Wines
17 Items Found
- Guillon Cremant De Bourgogne Blanc De Noirs Product #20934 (In Stock)
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Produced with 100% Pinot Noir from the great vineyards of Chambole-Musigny, this sparkling wine has fine bubbles with a superb presence of fresh berries. This well-balanced wine shows the exquisite character of the Pinot Noir grape with good earthy expressions and a long, lingering finish. It's delicious and a stunning value!
- Guillon Bourgogne Rouge 2010 Product #26123 (In Stock)
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Comfortably the best vintage yet of this always delicious Bourgogne Pinot Noir. Intensely aromatic from the first pour with a heady perfume of violets, ripe blackberry, black cherry and plum fruit, black tea, and fresh earth. Mouthfilling but very detailed and precise with generous cranberry, pomegranate, strawberry, and red cherry fruit, a touch of citrus and spice, and a very finely textured finish. With air, the spice strengthens and a hint of mocha emerges. Just as ripe as the excellent 2009, but more feminine and graceful with lovely purity of aroma and flavor. Irresistible now and for a half decade or more with salmon, duck, lamb, or anything laced with mushroom.
“OUTSTANDING TOP VALUE. A ripe, fresh and very pretty nose features notes of violets, blue berry, plum and earth. There is good richness to the delicious and energetic flavors that possess fine volume and notably better than average length for its level. A lovely Bourgogne that could be drunk now or aged a few years first if desired.”Allen Meadows 86-88 points
- Guillon Bourgogne Rouge 2011 Product #27109 (In Stock)
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All the ripeness and depth you love in an elegant, fresh and wide-open style perfect to enjoy over the next five years or so.
"A fresh, ripe and expressive nose of violets, earth and various red berry fruit scents introduces rich, delicious and impressively sized flavors that possess good balance on the relatively fine and persistent finish. A quality effort for the appellation."Allen Meadows 85-88 points
- Guillon Marsannay Clos Des Portes 2010 Product #26486 (In Stock)
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If you don’t consider yourself a Burgundy buyer, then just think of this as one of the best Russian River or Willamette Valley Pinot Noirs you’ll find anywhere for the money. But, if you are a Burgundy fan, then get ready to marvel that a wine that’s so captivating right now could also be so well suited for the cellar and from lowly Marsannay!
Jean Michel Guillon purchased this small vineyard about 5 years ago and his hard work has transformed its 30-40 year-old vines into something very special indeed. In 2010, he harvested just 22 hectoliters per hectare of perfectly ripe fruit here – about 40% lower yields than are allowed in Grand Cru vineyards! As always, the wine was aged for about 16 months in 100% new French oak, but the intensity of the fruit and quality of the barrels means that the wood is completely integrated already.
Even this young, the aromas are luscious with generous scents of red currant, cranberry, coffee and spice jumping from the glass. While the aromas will get better and better with air or time, the palate is stunning from the get-go. Beautiful sweet cherry, currant, and red berry fruit take center stage today with accents of smoke, coffee, and fresh flowers providing accents. The fruit is so sweet and texture of the wine so silky smooth that you might miss the iron ore minerality and fine tannins that bode so well for future improvement. A pretty cranberry note wells up on the velvety finish – and what’s better with Thanksgiving than a little cranberry! A beautiful wine to drink right now and sure to be better and better over the next decade."Deep ruby. A ripe and distinctly earthy nose of mostly cassis and red currant aromas leads to rich and seductively textured medium-bodied flavors that possess good mid-palate concentration, all wrapped in a sappy finish that delivers fine length. Solid quality here."Allen Meadows 87-89 points
- Guillon Gevrey-Chambertin Pere Galland 2010 Product #26485 (In Stock)
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Jean Michel makes several different Gevrey village cuvves, but this one – named for the man who helped Jean Michel learn to make wine – really grabbed us in 2010. Screams “Gevrey” with its earthy red fruit and note of dusty iron ore but still soft and open enough to give early pleasure. Excellent value.
"In contrast to the relatively expressive noses of the prior three wines, this is much more serious with brooding aromas of earth, wild red berries and a whiff of humus. There is excellent energy to the detailed and lightly mineral-suffused flavors that possess good ripeness to the structural elements where the finish again displays a wonderful sense of tension and energy."Allen Meadows 88-91 points
- Guillon Gevrey-Chambertin Vielles Vignes 2008 Product #23793 (In Stock)
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Burghound “Outstanding Top Value”
A great vintage for this excellent Village level red made from Jean-Michel’s oldest vines – all 50 years old or older. As always, this delivers plenty of power and structure, but there is an extra level of ripeness and grace here as well. This will drink nicely with decanting now and really hit its stride in another 5 years.“From 50+ year-old vines raised in 100% new wood. This is extremely primary, in fact so much so that residual fermentation aromas are still evident though the red berry fruit appears clean and pure and is followed by impressively rich and full-bodied flavors blessed with ample dry extract that confers a beguiling texture to the mouth feel and renders the firm tannins almost invisible on the impeccably balanced finish. Recommended as villages level wines typically do not have this kind of completeness. Outstanding Top Value.”Allen Meadows 89-91 points
- Guillon Nuits St George Les Chaillots 2010 Product #26487 (In Stock)
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From Jean Michel’s only vineyard in Nuits, this fine Village red seems better than many 1er Cru wines I taste from this AOC. My notes from January: “I like this a lot. High toned and juicy with refreshing acid and juicy fruit. Bright and energetic. Love the cherry fruit.”
"A discreet application of wood sets off pungently earthy and quite ripe aromas of primarily red pinot and blue berry that give way to rich, suave and delicious medium weight flavors that are shaped by phenolically ripe and firm tannins before culminating in a sappy, balanced and vibrant finish. This is very Nuits in character and not especially elegant but the overall impression is of a villages that delivers excellent quality in an ageworthy package."Allen Meadows 89-91 points
- Guillon Morey Saint Denis 1er Cru La Riotte 2008 Product #23794 (In Stock)
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Burghound “Sweet Spot Outstanding”
Always Jean-Michel’s most forward, silky, and even “sexy” wine, the 2008 bursts from the glass with gorgeous red fruit and spice aromas. Then, wonderfully giving in the mouth with fine weight and balance. The best of these for drinking near-term, but with plenty of cellar potential.
“A different and redder but even riper fruit profile leads to rich, round and overtly generous mineral-infused middle weight plus flavors that possess fine mid-palate concentration and excellent length. This is a lovely combination of power and finesse. Sweet Spot Outstanding.”Allen Meadows 89-92 points
- Guillon Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Clos Prieur 2009 Product #25875 (In Stock)
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The very fine 1er Cru Clos Prieur vineyard sits on the hill just under the Grand Cru Mazis Chambertin. The heavier soils here lead to a darker, deeper, more savory set of Pinot flavors than you'll find elsewhere in Gevrey, although there's still fine elegance and harmony.
"Here too there is a touch of wood spice that is noticeable but not really invasive. There is good density to the fruit on the sauvage and underbrush suffused nose that, like the La Perrière, is also very Gevrey in character which continues onto the quite finely detailed flavors that are more refined if a bit less complex."Allen Meadows 88-91 points
- Guillon Morey Saint Denis 1er Cru La Riotte 2010 Product #26482 (In Stock)
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Always one of the most seductive and beautiful wines at Domaine Guillon, the 2010 La Riotte exemplifies what I love about 2010 – deeply ripe but also transparent and oh so elegant. Lovely.
"A cool, pure and extremely pretty nose of both red and black cherry that is nuanced by soft iron-inflected earth aromas. There is fine concentration and real verve to the beautifully well-balanced flavors that possess impressive depth and length. A moderately structured Morey 1er of refinement. Sweet Spot Outstanding.”Allen Meadows 90-93 points
- Guillon Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru La Petite Chapelle 2008 Product #23711 (In Stock)
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Burghound “Sweet Spot Outstanding”
All of Jean-Michel’s 2008s merit your attention, but if you’re only buying one, this is it. Petite Chapelle approaches Grand Cru levels of concentration, depth, and complexity but at a price that’s very reasonable even for a 1er Cru. And the finish this year sails on and on and on…“From 50+ year-old vines in 100% new oak but with lower toast levels. Visible but not bothersome wood sets off bright, elegant and fresh red pinot fruit aromas trimmed in subtle wet stone notes that complement well the refined and sophisticated middle weight flavors that culminate in a cool, balanced and wonderfully long finish. This is also a lovely effort with a beguiling mouth feel of precision and tension that is clean and dry without leaning toward the commercial. Sweet Spot Outstanding.”Allen Meadows 90-92 points
- Guillon Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Champonnets 2010 Product #26703 (In Stock)
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Always one of Jean Michel's richer 1er Cru Gevrey wines, this is long and powerful in 2010.
"A similar but slightly more deeply pitched and complex nose precedes attractively rich and round flavors that are delicious but don't quite have the same energy or refinement on the suave and mouth coating finish. To be sure, this is balanced and altogether lovely. Sweet Spot Outstanding"Allen Meadows 90-93 points
- Guillon Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Petit Chapelle 2010 Product #26483 (In Stock)
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From 50 year-old vines in an outstanding 1er Cru vineyard that always (at least with Jean Michel) teeters on Grand Cru quality in part because it’s farmed and made just like the Grand Cru. My notes from January: “Magnificent. Silky and elegant and packed with fruit. Violets and blackberry and supple if massive tannin. Slate and smoked mineral linger on.”
"A very subtle application of wood does not interfere with the transparency of the cool, pure and elegant black cherry liqueur aromas. There is equally good transparency to the rich and beautifully detailed medium-bodied flavors that possess truly lovely vibrancy on the ripe, racy and ultra-pure finish. This velvet-texture beauty is worth a long look. Sweet Spot Outstanding."Allen Meadows 91-93 points
- Guillon Grand Cru Clos Vougeot 2010 Product #26746 (In Stock)
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Majestic, but very limited.
"From 40+ year old vines and whole cluster fermentation, fermented entirely in a small 100% new wood tank. This is notably riper with even more complex and very fresh aromas of spiced plum and an intense earthiness that also characterizes the delicious, dense and very serious flavors that also exhibit a high degree of phenolic maturity. There is wonderful energy to the balanced and superbly long finish that displays a bit less youthful austerity than I usually find with this wine."Allen Meadows 92-94 points
- Guillon Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 2006 Product #21066 (In Stock)
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Clearly showing its pedigree and class, the 2006 Clos Vougeot is a work of art. Big, big aromatics, raspberries, lilacs, incense, figs and brown sugar. A very sexy wine that comes in waves on the palate and should be an early maturing by Grand Cru standards due to its supple and ripe tannins. But who cares when the juice is this good? Tremendous! Drink this 2011 through 2020.
- Guillon Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 2007 Product #22580 (In Stock)
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When we tasted this with Jean Michel in early 2008, he proclaimed it the best Clos Vougeot he'd ever made. And while still a bit youthfully tight today, spend a little time with it and you'll see what he means. There's fantastic depth of aroma and flavor here - black cherry, fresh turned earth, clove, cinnamon, and black raspberry - married to a stunningly plush, full-bodied, texture. Although the fruit is very forward today, there's a rock-solid beam of minerality in the middle of the wine that bodes well for development over the next 10-15 years. Wines from the Clos Vougeot can often be disappointing, but Guillon's 2007 demonstrates clearly why this famous vineyard deserves Grand Cru status.
- Guillon Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 2008 Product #23795 (In Stock)
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A classic from the largest and best-known Grand Cru vineyard in the Cote de Nuits, the walled vineyard of Vougeot. Unlike many wines from this famous site, Guillon’s Vougeot is fully Grand Cru in quality – dark, rich, and super, super, long. Cellar for another 5-8 years and drink for 20.
“From 40+ year old vines and whole cluster fermentation, fermented entirely in a small 100% new wood tank. As one would reasonably expect, this is much more defined aromatically by earth tones rather than fruit. Dark berry fruit aromas introduce exceptionally rich and full-bodied flavors blessed with ample dry extract levels and an opulent mouth feel yet the hugely long and slightly woody finish tightens up considerably and is quite youthfully austere despite the sap.” Allen Meadows 91-93 points
