Burgundy fans will be guided on the very best picks with around 1,700 tasting notes for the 2019 classic and reappraisals of 2018 in bottle
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 2 February 2021 – Top rated-stop Burgundy wines keep on being 1 of the most
sought-just after wines close to the world, with appreciation and expense value at
an all-time high. The Robert Parker
Wine Advocate Côte d’Or Wine 2019 Report is a timely guide to navigating the domaines, from aspiring to
venerable, in the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune, where the optimum
focus of Grand Crus in the location can be located. Reviewer William Kelley claims, “In shorter, 2019 is a outstanding
classic, and these are wines that all Burgundy enthusiasts are heading to want to
protected for their cellars.”
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
reviewer William Kelley and Madam Lalou Bize-Leroy, a single of Burgundy’s biggest
winemakers. (Picture credit: Gretchen M. Greer)
Highlights of the report:
- Insights into
the 2019 vintage of the best rated Burgundian domaines: Domaine Dugat-Py, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Domaine
Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier - In
depth 2019 white and pink Burgundy report and assessments - Reviewer’s 10 favourites
The
Robert Parker Wine Advocate report structure contains an in-depth introduction and
classic studies that are the reviewer’s professional thoughts on the vintage, based mostly
predominately on their tastings and using into thing to consider their regional
visits and interviews with winemakers / viticulturalists. The yearly Burgundy Côte d’Or
report is helmed by William Kelley since 2017, who also experiences
on the Mâconnais, Chablis and Beaujolais in separate dispatches. Though
tasting events ended up cancelled and worldwide travel became tricky thanks to
COVID-19, RPWA’s world-wide base of reviewers nonetheless enabled actual physical visits and constant
protection of this crucial location without interruption.
What you need to know:
Burgundy Côte d’Or 2019
Wherever: Côte d’Or contains of Côte de Nuits and Côte
de Beaune, the two most significant areas in Burgundy. Translated as golden
slope, it receives its name from the east-dealing with slopes that are bathed in
daylight all through the growing period.
Vintage ailments: 2019 was, on paper, a fairly
excessive classic, yet the vines proved remarkably resilient though the wines are
remarkably classical in profile. “We are confident that the vines are adapting
to hotter, drier many years, and we obtain this incredibly reassuring,” noticed Aubert de
Villaine of Domaine de la
Romanée-Conti in
speaking to Kelley, a sentiment shared by
Burgundy enthusiasts.
Kelley summarises the 2019 classic:
“A moderate and dry winter season established the phase for drought circumstances later in the
period. Budbreak came early, and spring was comparatively cool. Summer was heat
and sunny, with heat waves in June and July compounding with hydric strain to
gradual ripening. August and early September have been cooler and at times cloudy,
however sunny circumstances returned for harvest but it was a dry north wind,
relatively than extreme temperatures, that concentrated the two sugars and acidities
alike in the remaining weeks in advance of choosing started.”
Grape efficiency: States Kelley, “This is a
thrilling 12 months for Pinot Noir, offering wines bursting with head-turning
perfume and clean, succulent fruit. Supple and enveloping, they are
at the same time major and immensely charming. In Chardonnay, 2019 is extra heterogenous. The small crop ripened
promptly, and the effects are invariably muscular and concentrated but the
year’s finest white Burgundies are as incisive as they are impressive, with dazzling
acidity to balance their plain fat, and attentive producers excelled.”
Ten favourites that show the 2019 vintage at its ideal:
2019 Domaine
Arnoux-Lachaux Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru (RP 97-99 points)
“One of the wines of the
classic, Lachaux’s 2019 Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru soars from the glass
with a kaleidoscopic bouquet of raspberries, blood orange zest, peonies,
violets and unique spices, complemented by subtle hints of coniferous forest
floor and uncooked cocoa.”
2019 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes (RP 95-97 points)
“The 2019 Volnay 1er Cru
Clos des Chênes is a magical bottle in the making…. Medium to comprehensive-bodied,
layered and comprehensive, it’s elegantly impressive, with energetic acids, powdery
tannins and a very long, perfumed finish.”
2019 Domaine Guffens-Heynen Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Jus des Hautes des Vignes (RP 94-96+ factors)
“A cuvée composed of the
free of charge run and first press juice from Guffens’s finest parcels in the appellation,
the 2019 Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Jus des Hautes des Vignes is exhibiting superbly.”
2019 Domaine Jean-Claude Bachelet Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
Blanchot-Dessus (RP 94-96 factors)
“Full-bodied, layered and
concentrated, with chalky structuring extract and racy acids, it’s extensive and
resonant.”
2019 Domaine Jean et J L Trapet Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos Prieur (RP 92-94 details)
“Fleshier and extra
enveloping than the Petite Chapelle, the 2019 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos
Prieur reveals notes of plums, sweet wild berries, loaded soil tones, mandarin
orange and uncooked cocoa.”
2019 Domaine Simon Bize et Fils Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Aux Vergelesses (RP 93-95 details)
“The 2019
Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Aux Vergelesses is a hanging wine…. Medium to
whole-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it’s vivid and velvety, with
lively acids and a long, perfumed end.”
2019 Domaine Ghislaine Barthod Chambolle-Musigny Village (RP 91-93 points)
“The 2019
Chambolle-Musigny Village is outstanding, mingling aromas of cherries and
raspberries with hints of dark chocolate, potpourri and spices.”
2019 Domaine Henri Germain Meursault Le Limozin (RP 91-93 details)
Medium to total-bodied,
textural and specific, it combines remarkable mid-palate volume with fantastic
slash.
2019 Domaine Duroché Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Etelois (RP 91-93 points)
“It’s a wonderful cuvée
from this optimally situated parcel that borders Griotte-Chambertin on one aspect
and Charmes-Chambertin on the other.”
2019 Domaine
Dureuil-Janthial Rully Blanc (RP 89-91 factors)
“Medium-bodied, chiseled
and concentrated, with tangy acids and a mouthwateringly saline complete, this
will be delightful out of the gates–though never discounted its potential to age.”
The total report is offered
on http://bit.ly/RPWA2019BurgundyReport
Total press package with images is readily available on: 
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ght5waom3bbj0cc/AACvlpgRXBmZWr-eHKWGunida?dl=
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