Burgundy Buying Guide: Direct Import Values and Remarkable Finds
The Hidden Gem Values of K&L Direct Import Burgundy
Alex Pross, K&L Burgundy Buyer
The Burgundies are landing fast and furiously at K&L, offering a bevy of amazing values from the fantastic 2022 vintage! With pricing finally stabilized and a good-sized crop contributing to robust supply, now is the perfect time to stock up on these bargains. We’ve just received several containers from many of our most popular direct import producers, including Domaine Jean Michel Giboulot, Domaine de la Charrière, Domaine Renaud, Château de la Maltroye, Domaine Bart, and Domaine Pernot-Belicard.
What sets the 2022 vintage apart from the last few years is the consistency in the quality of both whites and reds—these wines are EXCELLENT! They are beautifully fruit-forward, with excellent balance, great acidity, and fine tannins. Enjoy them in their youth, or add them to your cellar for future enjoyment.
New Vintage of a Best-Selling, Old-Vine Chablis Arrives
Santenay's Château de la Charrière Overperforms Year After Year
Inspiring 2022 Vintage from Domaine Jean-Michel Giboulot
Dynamic Value in the Mâconnais with Domaine Renaud
The Magic of Burgundy: Top In-Stock Collectibles
New Vintage of a Best-Selling, Old-Vine Chablis Arrives
We couldn’t keep the 2022 Alain Corcia "Saint-Antoine" Chablis Vieilles Vignes on the shelves—this tasty Chablis comes in an odd-shaped, Old-World bottle. The 2023 vintage is a tremendous follow-up, showcasing a fresh and vibrant nose of sea breeze, wet stone, and citrus zest, followed by a palate awash in citrus and orchard fruits, with notes of minerals, saline, and stone. This is a quintessential Chablis that hits all the right notes. You owe it to yourself to grab a few bottles of this fabulous elixir. Read more about this wine and some of our most exciting arrivals hitting the shelves soon.
2023 Alain Corcia "Saint-Antoine" Chablis Vieilles Vignes $24.99 View
Santenay's Château de la Charrière Overperforms Year After Year
When it comes to Burgundy there are few houses that offer a better quality-to-price-ratio than Château de la Charrière. Winemaker Benoît Girardin, who took over the reins at his family's property over 10 years ago, is skillfully crafting excellent value bottlings in the humble appellation of Santenay. He deftly combines a classic Burgundian rusticity with modern winemaking techniques. The resulting wines are beautifully defined by their fruit characteristics and unmistakable terroir. Click here to read more.
2022 Château de la Charrière Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune Rouge $19.99 View
2022 Château de la Charrière Beaune "Les Epenottes"$24.99 View
2022 Château de la Charrière Santenay "Les Charmes Dessus" Rouge $24.99 View
2022 Château de la Charrière Santenay 1er Cru "Clos Rousseau" $29.99 View
2022 Château de la Charrière Santenay 1er Cru "Les Gravières" $29.99 View
Inspiring 2022 Vintage from Domaine Jean-Michel Giboulot
We have been working with Domaine Jean-Michel Giboulot for a long time, and one of the most rewarding parts of this relationship has been watching the wines get better-and-better with each vintage. These bottles shine a light on the emerging quality and diversity of vineyards in Savigny-lès-Beaune all the while offering an incredible value proposition. His wines come from an impressive list of vineyard holdings, and we currently carry four fantastic 2022 1er Cru Savigny-lès-Beaunes that and Burgundy lover will not want to miss. Click here to read more.
2022 Domaine Jean-Michel Giboulot Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru "Aux Fournaux" $39.99 View
2022 Domaine Jean-Michel Giboulot Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru "Aux Gravains" $44.99 View
2022 Domaine Jean-Michel Giboulot Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru "Les Peuillets" $44.99 View
2022 Domaine Jean-Michel Giboulot Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru "Aux Serpentières" $44.99 View
Dynamic Value in the Mâconnais with Domaine Renaud
We’ve said it once, and we’ll continue to say it: the Mâconnais is where the majority of white wine values in Burgundy reside. We are flush with many great producers in the Mâconnais, and one of the best is Domaine Renaud. The family team—Mirielle (mother), Pascal (father), and their children, Guillaume (son) and Amandine (daughter)—draws from their impressive vineyard holdings, which range from humble Mâcon-Village to 1er Cru Pouilly-Fuissé. They produce incredible value-oriented whites that fit any budget, and these wines are not to be overlooked. Click here to read more.
2023 Domaine Pascal & Mireille Renaud Mâcon-Villages $17.99 View
2023 Domaine Pascal & Mireille Renaud Mâcon-Charnay $19.99 View
2023 Domaine Pascal & Mireille Renaud Mâcon-Solutré $19.99 View
2023 Domaine Pascal & Mireille Renaud St-Véran $24.99 View
2021 Domaine Renaud Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Cru "Aux Bouthières" $39.99 View
2022 Domaine Renaud Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Cru "Aux Chailloux" $39.99 View
2022 Domaine Renaud Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Cru "Vers Cras" $39.99 View
The Magic of Burgundy: Top In-Stock Collectibles
All roads lead to Burgundy, and for good reason. With tiny parcels yielding even tinier amounts of wine, we’ve put together a list of some in-stock collectors bottles we think deserve a place in your cellar. From increasingly hard-to-get-your-hands-on Puligny-Montrachets, to Grand Cru Clos Vougeot, these notable wines are here until they’re not.
2022 Domaine Samuel Billaud Chablis 1er Cru "Montée de Tonnerre" 96 $89.99 View
2022 Domaine Pernot Belicard Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru "Perrières" 94 $99.99 View
2022 Domaine Christian Moreau Chablis Grand Cru "Les Clos" 97 $119.99 View
2022 Domaine Alvina Pernot Meursault 1er Cru "Les Poruzots" 95 $169.99 View
2022 Domaine Etienne Sauzet Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru "Sous le Puits" 94 $179.99 View
2022 Domaine Vincent Dauvissat Chablis 1er Cru "La Forest" 96 $239.99 View
2022 Château de la Maltroye Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru "La Dent de Chien" 96 $599.99 View
2022 Domaine Jessiaume Santenay "Clos du Clos Genet" 94 $44.99 View
2022 Domaine Faiveley Mercurey 1er Cru "Clos des Myglands" 94 $59.99 View
2021 Domaine Henri Gouges Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru "Les Pruliers" 94 $126.99 View
2021 Domaine Louis Jadot Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru "Clos St-Jacques" 95 $229.99 View
2021 Domaine Drouhin-Laroze Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru 96 $319.99 View
2022 Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 97 $499.99 View
2022 Domaine Comte de Vogüé Musigny Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes 100 $1,139.99 View