The white Burgundies of 2024 are flush with beautiful, delineated fruit with great acidity, drive, and cut. There’s wonderful precision and balance with excellent complexity and integration of all parts. Another wonderful aspect of the 2024 is that most alcohol levels are in the classic 12.5 to 13.5% range. The first batch of 2024s just landed in our stores, and they live up to the hype!
Read MoreSometimes it’s simply kismet. Our latest private-label release is a collaboration with the famed Chablis producer La Chablisienne. K&L has worked closely with La Chablisienne for many years, and when the opportunity arose to create a private label together, we jumped at the chance. Adding to the magic is the timing: the 2023 vintage commemorates La Chablisienne’s 100th anniversary, while its release in 2026 coincides with K&L Wine Merchants’ 50th anniversary.
Read MoreWhat a wonderful time to be alive—we have a ton of amazing Chablis right now.
Read MoreK&L Buyer Alex Pross maps the White Burgundy landscape, highlighting his current obsessions. Inside: a Chablis discovery (Seguinot Bordet), Sauzet’s benchmarks, Samuel Billaud’s standout 2023s, a blue-chip in-stock roundup, and our upcoming White Burgundy tasting—a rare opportunity to taste some of the region’s top crus, producers, and vintages side by side! Use this guide to target what to drink now, what to cellar, and where to focus.
Read MoreDomaine Samuel Billaud has definitely entered the discussion about top domaines in Chablis. They are definitely shoulder-to-shoulder qualitatively with Droin, Fevre, Pinson, Billaud-Simon, Christian Moreau, and Louis Michel.
Read MoreThe roots of Seguinot Bordet trace back as far as 1590 in Chablis. The modern incarnation is the Domaine Seguinot Bordet, which is run by Jean-François Bordet. Jean-François Bordet fashions top-notch estate Chablis, Chablis Vieilles Vignes, as well as 1er Crus and Grand Cru offerings. Aiming for wines of purity that display both Chablis typicity as well as a wealth of gorgeous fruit notes, the wines of Seguinot Bordet are fantastic drinking from Chablis.
Read MoreDomaine Etienne Sauzet is easily among the top three to four estates in Puligny-Montrachet. They fashion wines of amazing grace, purity, and richness with that alluring and distinctive feel great Puligny-Montrachets achieve. Farmed organically since 2006 and biodynamically since 2010 with a certification in 2013, Sauzet’s wines are spectacular and can be enjoyed in their youth or cellared so they develop even more complexity and depth.
Read MoreWith a history that dates back to 1590, Domaine Seguinot-Bordet’s roots in Chablis run incredibly deep. Jean-François Bordet oversees the day-to-day operations at their 16 hectare estate. The 2022 vintage in Chablis was much like the rest of Burgundy, it was one of the hottest vintages in recent memory. Yet, with few hiccups after May it, was a relatively easy growing season that resulted in a much larger crop than 2021 or even hot vintages like 2020, 2019, and 2018.
Read MoreChâteau Vitallis is in the town of Solutré surrounded by Pouilly-Fuissé vineyards in southern Burgundy’s Mâcon region. They can trace their origins back to 1835 when the Dutron family took over the domaine. The same family is still at the helm, with Denis Dutron in the driver’s seat and his son Maxime managing the winemaking responsibilities. They have an envious selection of vineyard holdings scattered across appellations focusing mainly on Pouilly-Fuissé.
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