See this guide to our extensive coverage of Burgundy 2015. Our picture is of the apparatus that applies fashionable wax seals over corks at Domaine Bruno Colin in Chassagne.
Now that the wines have been sorted into groups by producer, you can sort the wines within those groups by score or appellation.
DOMAINE SAUMAIZE-MICHELIN
Simple, neutral style. Would serve very well to wash down a...
Attractive perfume and zesty apple fruit. Much more...
Sweet tropical fruit and creamy oak – this is really charming...
More precise and acidic than their Mâcon-Vergisson. Zingy, green...
Creamy palate but the fruit does not have the definition and...
Ripe apple, lemon zest, creamy texture and a cereal note to...
Elaborate stone fruit aromas with lots of apple freshness too...
ÉTIENNE SAUZET
Gérard Boudot, daughter Emilie and son-in-law Benoît Riffault run Burgundy’s Steady Eddie négociant.
Bright, limey citrus aroma. Tight and zesty with an attractively...
Spicy sweet nose. Correct without being exciting. (JR)
Correct and quite tense. Good green fruit aromas. (JR)
Delicate, stony citrus with a creamy complexity. Lovely...
Ripe apricot fruit, sleek texture and generously fruited on the...
Floral open nose. Good tension but quite rich overall. And then...
Classic white-burgundy nose: citrus fruit, plus oatmeal and...
More buttery and fleshy than their Garenne, with a punchy acidic...
More intense and complex on the nose than the Tufera (tasted...
Very cool and low key. Correct without being exciting. (JR)
DOMAINE SEGUIN-MANUEL
Quite dark crimson. Much more intense and vigorous than the...
Cask sample. Bright crimson. Super-rich and appealing on the...
Cask sample. Quite a seductive nose. Fresh and nicely balanced...
Cask sample. Light crimson. Just a tad agricultural on the nose...
Cask sample. Transparent cherry red. Some raciness and lots of...
Cask sample. Transparent ruby. Slightly sour fruit. Not the most...
DOMAINE SÉGUINOT-BORDET
Lemon juice, crème fraîche, and perhaps just a hint of oak on...
DOMAINE SÉRAFIN PÈRE ET FILS
Light red cherry aromas and quite tight and tense. Could do with...
Solid and chestnutty. Something alpine and woody about this...
Heady and round and charming. Really rather gorgeous. (JR)
Mushroomy nose and very jagged structure. Hard work! (JR)
Racy and jewelly. Open and round and exciting. Dry finish. (JR)
Bright, transparent crimson. Sweet start and then bitter finish...
Very sweet start and then many-layered palate. Very appetising...
DOMAINE ANNE ET HERVÉ SIGAUT
Quite a powerful crimson. Cordite nose. Round and super-fruity...
Very bright colour again. Muted nose. Sweet fruit underneath but...
Bright crimson. Pure, direct nose. Very sweet start. Maybe...
SIMONNET-FEBVRE
Simple palate with soft texture and short finish. It has basic...
Tank sample. Baked apple fruit, pithy texture. Dry and...
More herby character than their Vaillons and Montmains, and a...
Basic apple fruit, chewy texture, seems to lack acidic flair....
Salt and chalk on the nose – proper Chablis terroir coming...
Generous tropical fruit character here. Rather too weighty on...
Cask sample.
On the palate, the oak comes through far too...
Cask sample. Strong herby note. Not typically Chablis at all –...
LE SOUFRANDIÈRE
Tank sample – still on the lees. Almost raw-apple-skin nose...
Cask sample. 40- to 80-year-old vines on pebbles.
Much more...
DOMAINE ERIC DE SUREMAIN
Mid crimson. Fresh raspberry fruit on the nose and then a touch...
Mid to deep cherry red. Herbal, dark-red fruit. Deliciously...
Mid cherry. Subtle dark-red fruits. Seems a bit tough at the...
DOMAINE JEAN TARDY
Really very accomplished wines indeed from...
