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Domaine Dubreuil-Fontaine Grand Cru Reds 2024

2024 was a very difficult vintage for red Burgundy makers. Heavy rains, low temperatures, and lost yields seemed to doom the results. But no! With careful tending and selection, many winemakers produced excellent wines. Lighter, fresher wines than is typical in the new climate dominated by heat (2026 is the poster child) allowed domaines, like Dubreuil-Fontaine, to really generate a small crop of lovely, transparent, lower-alcohol reds. In analyzing the efforts of the mother/daughters team at Dubreuil-Fontaine, Neil Martin of Vinous writes that they created "forward-drinking, malleable, pretty wines that stay within the limitations of the growing season and are all the better for it." Other wine critics agree and have lavished praise and high scores on these wines (see "Reviews" by tapping button below).

All of the Grand Cru Cortons in this lot come from well-known climats along the eastern slope of the famous Montagne de Corton in the northernmost stretches of the Côte de Beaune. Indeed, all three come from some of the very best sites high up the hillside. The Corton Bressandes, which is often the most powerful wine among Corton Grand Crus, is instead a bit more approachable in the 2024 vintage, although it nevertheless carries plenty of weight. The Perrières, often seen as lighter and more refined than the other two, shined brightly in 2024 and produced a wine of perhaps greater depth than the Bressandes! Finally, the Corton Clos du Roi is a beautiful wine, elegant and balanced but built for longer term aging. Indeed, all of these wines exhibit an excellent balance of power and finesse but will require some time to age before they can properly express themselves. Because the 2024s are forward drinking, they can be consumed with less aging than is normally recommended. That said, these are all still Grand Crus, so they are far from light and will be better if given some cellar time. By including two bottles of each wine in this bundle, Christine gives you the opportunity to open one comparatively early while letting its companion bottle rest, all the while growing in complexity and nuance.

Domaine Tortochot Grand and Premier Cru Reds 2022 & 2024

BurgDirect's longstanding relationship with Chantal Tortochot and her team (including long-time winemaking consultant Sylvian Pataille) allows our customers the chance to build their own verticals of her wines as we are able to offer the same wines vintage after vintage. With her latest wines, the 2024s, Chantal continues to realize ever-more elegant, subtle expressions from otherwise powerful vineyards. The cool, wet 2024 vintage, although scant in volume, plays perfectly into this domaine's style, affording them the chance to create wines with beautiful floral and perfumed scents and bright red fruit flavors. This lot includes bottles of two different Grand Crus, Charmes-Chambertin and Clos de Vougeot, along with a range of Premier Cru wines from Tortochot's home base in Gevrey-Chambertin and one fantastic wine from Les Sentiers, in Chambolle-Musigny. All are from 2024, except the 2022 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, a wine of pedigree and depth (2022 was a profound vintage producing wines of fine structure) that will benefit from extended cellaring.

We often feature Tortochot's Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru because we believe it is a great wine at a good value and are happy to be able to include another good value Grand Cru in Clos de Vougeot. As one would expect from Grand Crus, these are big wines with plenty of depth and intensity (probably what critic Sarah Marsh MW means by her description of the Clos de Vougeot as "grunty"). Some customers enjoy these wines in their youthful state, but it will require a few years of patient cellaring to appreciate the complexity and subtleties contained therein. From high up on the northern edge of the hillside overlooking the town of Gevrey-Chambertin, the Champeaux vineyard affords wines that are often noted for their depth and power. Of course, in Chantal's hands, these wines are not overwhelmingly full-bodied but are nevertheless strongly structured when compared with other 2024 Premier Crus. Next up, also from the high escarpment on the northern side of the Gevrey-Chambertin vineyards, Lavaux St. Jacques delivers a delicious, complex wine with some heft, but certainly lighter and more ready-to-drink than the Champeaux. The last of these Gevreys, the Petite Chapelle, is a very small holding, so the domaine formerly blended it into other wines. Starting in 2023, they felt that the wine was distinctive enough to bottle this Premier Cru on its own, and it is quite unique. The 2024 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Petite Chapelle is elegant, soft and round, and requires very little aging. It is more reminiscent of a Chambolle-Musigny than Gevrey-Chambertin. Speaking of Chambolle-Musigny, the final wine in this grouping comes from the Les Sentiers vineyard. This wine exudes the much-beloved character of Chambolle, with a floral nose and round mineral-enriched flavors in a lighter-than-Gevrey depth.

Unfortunately, most of these 2024s have not yet been reviewed by wine critics. The one that has (Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Les Champeaux) is included in our reviews, as well as a review of the 2022 Clos de Vougeot. For reference, the reviews presented for the other wines are from the most recent 2023 vintage.

Domaine Veuve Henri Moroni 1er Cru Puligny-Montrachets 2025

Henri Moroni had been growing grapes in hallowed vineyards for years, selling his production in barrels to wine merchants of the day. In 1940, Henri decided to bottle the wines himself rather than continuing to sell barrels, attend more to quality than volume, and create a brand to meet the needs of more discerning consumers. Now, generations later, this nine-hectare estate has become a true Jomain family affair as brothers Christophe and Philippe, along with their sister Catherine, manage all aspects of this fine domaine. The team tends their vineyards meticulously by hand with careful eco-sound practices, including bio-alternative vine and soil treatments instead of chemicals whenever possible. At harvest, about 30 friends, family members and students come together to gently pick the grapes by hand. In the cellar, the domaine avoids excessive manipulation and too much new oak.

The 2025 vintage has yet to be fully evaluated but professional critics, but the early returns are very promising. Some early frost and mid-season heat contributed to an early-harvest, low yielding vintage of good depth. Allen Meadows of Burghound.com says the vintage produced "wines that should shine over the short to medium-term," comparing them to other recent white Burgundy vintages as "a blend the richness and power of 2020 coupled with the freshness and balance of either 2021 or 2024." In this bundle, the Moroni team has offered two bottles each of three of the best Puligny-Montrachets around. These three Premier Crus, from the heart of the most revered and celebrated Chardonnay-producing vineyards in the world, explode with depth, minerality, and enticing fruit flavors. The Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Perrières comes from a vineyard named for an old limestone quarry abutting the growing area ("perriere" translates to stone), and produces a fresh, floral, fruit-forward (coincidentally, mostly "stone" fruits) wine rich in minerality. This wine is accessible quite young but will certainly develop secondary flavors and more depth if allowed to cellar a bit. Next, the The Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes, which borders Meursault to the north, has greater depth, with lots of minerality and a powerful mid-palate of Meursault-like richness featuring flavors of stone fruits and citrus. Finally, the Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles is a wine of greater complexity in both aromas and flavors, with more of a taste of nuts than minerals, mingled with the fruit. Indeed, the Pucelles vineyard, located immediately north of two Grand Crus, Batard-Montrachet and Bienvenue-Batard-Montrachet, is regarded as one of the very best of all Puligny's Premier Crus, sharing many of the characteristics of its Grand Cru neighbors.

As in prior vintages, BurgDirect is thrilled to be able to offer these excellent White Burgundies.