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Burgundy 2015 – Ca-Ci

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See this guide to our extensive coverage of Burgundy 2015. Our picture is of the energetic, ever-expanding François Carillon of Puligny-Montrachet. 

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


DOMAINE JACQUES CACHEUX ET FILS

Cask sample. Feral nose with a touch of overripeness and...

Cask sample. Wonderful spicy aromas, plus smoked almond, dark...

DOMAINE CAPUANO-FERRERI

Spicy and a touch oaky on the nose. Creamy texture but not a lot...

Limey on the nose, less oak in evidence in the aroma than on the...

Very stony and a little austere on the nose. Just a slight leesy...

Super-creamy aroma – inviting and rich. Quite definite oak on...

Mid cherry. Spicy red fruit, really fruity. Then quite solid in...

Mid crimson. Sweetness of fruit and light oak spice. Dry, fine...

Light to mid crimson. Lively fruit, a touch peppery. Juicy...

Mid to light cherry red. Fine boned but not a great depth of...

FRANÇOIS CARILLON
Pictured above. 2015s were a bit soft and disappointing. He admitted they looked a bit rich and explained he decided to take the lees-contact not acidification route.

Cask sample. Old vines. Good richness on the nose. Marked grip...

Cask sample. Pear juice and a touch of oak still. Pretty stodgy...

Cask sample. A richer cuvée for top restaurants, from round...

Cask sample. 4.5 ha in several different lieux-dits: Derrière La...

Cask sample. Sweet, friendly juice on the nose. But a little...

Cask sample. New vineyard for Carillon that needs a bit of work...

Cask sample. 0.5 ha next to Coche. Hard to work soil – almost...

Cask sample. Rich and nervy and full of lightly rustic fruit....

Cask sample. Next to Chassagne. Lots of pebbles.
Greenish tinge...

Cask sample. 0.7 ha, very calcareous.
Hint of oak on the nose...

Cask sample. 1.5 ha on white stones with very poor soils.
Big...

Cask sample. Bought recently. Red soils that are pretty...

Cask sample. Big and dense. Could do with a little more lift and...

Cask sample. 12% new oak.
Big with good concentration. And good...

Cask sample. Young vines – planted 2004, mass selection. Mixed...

Cask sample. Some green fruit on the nose. Lots of freshness but...

Cask sample. 0.46 ha. Second-use barrels.
Pale straw. Not that...

DOMAINE JACQUES CARILLON
Frère Jacques seems to have the edge, quite literally, in 2015.

Excitingly nervy and transparent. Fresh, long finish. (JR)

Dry, restrained citrus fruit, chewy palate and a slaty mineral...

DOMAINE CASTAGNIER

Heady, concentrated with firm tannins. Rather like a Chambolle...

Unusually, this sample seemed a little tired. Dry finish and not...

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