Lee Pitofsky

9.4

These wines are killer and just keep getting better with each subsequent vintage. 2017 is superb, now with secondary complexity, it’s elegant, satiny and detailed, seamlessly balanced between richness and tension. Fantastic white burg and a particularly great pairing for the Beurre Monte Tilefish. — a day ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

Only 300 bottles made of this cuvée. Paired with langoustine and Dover Sole. — 13 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

By now everyone knows the name of Charles Lachaux, quickly becoming a Burgundy legend, and while 2017 is the vintage where Charles’ stylistic changes are known to take full effect, by 2013 such changes had already begun once he took the reigns the prior year—more judicial use of new oak, increasing amounts of whole clusters each subsequent vintage, higher and denser canopies, just to mention a few. His 2019 vintage is what did it for me. Simply incredible wines.

But at age 12, 2013 Chaumes, 50% whole cluster and 50% new oak is showing beautifully after some required air, with a seductively elegant perfume, terrific fruit density and concentration for the vintage, and a long mineral, spice and saline inflicted finale. Pre-2017, I think the Vosne bottlings are the best, but I think they need at least 10 years to absorb the oak. But now, everything’s great, even on release! — 13 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Love these wines. 2014 Reynard is showing beautifully after sufficient aeration, layered and complete, wafting cassis, campfire smoke, olive tapenade and violets. The palate is seamless, elegant and satiny with a liquid rock minerality, fine grained tannins and massive length. A killer Reynard that right now is even more showy than surrounding vintages. — 4 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Love the vintage for Yquem. Paired perfectly with a Foie Gras tartlet that even included an Yquem Gelée. — 13 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

The word is out by now. Love these wines. Champagne with Burgundian flair. Vinous, rich and reductive in the best of ways with an expansive, satiny palate with racy energy. Excellent. — 13 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.7

This wine, the absolute truth. If Grand Cru Burg could sparkle. Toasty reduction, salted curry leaf, caramelized orchard fruit, roasted hazelnuts, layers upon layers with the most satiny mouth filling mousse—the next big name, but sadly one so fleeting! — 9 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

One of the Domaine’s most signature bottlings. Very expressive and a particularly elegant rendition in 2022. Squab pairing. — 13 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

Lee had this 13 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Dujac fans know how great their ‘06’s are, Jeremy Seysses’ first vintage in full control. Aux Combottes, surrounded by Grand Cru’s on all four sides, is terrific in 2006, now fully open and giving wafting an unmistakable Dujac perfume with elegant spice laced red berry fruit, cocoa and Gevrey earth. It’s liquid velvet on the palate, notably impressive for the vintage, with superb balance of fruit character, minerality and fine grained tannic structure. Terrific showing! — 13 days ago