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Burgundy 2015 – D

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See this guide to our extensive coverage of Burgundy 2015. Our picture is of Claude's son Loïc of Dugat-Py outside their neat house and cellar on the outskirts of Gevrey. 

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


DOMAINE DANIEL DAMPT

Well made and well priced.

Just slightly technical on the nose. Or is it because I am...

Real depth and savour to this – and it’s in a different glass...

Molten honey and green vegetation. Lots of definition even if...

Real edge and depth. But maybe you don’t need to spend this...

DOMAINE SÉBASTIEN DAMPT

First Chablis of the day and what a pleasure: chalky, fresh...

Salty citrus aroma, just slightly smoky. Tight, grainy and fresh...

Smells somehow chalky, or is that the anticipation of the...

Much sweeter smelling than the Lys, as if there was a touch of...

DOMAINE VINCENT DAMPT

Pure cedary freshness with a nice stony minerality. Intense...

More stony on the nose than the Vaillons, less immediately...

Leesy gentle aroma combined with a more herbal, stony, mineral...

A more cedary note to start (oak?). Bone dry, mouth-watering and...

DOMAINE HENRI DARNAT

Fine smoky edge to the citrus fruit here. Delicate minerality...

Monopole. Smells richer and more creamy/mealy than the Clos du...

DOMAINE DARVIOT-PERRIN

Light and fresh. A little lean. Sudden end. (JR)

Cask sample. Lovely tangy aroma, more vinous than fruit though...

Quite a rich nose. Lots of tension. Racy fruity with a cut and...

Cask sample. More cedar than citrus in the aroma here and a hint...

Edgy and with real precision. Crisp and finely etched with...

Piercing and lightly oaky on the nose. Super-inviting. Finely...

Cask sample. Dusty and refined citrus. Very stony/mineral but...

A little more subtle than the Genevrières, on the nose at least...

Cask sample. Salty citrus on the nose and then plenty of...

A little more creamy than the Perrières. And a riper, more...

Mid to light crimson. Some oak sweetness moderating the red...

Cask sample. Fragrant with dark-red fruit. Lovely fruit. On the...

Cask sample. Mid cherry red. Peppery and dark-fruited...

Blueish crimson. Quite a powerful nose. Crystalline structure on...

DOMAINE JEAN DAUVISSAT PÈRE ET FILS

Grassy and somewhat raw on the nose. Gentle white fruit on the...

Much better concentration than their village Chablis, with chalk...

Some herby notes on the nose, and rather tart acid on the palate...

Herby nose plus baked apple and fresh citrus aroma. Generous...

DECELLE-VILLA
Olivier Decelle and Pierre-Jean Villa's négociant business that owns organically farmed vines in Beaune and AOC Bourgogne plus a bit...

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