2023 French Wine Over $100

The 2023 Riesling Eckberg Sommerberg Grand Cru is from an elevated parcel with almost no topsoil reaching up to 400 meters in elevation. The nose here is more subdued suggesting dried ripe citrus and stone fruit juiciness. This... Read More

The 2023 Riesling Vanne Sommerberg Grand Cru is from very old vines. One parcel is now over 100 years old and the other is exactly 70 years old. Boxler emphasizes that this really is only from the old vines themselves—any re-planted... Read More

Very generous wood plays on the edge of overshadowing the overtly floral aromas of oyster shell algae green apple and mineral reduction. The sleek intense and stony broad-shouldered flavors are also quite seductive thanks to the... Read More

The nose is difficult to read as there are still residual lactic nuances along with ample wood toast. The palate impression is much more interesting with its sappy and caressing texture that is highly seductive while displaying... Read More

This is also quite floral in character with its ever-so-slightly riper array of exuberantly spicy blend of both red and dark cherry exotic tea and a whiff of dried orange peel. The palate impression of the medium-bodied flavors... Read More

A more restrained if just as pretty and equally perfumed nose displays a similar array of red and dark cherry exotic jasmine tea and dried orange peel along with a hint of sandalwood. On the palate the broad-shouldered and even... Read More

Cask sample. One of the more youthful wines in this Faiveley presentation of 2023s so far. Fruit/acid/tannin all in balance but the tannin is still too dominant to suggest early drinking. (JR) (Drink between 2028 - 2038) By Jancis... Read More

The 2023 Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is lovely offering up aromas of pear orange zest and freshly baked bread framed by a deft touch of reduction. Full-bodied satiny and layered it's dense and seamless with a sweet... Read More

This is also firmly reduced and revealing nothing but a tinge of spiciness. Once again the caressing and seductive mouthfeel of the medium weight flavors is striking thanks to the fine-grained tannins that shape the wonderfully... Read More

Cask sample. Pale garnet. Pretty basic sweet lightly perfumed red. It may develop more complexity in bottle. (JR)

Lovely forward pomegranate and cherry fruit with hints of mint and violets; the texture is light and fresh and on the palate there is a distinct saline minerality: 'You smell the limestone' in the words of technical director... Read More

An unusually floral-suffused nose for Clos de Vougeot features additional nose of various red berries and just turned earth. The attractively textured if not especially dense medium weight flavors terminate in a youthfully austere... Read More

Enough wood to merit mentioning is present on the nose of spicy and ripe red and dark currant along with suggestions of earth and the sauvage. I very much like the mouthfeel of the solidly voluminous flavors that also exude a... Read More

Cask sample. Transparent ruby. Some evolution on the nose already. Lots of sweet charm and depth. Some structure drive and intensity. (JR) (Drink between 2030 - 2045). By Jancis Robinson MW 11/24

Insiders know how good this cuvée is chez Faiveley and the 2023 Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru is another excellent rendition offering up aromas of sweet wild berries rose petals orange zest and vine smoke followed by a medium... Read More

Cask sample. Still more youthful than the Porrets with sandy tannins in evidence on the end. Still fairly embryonic. (JR) (Drink between 2030 - 2042). By Jancis Robinson MW 11/24

The 2023 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Champ Gain has turned out nicely offering up aromas of pear freshly baked bread and toasted nuts followed by a medium to full-bodied satiny and textural palate concluding with a long saline... Read More

Faiveley rounds out its admirable portfolio of Chambolle wines with a Beaux Bruns which they have been buying since 2011 although they do the work in the vineyard and pick the grapes themselves. The wine is supple and elegant... Read More