Wine Advocate (94-96)

The 2013 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru has an inviting, warm and enveloping bouquet that seems to surround the senses and give them a big hug. The palate is well balanced with fine tannins, animated citrus fruit underlying the black cherries and wild strawberry notes. There is really quite wonderful precision and focus on the finish. This is one of Jadot's best 2013s.

Vinous (92+)

Pale, bright yellow. White peach, crushed herbs and dusty stone on the nose, plus a touch of brown spices. Surprisingly sweet, rich and pliant on the palate but with strong acidity that hasn't yet integrated with the wine's fruit. Concentrated, saline wine with a very long finish. Offers outstanding potential.

James Suckling (96)

This has an exceptionally detailed nose with fresh crushed stones, all shades of hazelnut, lemon blossom and grapefruit, as well as dried flowers. The palate has exceptionally fresh and piercing acidity with very fresh and frisky lemons, white nectarines and grapefruit, as well as an attractive, fresh and zesty finish. So intense. Drink or hold.

Vinous (94)

The 2013 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Minéral is powerful, ample and generous. All of the natural richness of 2013 comes through in this striking, layered exquisitely beautiful Champagne that melds together the essence of top sites in Avize (Les Champboutons) and Cramant (Les Bionnes). Dried citrus, lemon oil, almond and savory herbs add striking shades of nuance throughout, but what is most remarkable about the Minéral is the interplay of textural richness and energy. A Champagne of total seduction, the 2013 simply has it all. Dosage: 5 gr/L. Disgorged: May, 2019.

Vinous (96)

The 2013 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Vénus is a gorgeous and eccentric wine. Sweet floral and minty overtones give the Vénus its distinctive high-toned profile. The richness and depth of this Chardonnay from a parcel planted in 1959 that has always been manually farmed, comes alive with a bit of time in the glass. The Vénus is such a special Champagne, as it is elusive and constantly changing in the glass as it shows a different side of its personality with each taste. I very much admire the sense of precision here. Vénus remains one of the most distinctive wines in all of Champagne. No dosage. Disgorged: May, 2019.

Hailing from the esteemed vineyards of Montpeyroux in Languedoc-Roussillon, Southern France, Alain Chabanon l'Esprit de Font Caude 2013 is a masterful blend of 80% Syrah and 20% Mourvèdre. Renowned vigneron, Alain Chabanon, employs biodynamic farming methods and endorses minimal intervention to craft this exquisite red wine that exudes deep, complex flavours. The wine undergoes traditional fermentation then ages for 24 months in French oak to mature its opulent character.

This enchanting vintage exudes a dark, ruby hue and offers a symphony of black fruit, spice, and smoky undertones, revealing an impressive structure on the palate. Alain Chabanon l'Esprit de Font Caude 2013 is an elegant representation of the producer's refined winemaking skills and passion for creating top-tier wines. One sip of this elegantly smooth, full-bodied vintage unveils a magical interplay of fruit and spice that mere words cannot fully encapsulate.

The Alain Michelot Nuits Saint Georges Champs Perdrix 2013 is a sterling representative of Old World sophistication. This impeccable Burgundy red comes from the esteemed Alain Michelot winery, located in Nuits-Saint-Georges, the heart of France's renowned Côte de Nuits region. Cultivated from the famed Champs Perdrix vineyard, a terrain known for its limestone-rich soil, the grape varieties of this blend express an elegant terroir-driven character.

Enveloping the palate are alluring notes of ripe red fruit, coupled with intricate undertones of earthiness and spices. Aged judiciously in French oak barrels, the wine showcases a beautiful balance of tannins and persistent length, ensuring a memorable finish.

Heralded producer Alain Michelot has nurtured his legacy over several decades, crafting wines that reflect authenticity and tradition, and this 2013 vintage is a testament to that heritage. The Alain Michelot Nuits Saint Georges Champs Perdrix 2013 truly embodies the sublime charm of Burgundian winemaking.

Vinous (85)

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Wine Advocate (92-94)

The 2013 Chambolle Musigny les Charmes comes through three plots just under les Fuesselots that make 1.3 hectares. It has a slightly more reserved, masculine bouquet compared to les Plantes at the moment, but there is still fine focus and delineation in situ. The palate is supple in the mouth, leaning more here to the red side of the fruit spectrum with cranberry and pomegranate, structured on the finish with an attractive grainy texture. Outstanding!

Wine Advocate (93+)

Brought up in 20% new oak, the 2013 Condrieu Coteau du Chery is a bigger, richer, more concentrated wine in the vintage than the Clos Chanson (which is the opposite from 2014). A touch unruly at the moment and in need of six to 12 months in bottle, it offers serious notes of caramelized stone fruits, apple blossom and honeysuckle to go with full-bodied richness, a big mid-palate, and plenty of cut and definition on the finish. It should be at its best from 2017-2021.

The Anne & Herve Sigaut Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Chatelots 2013 is a spectacle of Burgundian winemaking. Crafted in the village of Chambolle-Musigny, this Premier Cru vino is the product of the dedicated husband-and-wife team, Anne and Herve Sigaut. Their commitment to organic farming and minimal intervention winemaking results in an elegant and expressive Pinot Noir.

Sourced from 60-year-old vines, the Anne & Herve Sigaut Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Chatelots 2013 undergoes gentle extraction and maturation in French oak barrels, pulling forth luscious wild strawberry and black cherry notes, underpinned by a fresh acidity and subtle minerality.

This exquisite vintage reveal the essence of the revered Les Chatelots vineyard, graced with limestone-clay soils. Elevating any fine wine collection, Anne & Herve Sigaut Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Chatelots 2013 échoes the exceptional artistry of the revered Anne and Herve Sigaut.

Vinous (95)

The 2013 Richebourg Grand Cru is a wonderful wine. Here it has a superb, quite aristocratic bouquet with wild strawberry, crushed stone, clove and just a subtle marine tincture. It just seems to grow in stature. The palate is extremely well balanced with firm backbone, great density with a muscular, quite grippy finish. It just gives you everything you want from a Richebourg. Tasted at Goedhuis & Co.'s annual Burgundy tasting in London.

Vinous (95)

The 2013 Richebourg Grand Cru is a wonderful wine. Here it has a superb, quite aristocratic bouquet with wild strawberry, crushed stone, clove and just a subtle marine tincture. It just seems to grow in stature. The palate is extremely well balanced with firm backbone, great density with a muscular, quite grippy finish. It just gives you everything you want from a Richebourg. Tasted at Goedhuis & Co.'s annual Burgundy tasting in London.

Vinous (97)

Very good deep red. Closer to the CSJ than to the CDB on the nose, offering terrific pungent lift to the aromas of black raspberry, rose petal and blood orange. Wonderfully sappy and pure, without any impression of weightiness to its saline flavors of raspberry, spices and white pepper. Utterly fine-grained, silky wine with great finesse. One of the longest, most palate-saturating wines of this vintage, finishing with noble tannins and taste bud-titilllating perfume. Perfectly balanced also but built for a glorious evolution in bottle. It would be a shame to open this bottle too soon.

Wine Advocate (93)

Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru has a well defined and quite earthy bouquet, plenty of sous-bois character here, gently unfolding in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe red cherry and crushed strawberry fruit, fine tannins and a harmonious, caressing finish that demonstrates assiduous use of new oak. Everything just seems to effortless in this delightful Charmes-Chambertin from Armand Rousseau. Tasted September 2016.

Wine Advocate (93-95)

The 2013 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru, which will contain some new oak although I tasted from a used barrel, has a tightly knit bouquet that at the moment is less expressive than the Mazis-Chambertin. The palate is crisp and pure, quite tensile, with a spiciness that becomes more prominent toward the fleshy, harmonious finish. Curiously, even from a used barrel the texture feels as if there is some new oak, but that is just the concentration of fruit coming through. Frédéric enthused about this wine and I suspect that it may surpass my expectations once in bottle.

Vinous (95-98)

The 2013 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St. Jacques - En St. Jacques is a new bottling inspired by the original layout of the vineyard in which just the top and middle section were planted to grapes. I tasted the three micro-parcels - top, middle and bottom - separately, in and of itself a fascinating exercise, and then a hypothetical blend that will be about 60% top and 40% middle. A striking, powerful wine, the 2013 En St. Jacques hits the palate from all directions, with intense fruit, voluptuous texture and firm, vertical tannins. At bottling time, Rousseau added most of this juice to the Clos St. Jacques, although a small amount was set aside for the estate's library. Readers who have a chance to taste the 2013 are in for a real treat. Last updated April 8, 2015.

Vinous (87-89)

Medium red. Slightly reduced aromas of redcurrant and game. Supple and nicely concentrated, with red fruit and coffee flavors showing good density. Finishes with sweet tannins and solid length.

Jancis Robinson (18++)

Very intense purple fruits with a hint of black pepper and then very luscious fruit. Gorgeous already and quite sinewy. Really racy and pure.

Immerse your senses in the splendid Arnaud Ente Bourgogne Aligote 2013, a gem from the feted soils of Burgundy. Crafted by meticulous vintner, Arnaud Ente, respected globally for his dedication to terroir-expressive wines. This Aligoté uses grapes meticulously handpicked from vineyards with diverse soil types. Their vinification in old oak barrels bestows a rich, textured palate laced with melon, citrus and floral undertones.

The wine's notable minerality reflects its birthplace, offering a captivating tension between freshness and depth. Arnaud Ente's precise viticulture and traditional vinification practices ensure this Bourgogne Aligoté's potential for graceful ageing, unfolding layers of complexity with every year. Subtle oak integration results in a wine that's beautifully balanced, with the vivacious acidity of Aligoté grape extraordinarily intact.

Indulge in Arnaud Ente Bourgogne Aligote 2013 – a remarkable testimonial for Aligoté's potential to yield extraordinary wines when nurtured with passion and respect. It's less a wine, more an experience.

Vinous (92)

The 2013 Meursault Village shows just a small reduction on the nose with light grapefruit, beeswax and pressed white flower scents emerging with time. I admire the delineation here. There is a superb line of acidity that runs straight through this Meursault, spicier than I anticipated yet still youthful with veins of lime on the aftertaste. Superb. Tasted at Chapon Rouge in Dijon.

Vinous (91)

(70% vendange entier; 100% new oak): Bright, dark red. The nose offers a sexy amalgam of redcurrant, rose petal, iron, smoky oak and truffley underbrush. Quite silky and plush for the year but the ripe red fruit and soil flavors are accented by an element of peppery herbs. Finishes ripe, smooth and long. Deceptively approachable today, but has the stuffing for a graceful evolution in bottle. I like the stem influence here.

Vinous (95)

The 2013 Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru is blossoming into a gorgeous wine. It has an attractive, pure and winsome bouquet with dark berry fruit, crushed stone and undergrowth aromas supremely well bound together by the oak. So precise and focused. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, edgy and precise with just the right amount of salinity towards the finish. Très Grand Cru. This evinces the finesse that winemaker Charles Lachaux has brought to the domaine. Tasted at the annual Arnoux-Lachaux tasting at Corney & Barrow.

Burghound (89-92)

A pretty and well-layered blend of both red and black pinot fruit is liberally laced with earth, spice and floral elements. The well-delineated and punchy middle weight flavors possess ample richness as well as very good volume before concluding in a slightly more powerful and complex finale.

Vinous (93+)

(50% vendange entier; 100% new oak; bottled the same day as the Suchots, in May of 2015): Bright dark red. Tighter and darker on the nose than the Suchots, hinting at black fruits, licorice, minerals and flowers. Also less sweet in the mouth but already delivers outstanding tension and definition, with the dark fruit and bitter chocolate flavors complicated by an element of noble herbs. The superb palate-staining finish features firm, suave tannins and outstanding subtle persistence. This aristocratic wine will need more patience than the Suchots but should ultimately surpass it.

Burghound (90-92)

A spicy but restrained nose speaks of exotic tea, lilac, black raspberry and a hint of wood. There is a seductive texture to the supple medium-bodied flavors that possess fine mid-palate density before culminating in a dusty and palate coating finish. This should drink well young but reward up to a decade of cellar time as well.

Burghound (90-92)

A spicy but restrained nose speaks of exotic tea, lilac, black raspberry and a hint of wood. There is a seductive texture to the supple medium-bodied flavors that possess fine mid-palate density before culminating in a dusty and palate coating finish. This should drink well young but reward up to a decade of cellar time as well.

Vinous (93)

(50% vendange entier; 100% new oak): Medium red. Tighter on the nose than the 2014 version, offering scents of raspberry, bitter chocolate and peppery spices; this will go truffley with bottle age. Then surprisingly sweet but pungent in the mid-palate, combining a wonderfully silky texture with terrific floral tension. Boasts high-pitched citrus peel, blood orange and spice notes that excite the taste buds. Finishes with very fine-grained tannins and terrific grip and length. Near-grand cru quality here.

Wine Advocate (93-95)

Probably the wine of the vintage, once again. Only 9,000 bottles of the 2013 Ausone were produced, as crop size was 50% of normal. However, proprietor Alain Vauthier and his daughter certainly have proven a truly great wine can be produced in some of the most trying conditions Bordeaux wine producers have had to deal with over the last 20 years. Yields were only 22 hectoliters per hectare and the final blend was 55% Cabernet Franc and 45% Merlot. The haunting aromas of wet rocks, spring flowers, blue and black fruits and forest floor are followed by an incredibly dense, attractive wine with sweet tannin, stunning concentration and texture, medium body and a depth that is essentially unreal in a vintage such as this. The wine is a superb example of great winemaking under the most difficult circumstances. Unlike more recent Ausones, this should be reasonably drinkable in 5-6 years and yet be capable of lasting 25-30.