Below is our current drinking advice for recent vintages of the red wines of Burgundy but there are many exceptions so please contact us for further information.
Our sales and purchasing team are extremely knowledgeable with a combined fine wine trade experience totalling hundreds of years. Please contact us for further details of any particular vintage or wine or advice on the drinking windows of wines from other regions.
Below is our current drinking advice for recent vintages of the red wines of Burgundy but there are many exceptions so please contact us for further information.
Our sales and purchasing team are extremely knowledgeable with a combined fine wine trade experience totalling hundreds of years. Please contact us for further details of any particular vintage or wine or advice on the drinking windows of wines from other regions.
| 2022 | A vintage with great potential. Ripe and succulent in fruit but more modest in colour and approachable in structure than the 2020s. This is a vintage which will likely charm within its first five years, but will doubtless cellar well for decades at the top. |
| 2021 | A very small, cool vintage that has produced elegant reds formed around acidity and aromatics. It pays to follow the best producers in what was a heterogeneous year qualitatively. The Village wines are already approachable, but the Premiers and Grands Crus warrant another 3-5 years before approaching. |
| 2020 | A great vintage with very high peaks and serious ageing potential. These are deeply-coloured, rich wines with powerful fruit but equally balancing acidity. They have big structures and warrant further cellaring. |
| 2019 | An outstanding vintage that similarly to Bordeaux is disarmingly charming and approchable. There is a solar ripeness to the wines yet much more freshness in acidity and fruit when compared to 2018. Deep and built to last despite their early balance. Drink or hold. |
| 2018 | A richer, ripe vintage with bold fruit and above average alcohol. Heatwaves led to some big wines, so seek out cooler sites. There are great wines at the top that are flattering but deep in structure. Drink or hold. |
| 2017 | A good vintage with some real hidden gems. Classically proportioned with fresh acids and soft tannins, they have real approachability and old school savour. This is an insiders' choice for wines that are drinking very well now. |
| 2016 |
A classic vintage with both ripeness and freshness though a bit less weight and power than the 2015s. Village and some Premiers Crus are now approachable but hold the Grands Crus. |
| 2015 | A great vintage - arguably the best since 2005. The wines are muscular, rich, ripe and powerful with abundant fruit. Many of the lesser wines are approachable but the top wines will benefit from at least 5 years more in the cellar. |
| 2014 | A very fine and under-rated vintage. Classically styled with great freshness and purity. All but the top Grands Crus are now drinking well with their pure, ripe and fresh style, though they will doubtless benefit from further cellaring. |
| 2013 | A good, approachable vintage. Freshness and fragrance are abundant. These are wines to drink now rather than keep. Better than 2011 but behind 2012 and 2014. |
| 2012 | Another very fine vintage with good richness, ripeness and density. Most wines are now drinking very well, though the top wines will certainly benefit from further cellaring. |
| 2011 | A challenging vintage in the vineyards produced forward wines, ideal for drinking in the short-medium term. Drink or sell. |
| 2010 | A terrific vintage that produced wines with outstanding balance. Not as backward as the 2005s or concentrated as the 2015s but laser-like precision, gorgeous ripe fruit and fine freshness are the hallmarks of this great, classic vintage. Drink and enjoy now although the top wines will still develop further in cellar. |
| 2009 | An opulent, rich and warm vintage. Big wines, almost all of which are now in full stride. |
| 2008 | A good but not great vintage, slightly lean but now mature and ready to drink. |
| 2007 | A charming vintage for current drinking. Underrated with wines that offer great drinking pleasure now, but which are not for long-term ageing. |
| 2006 | An excellent vintage but somewhat overshadowed by the wines from 2005. Great balance and ripe fruit. Classic wines. Most are now at their peak as they reach 20 years old. |
| 2005 | One of the great, if perhaps atypical, Burgundy vintages. The wines are dense, powerful and ripe. Village level wines and Premiers Crus are now drinking well, though the top wines can still be stubborn and may warrant further ageing. |
| 2004 | A challenging vintage. Drink or sell. |
| 2003 | A year marked by the extreme heat of the vintage means that the wines often lack typicity. Now mature, they should be drunk or sold. |
| 2002 | Though behind 2010 and 2005, this is an excellent vintage and the wines offer much pleasure to drink. Drink or sell. |
| 2001 | An underrated vintage, much as it is in Bordeaux. Beautifully balanced wines that are fully mature. Drink up or sell. |
| 2000 | A charming vintage, now fully mature. Drink up or sell. |
| 1999 | A great vintage. The very best wines will continue to develop over the next decade or more. Drink or sell. |
| <1999 | Now fully mature and should be drunk or sold. |
