Lee Pitofsky

9.4

By now everyone knows the name of Charles Lachaux, quickly becoming a Burgundy legend, and while 2017 is the vintage where Charles’ stylistic changes are known to take full effect, by 2013 such changes had already begun once he took the reigns the prior year—more judicial use of new oak, increasing amounts of whole clusters each subsequent vintage, higher and denser canopies, just to mention a few. His 2019 vintage is what did it for me. Simply incredible wines.

But at age 12, 2013 Chaumes, 50% whole cluster and 50% new oak is showing beautifully after some required air, with a seductively elegant perfume, terrific fruit density and concentration for the vintage, and a long mineral, spice and saline inflicted finale. Pre-2017, I think the Vosne bottlings are the best, but I think they need at least 10 years to absorb the oak. But now, everything’s great, even on release! — 9 days ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Cena pz lalo jgi — 15 days ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Nose: a wee bit of turpentine.

Palate: delicious but a bit flawed. Yummy giving cherry fruit. Still grippy. Not bright but balancing acidity. — 3 months ago

Scott E. Becker

9.0

[Tasted on January 1, 2025 at Home]

Melon, pear and grapefruit, with lemon zest and flinty notes. Wine has maintained acidity despite 10 years of aging. — 7 days ago

Serge Mismetti

9.5

Très bel accord sur gravlax de saumon — 14 days ago

with Pierre-nicolas

JKT

9.0

Haven’t had it since tasting 2013 years ago. Very nice basic Burg holding up well, not that complex but very nice to drink with meal. Couple more found. — 2 months ago

Matt Perlman

9.4

Delicious, drank with deep dish pizza, no notes. Crushed within minutes — a month ago

Jose Lorenzo

9.4

Just exquisite — 12 days ago

Brian S

8.9

Must say I am only a Venus or Mineral guy. — a month ago

Alexandre Pagliano

9.1

Medium rubi robe, nose of cherries infusion, berries, crushed roses, violets and a hint of spices. Medium bodied, deceivingly light, gaining a lot with aeration and developing nicely. Really great stuff: we love it. — 3 months ago

with Jose, veronique and 1 other