Domaine Laurent Roumier Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes de Nuits 2019 Chardonnay separating the grand crus Échezeaux

separating the grand crus Échezeaux and Romanée-Saint-Vivant — a position of extraordinary adjacency that has led generations of Burgundy scholars to question why Les Suchots was not elevated to grand cru status in the 1930s classification

bracing wine is certainly not about fruit

orange and passionfruit runs over a firm slatey foundation

with a fine complexity not often found in Côte de Nuits-Villages

Domaine Jean-Pierre Maldant's Corton-Charlemagne is the crown jewel of a fifth-generation family estate based right at the foot of the Corton hill itself — a domaine that quietly tended Hospices de Beaune vineyards for generations before Jean-Pierre committed fully to his own property in 1998

Domaine Laurent Roumier Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes de Nuits 2019 Chardonnay separating the grand crus Échezeaux