LE MOINE 2014 - Lucien Le Moine

Maison Lucien le Moine Clos de la Roche Grand Cru (94-96)
Maison Lucien le Moine Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru (94-96)
Maison Lucien le Moine Vosne-Romanée les Malconsorts 1er Cru (93-95)
Maison Lucien le Moine Bonnes Mares Grand Cru (93-95)
Maison Lucien le Moine Meursault 1er Cru les Perrières (93-95)
Maison Lucien le Moine Puligny Montrachet les Folatieres 1er Cru (92-94)
Maison Lucien le Moine Nuits St Georges les St Georges 1er Cru (92-94)
Maison Lucien le Moine Nuits St Georges 1er Cru les Vaucrains (92-94)
Maison Lucien le Moine Chambolle Musigny les Amoureuses 1er Cru (92-94)
Maison Lucien le Moine Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru (92-94)
Maison Lucien le Moine Chassagne Montrachet la Grande Montagne 1er Cru (92-94)
Maison Lucien le Moine Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru la Romanée (92-94)
Maison Lucien le Moine Chassagne Montrachet Caillerets 1er Cru (92-94)
Maison Lucien le Moine Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru (92-94)
Maison Lucien le Moine Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru (92-94)
Maison Lucien le Moine Montrachet Grand Cru (92-94)
Maison Lucien le Moine Chassagne Montrachet les Embrazées 1er Cru (91-93)
Maison Lucien le Moine Vosne-Romanée les Petits Monts 1er Cru (91-93)
Maison Lucien le Moine Musigny Grand Cru (91-93)
Maison Lucien le Moine Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru (91-93)
Maison Lucien le Moine Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru (91-93)
Maison Lucien le Moine Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru les Gaudichots (91-93)
Maison Lucien le Moine Corton Renardes Grand Cru (91-93)
Maison Lucien le Moine Clos Vougeot Grand Cru (91-93)
Maison Lucien le Moine Volnay Caillerets 1er Cru (91-93)
Maison Lucien le Moine Pommard Grands Epenots 1er Cru (91-93)
Maison Lucien le Moine Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Pucelles (91-93)
Maison Lucien le Moine Meursault 1er Cru Genevrières (91-93)
Maison Lucien le Moine Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru les Champs Gains (90-92)
Maison Lucien le Moine Morey St Denis les Genaivrieres 1er Cru (90-92)
Maison Lucien le Moine 2014 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Cazetiers (90-92)
Maison Lucien le Moine Clos St Denis Grand Cru (90-92)
Maison Lucien le Moine Echézeaux Grand Cru (90-92)
Maison Lucien le Moine Chambolle Musigny Hauts Doix 1er Cru (90-92)
Maison Lucien le Moine Criots Batard Montrachet Grand Cru (90-92)
Maison Lucien le Moine Chablis Grand Cru les Preuses (90-92)
Maison Lucien le Moine Chambolle Musigny les Baudes 1er Cru (90-92)
Maison Lucien le Moine Chambolle Musigny Charmes 1er Cru (89-91)
Maison Lucien le Moine Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru (89-91)
Maison Lucien le Moine Vosne-Romanée les Suchots 1er Cru (89-91)
Maison Lucien le Moine Gevrey Chambertin Lavaux St Jacques 1er Cru (89-91)
Maison Lucien le Moine Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru (89-91)
Maison Lucien le Moine Morey St Denis 1er Cru « Reserve MS » (89-91)
Maison Lucien le Moine Volnay Santenots 1er Cru (89-91)
Maison Lucien le Moine Pommard les Rugiens 1er Cru (88-90)
Maison Lucien le Moine Pommard 1er Cru les Epenots (88-90)
Maison Lucien le Moine Nuits St Georges les Cailles 1er Cru (88-90)
Maison Lucien le Moine Meursault 1er Cru Charmes (88-90)
Maison Lucien le Moine Beaune 1Er Cru Clos des Mouches (88-90)
Maison Lucien le Moine Morey St Denis Clos des Ormes (88-90)

As usual, my visit to Maison Lucien Le Moine, conveniently located opposite the fantastic La Dilettante bistro, whose lasagna I highly recommend, was later than other growers. That is because Mounir’s approach towards élevage means that the wines tend to ferment at a sauntering pace and occasionally contain more gas. Before tasting his portfolio, which takes a fortnight to complete, Mounir showed me two new underground annexes so that he no longer has to work in cramped conditions. Then, after gossiping like bored housewives over the back garden fence, we discussed the 2014 vintage…

« Maturity came quickly, » he told me, sporting his trademark baseball cap, candid opinion ricocheting off the vaulted cobbled walls. « It is a fresh vintage. My concern in October was to block the malolactic. Elsewhere, a lot of 2014s were finishing malolactic by Christmas, but we were doing malolactic the following August and September.

For whites we had cold temperatures in the cellar, which meant that by Christmas I had between five to fifteen grams per liter of sugar. So we were doing the alcoholic and malolactic fermentation at the same time, plus you had an injection of CO2 in the summer. When winter came, the 2014s started going the same way as 2013s. The wines were a bit?monotonous. I found ‘non-typical’ detail in the wines. I could not see the weight of the dry extract. Then we had one week of cold weather just before the Hospices auction and we opened the doors all day [to cool the cellar temperature]. The lees went down and the wines became fresh.

We tasted the barrels once again and finally we found the beginning of ‘someone to talk to.’ So I decided to extend our aging and the characteristics of the terroir is now becoming clear. So all white and red 2014s that we are tasting from barrel here have never been racked and never sulfured. We will start bottling June or July, the grand crus just before harvest and the last wines after harvest. I had to push the whites to become deep wines. We must have enough extraction, lees and time in barrel, and the white 2014s did malolactic a year after harvest. »

Mounir’s modus operandi in the cellar is different to a majority of other growers – more reductive and slower, almost the antithesis of say Bordeaux, where the wines are ushered through malolactic as soon as the umbilical is cut. The thing is…it works. His wines need to be handled correctly, allowed commensurate bottle age and crucially, affording them plenty of decanting and aeration. These are not wines to uncork and pour. Don’t be afraid to give them a rigorous shake, splash them into a jug if you feel the need, allow them time to open and you will be rewarded.

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
RATING: (94-96) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2045
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru appears to offer more finesse and cohesion on the nose when compared to its Clos Saint Denis sibling. It seems to shimmer in the glass, vivid and vivacious. The palate is supple in the mouth with hints of orange sorbet infusing the pure red berry fruit, the acidity well judged and a very harmonious, silky smooth finish lingers long in the mouth. This is an excellent Clos de la Roche in the making, hopefully in the same vein as the outstanding 2005 that I tasted just a couple of days after my visit. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru
RATING: (94-96) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2022 – 2045
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru had a reticent bouquet when I tasted it from barrel, much more taciturn than the Bâtard. The palate is a different matter – tensile and nervous, a superb seam of acidity and great weight towards the finish. Everything is here – a great, indeed « kingly » Chevalier in the making. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Vosne-Romanée les Malconsorts 1er Cru
RATING: (93-95) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Vosne Romanee, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2045
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Malconsorts has a precise, stony, quite intense bouquet with blackberry and raspberry aromas that are very pure. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent ripe red cherry, raspberry and blueberry fruit, just a touch of spice, long with blood orange on the finish. This is an outstanding Malconsorts that has a long and prosperous future ahead. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
RATING: (93-95) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Chambolle Musigny, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2050
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru, a blend of the north and south parts of the vineyard (here blended together) has a plush redcurrant, cranberry and strawberry scented bouquet with fine delineation. The palate is crisp and taut with red cherries and wild strawberry, steely and focused with a touch of white pepper on the long finish. This is one of the best reds from Lucien Le Moine in 2014, not a flamboyant Bonnes-Mares, but correct and blue-blooded. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Meursault 1er Cru les Perrières
RATING: (93-95) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Meursault, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2020 – 2040
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières is touching grand cru quality, an absolute peach of a wine. It has a linear, stony, smoke-tinged bouquet that is the most sophisticated of Mounir’s Meursaults. The palate is fresh and vibrant with fresh pear and citrus notes, long and sustained in the mouth with a saline finish that begs another sip. The pedigree of the vineyard is embroidered into this wine and it comes highly recommended, though it will deserve 3-4 years of bottle age. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Puligny Montrachet les Folatieres 1er Cru
RATING: (92-94) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Puligny Montrachet, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2020 – 2038
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Folatières has a slightly pithy, pink grapefruit and white peach scented bouquet that is nicely focused. The palate is very well balanced with an almost waxy veneer, luscious orange peel and melon notes loitering underneath and a dab of fresh ginger on the aftertaste. This is a very strong showing that bodes well for the future, perhaps the pick of Mounir’s Pulignys. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Nuits St Georges les St Georges 1er Cru
RATING: (92-94) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Les St Georges, Nuits St Georges, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2040
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Les Saint Georges has an elegant bouquet with fresh strawberry, Morello, cold limestone and touches of chalk. The palate is medium-bodied with blood orange infusing the red cherry fruit on the entry, a keen line of acidity and a structured, tensile finish that lingers long on the mouth. This is an extremely fine Les Saint Georges in the making. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Nuits St Georges 1er Cru les Vaucrains
RATING: (92-94) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Les Vaucrains, Nuits St Georges, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2040
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains has a beautifully poised bouquet with mineral-tinged redcurrant and cranberry scents, very delineated and very nicely focused. The palate is medium-bodied with cranberry and strawberry on the entry, just a touch of greenness here, but in a positive sense. There is something a little rustic and enigmatic about this Vaucrains, so it will be fascinating to revisit once in bottle. There is sophistication already present in this wine. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Chambolle Musigny les Amoureuses 1er Cru
RATING: (92-94) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Chambolle Musigny, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2045
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses has a fragrant nose of red plum, wild strawberry and mineral scents that are beautifully focused. There is something incisive about the bouquet. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp, slightly chalky tannin, fine depth with hints of marmalade and spice towards the finish that fans out with a sense of confidence. The pedigree of this vineyard shines through in this barrel sample and hopefully that will be translated once in bottle. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru
RATING: (92-94) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Gevrey Chambertin, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2040
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru is more expressive on the nose compared to the Latricières at the moment with ample red cherry and crushed strawberry notes, a little seaweed in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, very crisp with a fine bead of acidity, interwoven through the finish that has impressive persistence. This is a class above the Latricières-Chambertin at the moment – more vivacious and complex, more substance to boot. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Chassagne Montrachet la Grande Montagne 1er Cru
RATING: (92-94) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2020 – 2040
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Grande Montagne has a life-affirming sense of mineral tension on the nose. There is killer transparency here. The palate is tensile with bitter lemon on the entry, fresh and nervous with superb weight on the finish. This comes highly recommended. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru la Romanée
RATING: (92-94) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Chassagne, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2020 – 2040
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Romanée has a clean, precise, Puligny-like bouquet with touches of wet limestone coming through. The palate is taut and crisp with sour lemon, very citrus-like with hints of almond and hazelnut on the finish. This is the kind of Chassagne that you fall in love with. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Chassagne Montrachet Caillerets 1er Cru
RATING: (92-94) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2020 – 2040
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets has chalk, hazelnut and smoke on the well-defined, but tightly coiled nose. The palate is full of green apple and fresh pear on the entry, a little creaminess towards the texture with almond and white chocolate notes on the persistent finish. This is yet another outstanding Chassagne-Montrachet from Lucien le Moine. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru
RATING: (92-94) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Gevrey Chambertin, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2045
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru has a tightly wound bouquet with hints of raspberry coulis and violet, light for a Griotte, but demonstrating clarity and focus. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, well-pitched acidity, linear at first, but gently fanning out towards the tender finish with a sustained saline aftertaste. It has not quite evolved the exuberance of a Griotte-Chambertin yet, however, there is impressive tension and intensity all the way through. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru
RATING: (92-94) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Gevrey Chambertin, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2045
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru has a very pure raspberry and wild strawberry nose with hints of undergrowth and cold stone coming through with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, redcurrant and cranberry fruit, spicier than the Griotte-Chambertin with impressive density and persistence on the finish. This actually shades the Clos-de-Bèze at the moment. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Montrachet Grand Cru
RATING: (92-94) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Puligny Montrachet, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2022 – 2050
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Montrachet Grand Cru has a crisp, Granny Smith, granite-scented bouquet that is very tightly wound like the Chevalier. The palate is beautifully balanced, clean and precise, and yet I find myself leaning towards the Chevalier-Montrachet as Mounier’s best white 2014. Why? The knightly Montrachet has a little more verve and substance, speaks of its terroir with slightly greater clarity. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Chassagne Montrachet les Embrazées 1er Cru
RATING: (91-93) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2020 – 2037
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Embrazées has another detailed, chalk dust and citric bouquet that takes a little time to unfold. The palate is fresh and crisp on the malic entry, fine depth here with a touch of walnut on the finish. Understated but classy. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Vosne-Romanée les Petits Monts 1er Cru
RATING: (91-93) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Vosne Romanee, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2040
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Petits-Monts has a pixellated bouquet that displays more mineral tension than the Suchots at present. The palate is well balanced with tart red cherry and strawberry fruit, fine weight and impressive vigour on the finish. There is a bit of swagger and self-confidence about this Les Petits Monts…and I like that. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Musigny Grand Cru
RATING: (91-93) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Chambolle Musigny, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2045
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Musigny Grand Cru has a deep, almost broody bouquet with blackberry, briary, raspberry coulis and undergrowth scents, hints of dried orange peel in the background. The palate is smooth and rounded, quite sensual in the mouth and structured, although I would like to see more complexity come through on the finish. This is an impressive Musigny and yet I could not help thinking that the Bonnes-Mares may ultimately turn out to be the better wine. We will see. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru
RATING: (91-93) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Gevrey Chambertin, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2045
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru has a pastille-like purity on the nose, very sensual for a Clos-de-Bèze with hints of marmalade and quince jus in the background. The palate is medium-bodied, a little disjointed on the entry perhaps, but there is good weight here and attractive notes of desiccated orange peel interlacing the red berry fruit on the finish. Let’s see how this ages in bottle, because I am looking for a little more sustain on the aftertaste. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
RATING: (91-93) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2020 – 2045
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, which is sourced from the Pernand side of the hill, has a precise bouquet with lemon peel, granite and smoky notes, almost Puligny-like in terms of its reserve. The palate is fresh and vibrant with good body, fine tension thanks to that keen line of acidity, with hints of orange peel towards the finish. This is a commendable Corton-Charlemagne in a year where I felt it did not particularly shine. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru les Gaudichots
RATING: (91-93) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Vosne Romanee, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2040
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Gaudichots has a fragrant, floral bouquet with orange blossom infusing the red cherry and kirsch aromas. The palate is lively, sweet in the mouth, vanilla extract tincturing the tart red cherry fruit with a sorbet-fresh finish. Mounir poured this after his grand crus, so either he made an error or more likely, knows how much potential this Gaudichots has. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Corton Renardes Grand Cru
RATING: (91-93) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Aloxe Corton, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2040
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Corton-Renardes Grand Cru has a more fragrant bouquet than the Corton Bressandes: raspberry, wild hedgerow and damp moss-like scents, not herbaceous per se, rather a Corton of the earth than the air. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, ripe tannins, plenty of pure red berry and mineral notes with a harmonious, sensual finish. This is another wonderful wine in the making, though it will require 3-4 years in bottle. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
RATING: (91-93) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Vougeot, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2040
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru comes from the bottom, middle and top of the vineyard, one barrel each then blended together. The bouquet is poised and delineated with wet limestone scents infusing the red berry fruit, brisk and vivid. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp red cherry and strawberry fruit, tensile and structured with a lovely saline thread that lends this Clos Vougeot animation and tension. This is a very fine Clos Vougeot brimming with nascent energy. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Volnay Caillerets 1er Cru
RATING: (91-93) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Volnay, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2018 – 2035
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Volnay 1er Cru Caillerets has a very mineral-driven bouquet in the making, perhaps the most complex of Lucien Le Moine’s Volnays this vintage. The palate is very harmonious with a keen line of acidity, masculine and structured, tart red cherry fruit with a citrus finish mixed with a hint of blueberry. This is excellent – a Volnay with genuine pedigree. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Pommard Grands Epenots 1er Cru
RATING: 91-93 points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Pommard, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2038
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Pommard 1er Cru Les Grands Epenots has a languid, raspberry and crushed strawberry bouquet with tangible mineralité coming through. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, well -judged acidity, very harmonious and pure towards the long Volnay-like finish. This is a wonderful Pommard that already seems so animated and tensile – certainly one to look out for once in bottle. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Pucelles
RATING: (91-93) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Puligny Montrachet, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2019 – 2035
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles has a strict, stony, slightly smoky bouquet that is very correct. The palate is taut and fresh, primal and well balanced, with hints of mandarin and pear towards the finish. There is precision and poise here, though it is just a little coy compared to the Folatières at the moment. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Meursault 1er Cru Genevrières
RATING: (91-93) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2020 – 2038
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières is another to add to the tally of great wines from this vineyard in this growing season. It has a feisty, spicy, walnut-scented bouquet that leaps from the glass – aromatics that demand your attention. The palate is harmonious with a resinous quality, superb salinity with a long, marine-influenced, almost Condrieu-like finish. There is a lot going on in this Meursault, even at this early stage, and it may warrant a higher score once in bottle. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru les Champs Gains
RATING: 90-92 points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2019 – 2035
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Champ Gains has an attractive, here quite leesy bouquet that is nicely defined. The palate is vibrant with lime and citrus fruit, touches of peach skins towards the harmonious finish. There is a tangible sense of sedateness to this Puligny – happy in its own skin. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Morey St Denis les Genaivrieres 1er Cru
RATING: (90-92) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Morey St Denis, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2038
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Les Genaivrières has an attractive raspberry and bilberry scented bouquet that is more vigorous than the Clos des Ormes at the moment. The palate is very well balanced with crisp acidity, supple in the mouth with commendable weight and persistence on the punchy, quite assertive finish. This will certainly be worth checking out once in bottle. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine 2014 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Cazetiers
RATING: (90-92) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Gevrey Chambertin, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2019 – 2038
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Cazetiers has one of the most accomplished and harmonious bouquet of the Gevreys with lovely, very pure raspberry and fresh cranberry scents, a hint of bergamot and iris developing in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, redcurrant and cranberry notes, a touch of orange zest with a hint of volatile acidity on the finish just giving it a kick. This is the most feisty of their premier cru Gevrey’s and probably the one that I would pick. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Clos St Denis Grand Cru
RATING: (90-92) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Morey St Denis, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2040
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Clos Saint Denis Grand Cru has a withdrawn bouquet at first, only gradually unfolding with light cranberry leaf, bay leaf and strawberry scents, a cold stone note emerging later. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, quite focused and poised, although I would like to see more weight and body develop on the finish. It seems to have stage fright compared to the Clos de la Roche. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Echézeaux Grand Cru
RATING: (90-92) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Flagey Echezeaux, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2040
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Echézeaux Grand Cru has a crisp, undergrowth-tinged bouquet with blackberry, raspberry and faint sea-spray scents. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy, sorbet-fresh red fruit, a little savoriness here, nice depth if needing a little more finesse to develop on the finish. Perhaps just curtailed by the growing season? At the moment, both the Gaudichot and Les Malconsorts outplay this grand cru. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Chambolle Musigny Hauts Doix 1er Cru
RATING: (90-92) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Chambolle Musigny, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2018 – 2035
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Hauts Doix has a fresh red cherry, bergamot and smoke-tinged bouquet that opens nicely with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe, quite firm tannin framing raspberry and blackberry fruit, a little masculine in style with a touch of white pepper lingering on the finish. This is what you might describe as a « solid » Chambolle-Musigny. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Criots Batard Montrachet Grand Cru
RATING: (90-92) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Chassagne Montrachet, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2020 – 2040
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru has a crisp, white chocolate-tinged bouquet with orange blossom scents overtaking those with time in the glass. The palate is vibrant and peachy on the entry, a tropical-inclined Criots with white chocolate and pralines returning on the aftertaste. A very well-made Criots this year from Lucien Le Moine, though it is a couple of lengths behind the Chevalier-Montrachet. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Chablis Grand Cru les Preuses
RATING: (90-92) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Les Preuses, Chablis, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2020 – 2035
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses has a taut, crisp, leesy bouquet with a faint sea influence coming through with aeration. The palate is balanced with lemon peel on the entry, airy in style for Les Preuses with an almost structured finish. I would have liked a touch more spiciness to come through on the finish but otherwise, this is a respectable Chablis Preuses. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Chambolle Musigny les Baudes 1er Cru
RATING: (90-92) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Chambolle Musigny, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2040
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Baudes has an animated, wild strawberry, briary and cola-tinged bouquet that leaps from the glass. The palate is fresh and vibrant with blueberry and black cherry fruit, orange sorbet and a touch of spice on the long finish. Don’t underestimate this premier cru. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Chambolle Musigny Charmes 1er Cru
RATING: (89-91) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Chambolle Musigny, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2019 – 2032
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Charmes has a clean and precise bouquet with lifted red cherries, crushed strawberry and cold limestone scents. The palate is fresh and quite structured on the entry, Morey-like, with a bit of oak on the finish yet to be subsumed. Give this a few years once in bottle, because it comes across as a rather static at the moment. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
RATING: (89-91) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2019 – 2035
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru has a very composed and refined bouquet, citrus fruit and apple blossom, fine mineral tones here, a touch of smoke. The palate is fresh on the entry and to be honest, it does not quite match the complexity of the aromatics. Hopefully it will develop more personality and nuance during the remainder of its maturation. Let’s see if this steps up to the plate once in bottle. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Vosne-Romanée les Suchots 1er Cru
RATING: (89-91) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Vosne Romanee, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2019 – 2036
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots has a very pure raspberry and wild strawberry bouquet mixed with sous-bois and even a touch of menthol. One of the most exotic perfumes amongst the plethora of reds. The palate is medium-bodied with quite firm tannin that kind of brings you down to earth: dense in the mouth but for me, just a little austere on the finish in the context of the vineyard. I’ll be conservative at the moment with my score and hope that the palate catches up with the nose by the time it is bottled. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Gevrey Chambertin Lavaux St Jacques 1er Cru
RATING: (89-91) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Gevrey Chambertin, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2019 – 2035
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint-Jacques has a crisp, stony, quite reserved bouquet at the moment. This is taciturn. The palate is more expressive with tart red cherry fruit and a touch of cranberry, nicely structured with a piquant finish that lingers. Pretty and delicate, this is one of Mounir’s wines that I might broach earlier than others. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru
RATING: (89-91) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Gevrey Chambertin, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2038
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru was a little anonymous on the nose when I tasted it, obviously not coming out to play! The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, well-judged acidity and quite a sensual finish for a Latricières. This has good potential, although it does not shrug off this vineyard predilection for being stubbornly foursquare and conservative. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Morey St Denis 1er Cru « Reserve MS »
RATING: (89-91) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Morey St Denis, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2018 – 2030
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru « Reserve MS » comes from a secret recipe that Mounier did not disclose to me (and I promise, I did try), and it will be bottled only in magnum. It has a broody, dark berry, blackberry and briary scented bouquet tinged with orange sorbet and apricot. You can detect a scintilla of carbonic maceration here – in a pleasurable sense. The palate is medium-bodied with good density, oodles of sappy black cherry fruit and it segues with a Morgon-like towards the finish. This is…intriguing and quite delicious…but different! -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Volnay Santenots 1er Cru
RATING: (89-91) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Volnay, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2019 – 2032
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Volnay 1er Cru Les Santenots has a cohesive, strawberry and Morello cherry scented nose, tight at first but opening with aeration. The palate is lively and energetic on the entry, perhaps a suggestions of volatile acidity on the tip of the tongue, segueing into a saline, slightly tapered finish. Give this 2-3 years in bottle before reaching for the corkscrew. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Pommard les Rugiens 1er Cru
RATING: (88-90) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Pommard, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2035
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens has a perfumed, floral bouquet with hints of rose petal infusing the strawberry and red cherry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, tightly wound red fruit with just a touch of hardness on the finish that will be addressed by the time of bottling. There is good backbone here, although it is totally outshone by the fabulous les Grands Epenots this year. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Pommard 1er Cru les Epenots
RATING: (88-90) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Pommard, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2019 – 2035
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Pommard 1er Cru Les Epenots has darker fruit than the 2014 Rugiens, with blackberry and briary joining the wild strawberry aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with pointed acidity, blackberry and raspberry fruit, linear and a little stemmy towards the finish. Not bad, although I would like to see more cohesion by the time it’s in bottle. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Nuits St Georges les Cailles 1er Cru
RATING: (88-90) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Les Cailles, Nuits St Georges, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2019 – 2035
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Les Cailles has a strict and very backward bouquet that needs to find more vigor during the remainder of its élevage. The palate is better with primal tart red cherry fruit mixed with blueberry, linear in the mouth with a brusque, but focused finish. Hopefully it will gain more flesh with some bottle age. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Meursault 1er Cru Charmes
RATING: (88-90) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Meursault, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2019 – 2030
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes has a strict and lightly honeyed bouquet that perhaps just lacks a little personality at the moment. The palate is well balanced and again, lightly honeyed with touches of white peach and grapefruit, modest concentration on the finish. This premier did not reach the heights of Genevrières or Perrières in this vintage, and this Charmes is another that just suffers by comparison to other vineyards. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Beaune 1Er Cru Clos des Mouches
RATING: (88-90) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Clos des Mouches, Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2019 – 2032
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Beaune 1er Cru Clos de Mouches Rouge, which of course was 90% hailed, has a light red cherry and cranberry bouquet that seems to shrug off the impact of those pernicious ice bullets. The palate is underpinned by fresh acidity, crunchy red berry fruit with a brisk, chalky finish that urges you to take another sip. While not the best Beaune premier cru that I have encountered, it still deserves a polite clap for enduring the hail and coming through to the other side. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Morey St Denis Clos des Ormes
RATING: (88-90) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Morey St Denis, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2019 – 2030
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Clos des Ormes has a slightly conservative bouquet with solid raspberry and strawberry fruit that just need a little more « motion. » The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, a little foursquare in the mouth, but with an attractive, sustained strawberry and white pepper aftertaste. It just needs to dial up the conviction – the Genavrières seems to have more chutzpah at the moment. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Gevrey Chambertin Estournelles St Jacques 1er Cru
RATING: (88-90) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Gevrey Chambertin, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2019 – 2035
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Estournelles Saint-Jacques had a tight, broody nose with darker berry fruit than the Lavaux Saint-Jacques. The palate is medium-bodied with quite a pointed, tart entry, a little disjointed at the moment with sappy red berry fruit on the slightly truncated finish. I would like to see more brightness and energy once this is in bottle. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Corton Blanc Grand Cru
RATING: (88-90) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Corton, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2020 – 2035
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Corton Blanc Grand Cru has a slightly withdrawn bouquet at the moment. The palate is better with grapefruit and a twist of bitter lemon on the entry, quite linear in style with touches of orange zest and mandarin towards the finish. It just needs more conviction, a greater sense of purpose that I hope will eventually be shown in bottle. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Corton Bressandes Grand Cru
RATING: (87-89) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Aloxe Corton, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2020 – 2035
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru has a slightly mulchy bouquet at the moment, perhaps without the same degree of delineation as some of the other grand crus. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannin, crunchy, brambly red and black fruit with a touch of salinity on the finish. I must confess that I found it difficult to warm to this wine, unlike the Corton Renardes this year. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Volnay 1Er Cru les Chanlins
RATING: (87-89) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Volnay, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2018 – 2028
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Volnay 1er Cru les Chanlins has a breezy red cherry and crushed strawberry scented bouquet that is nicely defined. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp, quite firm tannin. Like many Volnays, it errs towards Pommard-like in structure with a touch of spice on the bitter cherry finish. Not a bad Volnay by a long shot, but I was seeking a little more substance here. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Meursault 1er Cru les Bouchères
RATING: (87-89) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Meursault, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2019 – 2032
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Meursault 1er Cru Les Bouchères has a withdrawn candle wax and damp earth scented bouquet, perhaps a touch muted compared to other premier cru Meursaults. The palate is fresh on the entry with crisp acidity, brushed with honeydew melon and grapefruit, pawpaw even, with a light but pretty finish. Yet I am just seeking a little more conviction that I hope will be translated in bottle. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Meursault 1er Cru La Goutte d’Or
RATING: ? points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Meursault, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2016 – 2016
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Meursault 1er Cru La Goutte d’Or, which still had two grams of sugar when I tasted it, has a delightful, citrus and white peach scented bouquet. This is brimming over with energy compared to the Meursault Charmes. The palate is primal as you would expect, with good body and fine grapefruit and melon notes towards the finish, though I will defer awarding any score at the moment ,because there was a little too much gas on the finish. But I suspect it will be well worth seeking out once bottled. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru
RATING: ? points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Flagey Echezeaux, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
DRINK: 2016 – 2016
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Grands Echézeaux Grand Cru was one of the few reds from barrel that was showing just a touch of reduction on the nose. The palate is chewy on the entry with good weight, tightly wound and quite muscular, though I would be seeking more weight and persistence on the finish. I will reserve judgement for now. -Neal Martin

2014 Maison Lucien le Moine Chassagne Montrachet 1Er Cru en Remilly
RATING: (?) points
PRODUCER: Maison Lucien le Moine Description : visit the producer
FROM: France Chassagne, Cotes de Beaune, Burgundy, France
VARIETY: Chardonnay
DRINK: 2016 – 2016
ESTIMATED COST: Not Found
SOURCE: eRobertParker.com, #224 Apr 2016

The 2014 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru En Remilly has a precise, chalky bouquet with just a touch of grapefruit and white peach. The palate is gassy at the moment and perhaps here too early to make a judgement, though for sure it has plenty of nascent energy and a long spicy aftertaste. -Neal Martin