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Burgundy 2015 – Q–R

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See this guide to our extensive coverage of Burgundy 2015. Our picture shows tasting glasses at Domaine Armand Rousseau in Gevrey-Chambertin. 

Now that the wines have been sorted into groups by producer, you can sort the wines within those groups by score or appellation.


CHÂTEAU DES QUARTS 

The Lafon/Merlin joint venture.
Lots of density and drama...

DOMAINE NICOLAS RAGOT

Herby, grassy nose with fresh apple and something a bit more...

Juicy, generous red fruit edged with a tart acidic kick. Lovely...

Beautifully crunchy fruit, pert acid, and a long, fruit-driven...

Cask sample. Perhaps not quite so well-defined as their Teppe de...

Fragrant oak spice, generous and perfumed on the nose. Dense...


DOMAINE RAPET PÈRE ET FILS 

Pure, chalky citrus – lemon and lime intensity but stony too...

Like his Devant les Cloux, subtle and stony but not lacking...

Wonderfully subtle approach, mostly stony and cedar freshness...

Cask sample. Mid crimson. Spicy sweetness with a hint of herbal...

DOMAINE FRANÇOIS RAQUILLET 
Admirably precise 2015s.

Fine, lean, lemony nose with a little matchstick. Broad start...

Light crimson. Rustic nose. Rather grainy texture. Tannins trump...

Slightly crude red fruit here, crunchy and simplistic. There's a...

Bright cherry red. Strongly scented and very bright-fruited but...

There's a sweetness to the red fruit which almost evokes...

Less fruit ripeness on the nose than their Vieilles Vignes...

Brilliant mid crimson. Real depth to this. Broad spread of ripe...

Cask sample. Sawdust and spice trumps fruit on the nose. There...

Cask sample. Subtle but well-formed nose, showing the perfume...

Mid to deep crimson. Relatively light nose and very correct but...

DOMAINE GASTON ET PIERRE RAVAUT  

Cask sample. Mid cherry. Dark-fruited and quite robust. Fine...

Cask sample. Mid cherry. Lots of fresh red fruit on the nose...

Cask sample. Mid cherry. Ripe but not overripe red cherry fruit...

Cask sample. Mid cherry. Deep, rich in dark-red fruit. Smells...

JÉRÉMY RECCHIONE 
I found these wines rather sweet.

Easy and appley on the nose and then very sweet, chewy and...

Bright crimson. Smells of damp rope and is extremely sweet on...

Bright crimson. Sweet and easy and almost like a sweet shop...

HENRI ET GILLES REMORIQUET

Suppressed nose, light and with a cardboard smell – not taint...

Much better fruit than their Hautes-Côtes de Nuits. Crunchy...

Excellent cranberry and rhubarb fruit – brilliant clarity. Chewy...

Black cherry, very fine tannic chew, lighter body than their...

Simple, refreshing palate with tart acid and light body. Seems a...

DOMAINE CHANTAL REMY 

Monopole. Mid to light cherry. Lifted red fruit. Sweet and...

Mid cherry red. Peppery dark fruit. There’s dry finesse here...

Mid cherry. Subtly and deliciously perfumed with dark-red fruit...

Smudgy mid-cherry red. Much riper and more spicy on the nose...

DOMAINE JOËL REMY 

Lovely nutty aromas here, plus grapefruit and apple fruit...

Modern, sleek, fruit-driven nose. Simple but fully ripe and with...

The fruit is compromised by a sour note here, and a very slight...

Red cherry fruit, dry and firm texture, fairly light body. The...

Lively red cherry fruit on the nose, although the palate has a...

Better perfume than their Beaune and Aloxe-Corton, giving the...

DOMAINE JEAN RIJCKAERT and JEAN RIJCKAERT
I couldn't resist...

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