La Paulée Grand Tasting of 2014 Vintage Burgundy

Due to a combination of palate saturation, limited interest in some domains/appellations, and sheer inattention (strolled right past the Faiveleys that I meant to taste), the following notes capture perhaps 70% of the wines shown at this great but overwhelming event. More than enough for me to get a sense of the state of the 2014 vintage for both white and red wines.

• 2014 Moreau-Naudet & Fils Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru

  Magnum. Light, salty, underripe lemon, fine acidity, good length.

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• 2014 Domaine Eleni et Edouard Vocoret Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru

  Light green. Good oyster plus orange. Light weight, only average intensity.

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• 2014 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis 1er Cru Montmains

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru

  Light, pure, citric, good acidity. OK but more akin to strong village wine than Premier Cru level.

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• 2014 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis 1er Cru Vaulorent

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru

  Pale. More pungent citrus and brothiness. Medium weight, better coverage than the Montmains, lemony, more soil. A step up.

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• 2014 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Bougros Côte Bouguerots

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru

  Light greenish. Very iodine aromas. Less fruity and ripe than the 2 Premier Cru wines. Dilute and unexciting in the mouth. Subpar.

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• 2014 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru

  Quite light color. Fragrant, floral high tones. More body and texture than the Bouguerots, but hardly authoritative feeling Clos. Broad feel with average acidity, some wood, limestone, and lemon. More complexity than power or grip.

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• 2014 Domaine Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru Les Forêts

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru

  Pale, orange peel scents. Light, pure bright citrus, some sheen. Very good early appeal.

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• 2014 Domaine Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru

  Very light. Lower pitched and more saline than the Forêts. Broader than that wine with more glycerine and excellent texture, if perhaps less precision and minerality. Very good length and finish. Much more interesting than the Vocoret Butteaux.

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• 2014 Domaine Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru

  Light color. Salty nose. Lower toned, downplayed fruit, moderate concentration and acidity. Strongly soil-infused finish. Not as impressive today as I have found it before, but still very good (and great value in the U.S.).

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• 2014 Domaine Louis Michel Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru

  Light yellow. Fragrant citrus. Medium weight, and one of those Michels where the feel almost suggests some wood although none is present. Tart, lemony, and long. A beautiful, delicate, finely chiseled Grand Cru.

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• 2015 Domaine Christian Moreau Père et Fils Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru

  Pale green. Lots of herbs and iodine. Medium weight, nice feel, ripe citrus, average concentration and certainly nothing special for this site. Good to note that given the reputation of the vintage, it is not especially fat, but the acidity is not that prominent either.

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• 2014 Domaine Christian Moreau Père et Fils Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru

  Pale. More intense Chablis seashell aromatics than the 2015. More focused citrus, fine minerality, real grip, and increasing soil on the finish. Youthful, reserved, and much less friendly than the 2015, but this is the much better wine and has outstanding potential.

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• 2014 Pierre Morey Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru

  Light yellow. Oak and hazelnut. Incredible texture without a hulking wood imprint, zesty citrus, excellent acidity and finish. One of the star whites of the day.

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• 2014 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault Clos de la Barre

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault

  Light yellow. Wafting, complex aroma already. Medium weight, lighter than usual, but this manages to have intense, bright citrus, wonderful acidity, and a superb finish. The wood has been significantly dialed back, much to the benefit of the terrific underlying material, which shines transparently.

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• 2014 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault 1er Cru Charmes

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru

  Medium yellow. Also has a great nose. Bigger, rounder, and spicier than the Clos de la Barre with a higher level of wood that is well titrated to the depth of the wine. Dynamite citrus fruit, great combination of structure and flesh. While the Clos de la Barre is all restraint and elegance, this bottle has Grand Cru depth and dimension. Some of the most exciting, best balanced young Lafon whites in quite a few vintages. Superb!

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• 2014 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay 1er Cru Santenots-Du-Milieu

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru

  Medium red. Forward red fruit and soil on the nose. Medium weight, unusually concentrated for Volnay, but in the most positive sense. Ripe red cherry, earth-infused, soft wood in the background, delightful finish. Wow, these three Premier Crus in both colors were stunning this year.

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• 2014 Paul Pillot Chassagne-Montrachet Les Mazures

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet

  Light yellow. Green and floral. Lower pitched citrus. Light, bright feel, medium concentration, minimal wood. Very good lieu dit.

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• 2014 Paul Pillot Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos St. Jean

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru

  Complex and fragrant. Pear and lemon fruit, more glycerine, beautiful feel, super acidity. Terrific Chassagne Premier Cru and seemingly very much in the Pillot style.

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• 2014 Paul Pillot Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Grande Montagne

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru

  Light greenish. Perfumed citrus. Lighter and crisper than the previous wine with light wood and some feel. Focused orange peel, tart, taut finish. Very fine and youthful. This should become a lean, elegant wine that unfolds slowly.

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• 2014 Paul Pillot Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru

  Same light greenish yellow. A touch of sulfur, but overall amazingly complex aromas of white flowers and citrus. Balanced, harmonious, and mouth coating. Lime fruit, full of minerality, great persistence, properly dry finish at this point. Wow, I love these Pillot wines, which currently must be at the pinnacle of Chassagne winemaking-fragrance, balance, and cut seem to be baked into all of the bottlings.

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• 2014 Simon Bize Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Talmettes

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru

  Pale. Weedy black fruit. Light, high acid and earth, some fruit underneath. Not brutally dry, but not a lot of pleasure either. Ah, the Bize style. Gawd, whoever says that Burgundy is thin, tart, and fruitless must have this wine and its ilk in mind.

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• 2014 Simon Bize Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Fournaux

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru

  Very light ruby. More green here. High acidity and very earthy, but better feel than the Talmettes. Tannic, dry finish. Certainly not for the short term, but can it only become more attenuated and lean?

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• 2014 Simon Bize Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Marconnets

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru

  Light ruby. Confected fruit scents (quite a shock after the first 2 wines!). Light weight, riper cherry with only a small amount of soil. Tannic. Finally, a wine with at least some path forward. Almost modern in style compared to the others.

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• 2014 Simon Bize Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Aux Vergelesses

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru

  Pale. Perfumed and minty. Citrus and light red fruit with an earthy base, and moderate acidity. Young and backward, but by far the most balanced wine in the line up. That's not saying much.

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• 2014 Domaine Henri Boillot Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru

  Discrete oak, spice, powerful bitter citrus, great acidity. One of the best Boillot whites I have had. Oustanding Meursault.

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• 2014 Domaine Henri Boillot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Mouchère

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru

  Much more dull and woody than the Meursault, and this has been my experience in the past with this cuvée.

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• 2014 Domaine Henri Boillot Bâtard-Montrachet

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru

  Wow, superb weight, texture, and bright orange fruit. Power, old vine depth, and creaminess without being dominated by oak. Fantastic white.

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• 2014 Domaine Henri Boillot Volnay 1er Cru Caillerets

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru

  Light color and body. Sour cherry and soil that is penetrating. More typical Volnay weight than the bigger Lafon Santenots. Excellent.

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• 2014 Domaine Génot-Boulanger Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru

  Aromatic tart lemon. Excellent mouth feel, Puligny cut and acidity, some wood protrudes a bit on the end. I liked this.

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• 2014 Domaine Génot-Boulanger Clos Vougeot

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

  Medium ruby. Game, earth, and green tones. Medium weight, obvious oak. Sweet black cherry, little soil on the palate, good length. Rather clumsy wine with none of the complexity, reserve, or youthful austerity of Clos Vougeot. In the end, a pretty good gulp now, nothing more, and that is pretty underwhelming for Grand Cru level wine.

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• 2014 Domaine Francois et Antoine Jobard Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru

  Light yellow. Touch of herbs. Light weight, minimal wood. Good lemon glycerine feel, but not special like the Boillot or Lafon wines.

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• 2014 Domaine Marquis d'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Champans

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru

  Some mint. Excellent texture and weight-the plumpest of the 3 wines today.

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• 2014 Domaine Marquis d'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru

  More soil-driven, lean, and stony than the Champans.

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• 2014 Domaine Marquis d'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Ducs

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru

  Light color and weight. More green aromatics than the Taillepieds, but fine soil/fruit balance and length. A synthesis of the other crus today.

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• 2014 Domaine Hudelot-Baillet Chambolle-Musigny

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny

  Pretty, floral, light, and red fruited. Enjoyable, typical village Chambolle for drinking now.

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• 2014 Domaine Hudelot-Baillet Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Charmes

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

  Same light weight. Tart, elegant red fruit, and a bit of soil. Not that much better than the village wine.

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• 2014 Domaine Hudelot-Baillet Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Cras

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

  Bigger and deeper than the Charmes with similar crunchy red fruit. Easier to see this as having Premier Cru stuffing.

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• 2014 Domaine Hudelot-Baillet Bonnes Mares

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru

  This has more earth and is less overtly fruity than the Chambolles, but is really not that much more concentrated or complex than the Cras. I've been more impressed with older vintages of this.

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• 2014 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru

  Ruby. Black fruit and spice. As usual for this wine, lovely restrained middle weight, excellent feel and balance. Moderate oak shows now, but I would expect it to be easily integrated, as the older vintages suggested.

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• 2014 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Murgers

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Lighter color and weight than the Vosne Suchots. Earthier, more red fruited, less pliant. Also for intermediate drinking rather than long aging. Very much in the gentle house style.

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• 2014 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Romanée St. Vivant

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru

  Ruby. A most beautiful, supple soil-filled feel and round but light texture. So much wine here for the weight-expansive spice and blue fruit, wonderful acidity. Gorgeous. I always look forward to tasting this seductive Hudelot cuvée that is driven by finesse and its succulent fruit.

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• 2014 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée Clos du Château

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée

  Light, sweet, woody, and polished.

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• 2014 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos des Grandes Vignes Blanc

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Medium weight, nice mix of black and red fruit with a citric twist. Not a lot of Nuits character.

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• 2014 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Reignots

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru

  Weightier and deeper flavors than the Clos du Chateau, but much in the same modern, straightforward style.

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• 2014 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Echezeaux

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

  Not a lot sets this apart from the Reignots except for its more forward cherry and red berry fruit. Nothing about it screams "Grand Cru".

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• 2014 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Vosne-Romanée

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée

  Light, bright, pretty, and tart. Could benefit from several years in bottle.

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• 2014 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Pale and lighter weight. Soft red fruit and earth. Gentle, refined Nuits, hardly a surpise from the sisters.

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• 2014 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Ruchottes-Chambertin

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru

  First impression was surprisingly mediocre-very light and like the Nuits in its fruit/soil mix but somewhat dilute and flat. A different bottle was much more like it, with deeper cherry fruit and a more lingering finish. I'm glad I went back to retaste it since it is usually so stellar, although it may not be at the high level of other recent vintages.

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• 2014 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Clos Vougeot

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

  As with the Ruchotte, some bottle variation. First taste showed the usual elegance, but the fruit was diffuse and not well defined. Another bottle later had more length, grip, and dynamic interplay of black cherry and blood orange. Again, had I only tried the initial bottle, I would have been underwhelmed.

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• 2014 Coudert Fleurie Clos de la Roilette

  France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Fleurie

  Light, sweet, candied cherry, good acidity without any cranberry Gamay bite. Very tasty.

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• 2014 Coudert Fleurie Clos de la Roilette Cuvée Tardive

  France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Fleurie

  All of the attractive qualities of the regular cuvée with depth, texture, and tannin all turned up a notch. Outstanding Beaujolais that fit right in with some pretty heavy Burgundy hitters that surrounded it.

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• 2014 Coudert Fleurie Clos de la Roilette Griffe du Marquis

  France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Fleurie

  More wood, less fruit, and drier finish than the other 2 wines. My least favorite of this trio. This wood treatment makes no sense for Beaujolais.

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• 2014 Louis Jadot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Garenne Domaine du Duc de Magenta

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru

  Light oak and pineapple. Medium weight, superb texture. Not overly ripe. Excellent acidity and length. Although it may not have the cut of the very best Puligny, it is excellent and left the Chassagne in the dust.

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• 2014 Louis Jadot Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Embazées

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru

  Wintergreen scents, dilute and under fruited. One of the poorest white wines of the day.
  
  Please note that originally, this note was mistakenly entered into the database for the Chassagne Morgeots, which was the wine listed in the La Paulée program.

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• 2014 Louis Jadot Clos St. Denis Domaine Gagey

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos St. Denis Grand Cru

  Pale red. Light, elegant, dusty, tart red fruit. Love the intensity for its weight and its long, earthy finish. Worth retasting!

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• 2014 Louis Jadot Bonnes Mares

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru

  Light ruby. Penetrating, exciting aromas of spice and candied fruit. Medium weight, glycerine richness. Deeply rendered blue fruit, some soil, long, gentle finish, great cling. I thought both of these red Jadot Grand Crus were superb even if they don't have the volume of the bigger vintages. Would love to own and cellar either of them.

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• 2014 Maison Alex Gambal Bâtard-Montrachet

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru

  Mint and obvious oak. Light pineapple flavors. The concentration and feel are poor and fall short of Premier Cru, much less Grand Cru quality. A joke in this context.

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• 2014 Maison Alex Gambal Charmes-Chambertin

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru

  Light ruby. Faint nose of menthol. Light, pleasant, subtle red fruit and gentle. Much better than the white Grand Cru they poured, but pretty uninspiring at this level. I fear this will become dry and peppery over time.

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• 2014 Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

  Toasty wood and underripe pineapple. Medium weight and concentration, lemony acidity. Fine but missing the extra depth you find in the best vintages. I must say that this bottle was not nearly as good as the one I tasted in San Francisco earlier this month.

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• 2014 Bonneau du Martray Corton

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru

  Light ruby. Earth and black fruit nose. Medium weight, soil, black fruit, licorice, and tannins that build on the finish. Nicely structured for further mid-term development, but not too austere even at this early point.

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• 2014 Bouchard Père et Fils Volnay 1er Cru Caillerets Ancienne Cuvée Carnot

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru

  Light ruby. Pretty, forward, confected red fruit. Very good texture, rising soil. Really good.

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• 2014 Bouchard Père et Fils Corton-Le Corton

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru

  Light ruby. Ripe red fruit. Tart cherry, lots of soil, excellent acidity, tannic finish. Young Corton with excellent potential given another 7 or 8 years.

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• 2014 Bouchard Père et Fils Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières Domaine

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru

  Oaky, some citrus, but pretty dull overall.

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• 2014 Bouchard Père et Fils Chevalier-Montrachet Domaine

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru

  Complex, aristocratic nose. Sweet citrus, gentle oak, some lees, and integrated, fine acidity. Long, long finish. This is spectacular now.

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• 2014 Marquis de Laguiche (Joseph Drouhin) Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru

  Pineapple/lemon sweet/tart interplay, very thin layer of wood. Excellent.

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• 2014 Joseph Drouhin Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Rouge

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru

  Light ruby. Quite minty. Light to medium bodied, more soil than fruit. Moderate acidity and tannin. More closed and difficult to read today than many of the reds.

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• 2014 Joseph Drouhin Griotte-Chambertin

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru

  Light color and weight. Subdued muddled red fruit. Elegant weight, ripe cherry, tons of soil, beautiful tail of a finish. Pretty much everything you want in one of the lighter, finessed Gevrey Grand Crus.

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• 2014 Hospices de Beaune Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières Cuvée Philippe le Bon

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru

  Nice spicy, lively, middleweight Meursault with some hazelnut but not too much oak. Good.

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• 2014 Hospices de Beaune Beaune 1er Cru Cuvée Guigone de Salins

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru

  Slightly turbid light ruby. Lifted red fruit, excellent texture, fine earthy finish. At least very good.

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• 2014 Hospices de Beaune Corton-Cuvée Charlotte Dumay

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru

  Fragrant, some wintergreen. Medium to full body. Lower piched aromas. Strawberry, some soil, pretty open structure with lower acidity and tannin. Soft but flavorful Corton.

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• 2014 Domaine des Lambrays Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Les Loups

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis 1er Cru

  Light ruby. Earthy, round dark red fruit, glycerine, some green, ripe tannins. Not terribly complex, but a good mouthful that I enjoyed more than the grand vin itself.

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• 2014 Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru

  Light, limpid color. More overtly stemmy than the 1er Cru. Thinner feel, higher acidity, and less fruit than that wine. One can only hope that it fleshes out over time, but it is not showing much right now, like a lesser, poorly balanced 2008. I have a hard time believing there is enough fruit for the long haul.

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• 2014 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

  Light color. Minty nose. Amazing sweetness of fruit and feel for a village wine. Not that complex, though.

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• 2014 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St. Jacques

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

  More earthy, same weight as the AC wine. Soft red fruits, more lift from acidity and orange zest. Finer overall, really lovely, excellent wine. Sort of a "mind's eye" Gevrey.

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• 2014 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Charmes-Chambertin

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru

  Light ruby. Some funk on the nose. Similar in weight to the Lavaux. Excellent soil and length, but honestly, not clearly more special or higher quality than that wine. I'd have a hard time justifying the price difference between the two wines.

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• 2014 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Chambertin

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru

  Ruby. Profound, riveting nose of essence of black cherry and wet earth. Light but incredibly sappy, complex entry. Then expansive and powerful, culminating in an impossibly long, clay filled finish. This is at a completely different level, and if you tasted it on its own, you'd conclude that 2014 must be a great vintage to produce such a great wine. A baby whose compelling material and balance already provoke exclamations of joy.

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• 2014 Domaine Duroché Gevrey-Chambertin

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

  Light color and weight. Pure, sweet red fruit with a tart, acidic edge. What a nice basic Gevrey.

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• 2014 Domaine Duroché Gevrey-Chambertin Le Clos

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

  Pale. More textured than the village wine. Candied dark cherry fruit and soil-lovely!

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• 2014 Domaine Duroché Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaut St. Jacques

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

  Light ruby. Elegant black cherry with slightly lower acidity. Excellent soil and length. I don't clearly prefer this to the lieu dit. Both are delightful and well made.

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• 2014 Domaine Duroché Latricières-Chambertin

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru

  Light with earthy aromatics. Subdued red fruit, a bit of green, lots of soil, higher acidity. This is more serious and ageworthy than the lower tier wines but less impressive in comparison to other Gevrey Grand Crus tasted today. Very good.

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• 2014 Domaine Perrot-Minot Nuits St. Georges Les Murgers des Cras

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges

  Light ruby. Pomegranate and plum. Light but sappy. Sweet red/black fruit, less soil, drying tannins. Straightforward but good.

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• 2014 Domaine Perrot-Minot Vosne-Romanée Les Champs Perdrix

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée

  Light purple. Spicy nose. Medium weight, strong oak flavors, again a little simple, astringent wood tannins.

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• 2014 Domaine Perrot-Minot Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru La Combe d'Orveau Cuvée Ultra Vieilles Vignes

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

  Light ruby. Appealing red fruit and spice notes. Light, elegant, more terroir. More Burgundian than the first 2 wines. Very good.

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• 2014 Domaine Perrot-Minot Charmes-Chambertin

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru

  Light ruby. Green aromas plus red fruit. Light but nice veneer. Complex, lively, nice sweetness of fruit, some earth. Dry finish, grainy tannins. Excellent lighter Gevrey Grand Cru

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So, what generalizations can one take away from this highly skewed sample of wines proudly shown by some of the best producers in Burgundy?

For the whites, I think it is an outstanding year from the Côte de Beaune to Chablis (not enough Maconais wines were represented to draw an opinion). The allure lies in the combination of richness and depth without overripeness, and the simultaneous retention of excellent acidity. The volume of the best Grand Crus is outstanding. The reputation of this being a high acid vintage is only relatively true for those who have tasted white Burgundy during the recent global warming years. Compared to vintages such as 2004 and 1996, there is nothing like the tart lemony flavors and raw, malic acidity in these 2014's, and I can't see the wines living as long (oxidation issues aside).

The reds seem like more of a mixed bag. Hardly anywhere was there the amplitude or structure that made me think a wine was a true vin de garde that needed 20 years. Even more backward Grand Crus such as Corton and Clos Vougeot were unusually approachable, with less than punishing acidity and tannin. The best wines were charming, fragrant, and promised pleasure and complexity over the mid-term rather than power or iconic heights. The downside is some wines that are slightly underripe and slight with overly green components.

Some personal favorites this year:
Whites-Paul Pillot Chassagnes (wow!), Lafon Meursaults (not usually to my taste), Boillot Bâtard, and Bouchard Chevalier
Reds-Both Jadot Grand Crus, Drouhin Griotte, Rousseau Chambertin (surprise, surpise. What else is new?)
Overachieving underdogs-Clos de la Roilette Fleurie Cuvée Tardive, Duroché Gevreys