From ancient vines planted in 1904. The lovely mid purple colour gives way to a really sensual floral nose. Thereafter the fruit fills the mouth beautifully, with lovely structure behind, though the acidity is tamed by the fruit. There remains a touch of youthful bitterness but this is great wine.
Jasper Morris MW - Wine Buyer

Gleaming a rich and dense red with thick glycerol rim, no stems were used for this wine. It shows a brilliant density of fruit and is a great Beaune, with power and length. The tannins and acidity are in perfect balance.
Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director Etienne de Montille thinks he has made brilliant 2011s and we are inclined to agree with him. They have freshness, balance, low alcohol, good acidity, excellent fruit and wonderful tannin integration. Picking began on 27th August and continued through to the 9th September as individual vineyards ripened. The fruit has attractively ripe flavours while rarely getting beyond 12.5% alcohol and Etienne chose to include slightly fewer stems than in recent vintages, except for the top cuvées.

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Very dense purple with vibrant, heartwarming fruit, real density of the palate, a little black fruit but more deep red, some acidity, crunchy minerals. Very well put together, a wine which should sing in the medium to long term.
Jasper Morris, MW - Wine Buyer

From vines planted in 1904 comes this very dense, concentrated, fruit-rich purple wine. There’s some dryness from the stems and an immense weight of fruit on the palate. This is a really impressive expression of Beaune, marrying the seductive quality of the vintage with the intensity of old vines.

These are concentrated wines at Domaine de Bellene this year, and the vintage reminds Nicolas Potel of 1991. The wines came in with correct sugar levels, around 12.5 percent, and perfect acidities; they were vinified for a full month with minimal intervention, using whole bunches for the senior wines. The wines were due for bottling in early December.

From 60-year-old vines, this is vinified without stems because the style in this vineyard is already strapping enough. Much more muscled than La Vigne au Saint, there is darker fruit, it’s very mineral, with an excellent aftertaste: just what one hopes for from Corton.

David Croix started picking here on 11th September, two days before he began at Camille Giroud. This was a much easier harvest than 2013, as there was much less hail than the previous vintage. The wines have an elegance and freshness to them that appeals enormously, and yet does not hide their impressive concentration.

From Nicolas Potels own vineyard with vines dating back to 1904! Not surprisingly this is an exceptionally concentrated with amazing weight of fruit on the palate. A star of the vintage.

A product of the absolute heart of the Grèves vineyard, this is a very complete and remarkable wine in 2010. The core of the fruit is based on rich, dark cherries, but it is the multi-layered aspect that sets it apart this year. Very intense and persistent, it is simply terrific.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Director

Philippe Prost, long-time winemaker at Bouchard Père & Fils, is less flamboyant than his veteran opposite number at Jadot, but he still has firm opinions and he knows the detail of all his vineyard sites inside out. He clearly prefers his 2010 whites to the previous vintage, though we rather liked those too, while the fresh finish of the vintage has brought his excellent 2010 reds to life.

This is the outstanding wine from the appellation of Beaune, made from a great site with a good proportion of 55-year-old vines. It has a beautiful, deep mid-red colour, and a very poised nose of concentrated – but not unduly powerful – fruit. Quite weighty in a good way, with plum and blueberry fruit, well-judged tannins and excellent length.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director

In response to the very small concentrated berries which characterise the fruit in 2012, Philippe Prost, head winemaker, has opted for more whole bunch fermentation this year, up to 25% per cuvée. The wines are exceptionally intense, so a little leavening by the inclusion of some stems makes sense. The white wines are bursting with energy, clearly amongst the successes of the vintage.