chardonnay of depth along with finesse in its style. The Chateau de Citeaux is known for getting the most out of what many think is among the top areas for Chardonnay in the world.

Crafted by Philippe Bouzereau at Château de Citeaux in the village of Meursault in the Côte de Beaune, this white Burgundy is highly sought after and offers full flavor and wonderful minerality.

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“Moderate wood and menthol nuances serve as a less than neutral backdrop for the gamy, spicy and very ripe aromas of dark pinot fruit liqueur-like aromas. There is fine volume and outstanding intensity to the big-bodied and powerful flavors that possess flat out superb concentration thanks to the abundance of palate drenching sap that also serves to buffer the firm core of ripe tannins on the hugely long and wonderfully complex finish. While the underlying raw material is certainly present such that this will require 15 to 20 years to arrive at its full apogee, the sap is such that I suspect that it will allow this to be enjoyed after only 7 to 8 years of cellar time. This is one to look for provided that you have at least moderate patience.”
- Burghound (92-95 points)

“A whiff of smoke pervades this version, with the core of gooseberry and lemon curd notes lingering on the tarragon-infused finish.”
- Wine Spectator (91 points)

“Residual SO2 is sufficient to dominate the nose today. Marvelously energetic and intensely mineral-driven flavors also possess excellent cut that characterizes the bitter lemon and saline-inflected finish that delivers seriously fine length. This chiseled effort is almost Chablis-like and will require at least a few years of bottle age first.”
- Wine Advocate (93 points)

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“A mineral edge with aromas of lightly spicy white peaches and sweet pastries, all leading to a palate with a very supple and fluid feel. Great acidity and depth. Rich, fluid, focused and quite long. Drink now.”
- James Suckling (93 points)

“Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2011 horizontal tasting in Beaune. The Meursault Blagny 1er Cru La Genelotte 2011 from Martelet de Cherisey exhibits a slight flatness on the nose compared to the first wine, again with just a little SO2 evident. The palate is medium-bodied with a pleasant saltiness on the entry. This is nicely balanced with well-judged acidity, that saline element threaded through right to the poised, mineral-tinged finish. Fine.”
- Wine Advocate (90 pts)

“The 2011 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Hameau de Blagny showed perplexingly when tasted blind earlier in 2014, but encountering it once more at the domaine, the SO2 has cleared to reveal a lovely Puligny. It has a really wonderful bouquet with orange zest, lime and honeysuckle aromas that have a touch more complexity than the 2012. This has a very saline/marine influenced bouquet with crisp acidity and hints of almond and bruised apple toward the finish that has a lovely flinty aftertaste. This is a very fine Puligny-Montrachet that should mature nicely over 8-10 years.”
- Wine Advocate (91 pts)

“The 2016 Corton Grand Cru comes from red clay soils that are just 80 centimeters deep before you hit the limestone bedrock. It has a finely tuned bouquet with cranberry, raspberry preserve and crushed strawberry scents, crushed roses developing with time. The palate is well balanced with a fine line of acidity, brisk and tensile from start to finish and then pulling back so as not to overdo the finish. This is a case of less is more in a wine and it is likely to surpass the 2015 Corton.”
- Wine Advocate (91-93 points)

“Here the wood treatment is a bit more discreet though it’s still not subtle on the exceptionally cool and fresh but ripe nose that offers up plenty of sauvage and earth hints that suffuse the black cherry and lilac scents. The dense, bold and overtly muscular and powerful big-bodied flavors possess an abundance of sappy extract that coats the palate and buffers the extremely firm tannic spine on the immensely persistent finish that is less austere than it usually is. This is breathtakingly good and despite my extended drinking window, it should be approachable after only 7 to 8 years.”
- Burghound (92-95 points)

“Tasted as a final blend and scheduled to be bottled just after my visit, the 2013 Côte Rôtie Chateau d’Ampuis is a smokin’ good wine in the vintage. Deep, concentrated and structured, with classic and masculine notes of graphite, smoked black fruits and crushed rocks, this full-bodied beauty has bright acidity, ripe tannin and beautiful length. It needs 7-8 years of cellaring to hit maturity and will have two to three decades of overall longevity.”
- Wine Advocate