2021 Vintage: Freshness and precision

2021 vintage: a return to freshness. Wines that are taut, easy to drink and subtle, perfect for lovers of vibrancy.
Chassagne-Montrachet village rouge 2021 - Domaine Bruno Colin

Chassagne-Montrachet village red 2021 - Domaine Bruno Colin

  • 12,5 % vol
  • Chassagne-Montrachet AOP
  • 0.75 L

60,00 €

Santenay Vieilles Vignes rouge 2021 - Domaine Bruno Colin

Santenay Vieilles Vignes red 2021 - Domaine Bruno Colin

  • 12,5 % vol
  • Santenay PDO
  • 0.75 L

52,00 €

Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru La Maltroie rouge 2021 - Domaine Bruno Colin

Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru La Maltroie red 2021 - Domaine Bruno Colin

  • 12,5 % vol
  • AOP Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru La Maltroie
  • 0.75 L

85,00 €

Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru La Boudriotte blanc 2021 - Domaine Bruno Colin

Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru La Boudriotte white 2021 - Domaine Bruno Colin

  • 12,5 % vol
  • AOP Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru La Boudriotte
  • 0.75 L

130,00 €

Chassagne-Montrachet village blanc 2021 - Domaine Bouzereau Gruere

Chassagne-Montrachet village white 2021 - Domaine Bouzereau Gruere

  • 13 % vol
  • AOP Chassagne-Montrachet
  • 0.75 L

70,00 €

Sancerre "Silex" blanc 2021 - Domaine Fournier Père et Fils

Sancerre "Silex" white 2021 - Domaine Fournier Père et Fils

  • 13 % vol
  • Sancerre AOC
  • 0.75 L

30,30 €

Morgon Corcelette rouge 2021 - Domaine Jean Foillard

Morgon Corcelette red 2021 - Domaine Jean Foillard

  • 12 % vol
  • Morgon AOC
  • 0.75 L

32,00 €

Saint-Joseph François de Tournon rouge 2021 - Delas Frères

Saint-Joseph François de Tournon red 2021 - Delas Frères

  • 12,5 % vol
  • AOC Saint-Joseph
  • 0.75 L

31,00 €

Cornas L'élégance du Caillou rouge 2021 - Domaine Julien Pilon

Cornas L'élégance du Caillou red 2021 - Domaine Julien Pilon

  • 13 % vol
  • Cornas AOC
  • 0.75 L

45,00 €

Mercurey Clos de Touches rouge 2021 - Domaine Tupinier Bautista

Mercurey Clos de Touches red 2021 - Domaine Tupinier Bautista

  • 13 % vol
  • AOP Mercurey
  • 0.75 L

35,00 €

Pommard Premier Cru Les Epenots rouge 2021 - Domaine Dubreuil Fontaine

Pommard Premier Cru Les Epenots red 2021 - Domaine Dubreuil Fontaine

  • 13,5 % vol
  • Pommard Premier Cru AOP
  • 0.75 L

75,00 €

Meursault blanc 2021 - Maison Edouard Delaunay

Meursault white 2021 - Maison Edouard Delaunay

  • 13 % vol
  • AOP Meursault
  • 0.75 L

89,00 €

Bourgogne Côte d'Or blanc 2021 - Maison Edouard Delaunay

Bourgogne Côte d'Or white 2021 - Maison Edouard Delaunay

  • 12,5 % vol
  • AOP Bourgogne Côte d'Or
  • 0.75 L

32,00 €

Beaune Premier Cru Cuvée Guigone de Salins rouge 2021 - Hospices de Beaune

Beaune Premier Cru Cuvée Guigone de Salins red 2021 - Hospices de Beaune

  • 13 % vol
  • AOC Beaune Premier Cru
  • 0.75 L

181,00 €

Savigny-lès-Beaune rouge 2021 - Maison Edouard Delaunay

Savigny-lès-Beaune red 2021 - Maison Edouard Delaunay

  • 13 % vol
  • Savigny-lès-Beaune PDO
  • 0.75 L

45,00 €

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2021 vintage: freshness as the guiding thread

The 2021 vintage was built against wind and weather, quite literally. The April frost struck hard, cutting yields by 20 to 50% depending on the area. Then a cool summer, with intermittent rain, preserved a natural acidity that the previous vintages (2019, 2020) had largely sacrificed to the heat. The result: taut, precise, digestible wines, with an aromatic freshness and a minerality that lovers of the classic style had been awaiting for several years.

2021 in Burgundy: the great return of classicism

It is in Burgundy that 2021 shines brightest. The whites show remarkable tension and straightness: the Chablis from Bernard Defaix and Grand Calcaire, the Saint-Aubin Premiers Crus from Domaine Larue, and the Mâconnais wines from Domaine Mathias and Clos des Rocs express a floral freshness and a minerality that hot vintages do not allow. The reds are perhaps even more successful: Edouard Delaunay made Hautes-Côtes de Nuits of exemplary lightness and precision in 2021, while Jean Fournier offers organic Marsannay and Fixin with a remarkable purity of fruit. The Morgon 2021 from Jean Foillard and the cuvées from Terres Dorées complete a Burgundy-Beaujolais picture of rare coherence.

2021 beyond Burgundy: Rhône, Languedoc, Bordeaux

In the Northern Rhône, Christophe Pichon offers a Condrieu 2021 of great aromatic freshness, less opulent than in hot years but more precise. In the Languedoc, the Pic Saint-Loup 2021 from Domaine de Villeneuve, the Minervois La Livinière from Aubert & Mathieu and the L'O de la Vie cuvée from Anne Gros & Jean-Paul Tollot make the most of the vintage's freshness to show an elegance that is unusual in these southern appellations. Château Le Puy Emilien 2021, a benchmark natural Bordeaux, displays perfect balance and drinkability.

How to approach these wines today?

Most 2021s are already very enjoyable to drink: their freshness and tension make them approachable young. Entry-level and mid-range white Burgundies are at their best now or within the next 2 to 3 years. Village and premier cru red Burgundies will gain further complexity until 2027-2029. The great cuvées, Premiers and Grands Crus, deserve another 5 to 8 years of patience. Serve the whites between 11 and 13 °C and the reds between 15 and 17 °C, with a short aeration of one hour for the reds.