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Every year we have the opportunity to taste the wines of Burgundy before they are released into the UK market, and sometimes even, before they have been bottled (en primeur).
This is the best way to buy Burgundy, with many wines selling out before they have even landed in the country, and for all wines, this is the best price you can get.
Below is our selection of our favourite wines from the fantastic 2023 vintage, plus some information on how En Primeur works and how you can secure your order.
Following the successful 2022 vintage, good conditions and fortunes continued through into 2023 with favourable weather and another bountiful harvest - in fact some sources have declared it the largest harvest in Burgundy’s history. But it’s not just about quantity - conditions throughout the season were such that quality and consistency appears excellent.
At the tastings, lots of producers were talking about the green harvesting they did through the summer - going through the vineyard and dropping some bunches to manage yields and produce more concentration in the grapes remaining on the vine. A lot of hard work in the vineyards has clearly delivered some fantastic wines and producers seem very pleased.
On the whole, the wines of 2023 are fresh and lively. There’s ripeness but it’s not overdone, and the acidity is there for balance. Almost across the board, the whites were fantastic - we were spoilt for choice. We had to be a bit more selective with the reds but when they were good, they were superb. All in all, 2023 is a really exciting vintage and has the potential to surpass 2022, particularly over the long term.
(prices shown are per bottle and include an 8% discount for En Primeur customers compared to the our normal shop price)
Whites
DOMAINE ADRIEN DEFAIX:
Chablis, Domaine Adrien Defaix £27.55
Chablis “Cote de Lechet” Premier Cru, Domaine Adrien Defaix £36.75
DOMAINE DE LA CROIX SENAILLET:
Saint Véran “En Pommards”, Domaine de la Croix Senaillet £25.30
Saint Véran “Le Grande Bruyere", Domaine de la Croix Senaillet £25.30
P & M JACQUESON:
Bourgogne Blanc, P & M Jacqueson £27.55
Rully Blanc 1er Cru “Vauvry”, P & M Jacqueson £38.18
DOMAINE JOSEPH COLIN:
Saint-Aubin Blanc “Compendium”, Domaine Joseph Colin £45.03
Chassagne-Montrachet Blanc, Domaine Joseph Colin £68.54
Saint-Aubin Premier Cru "Les Frionnes", Domaine Joseph Colin £58.65
DOMAINE FERNAND et LAURENT PILLOT:
Chassagne-Montrachet Blanc, Domaine Fernand et Laurent Pillot £64.35
Chassagne-Montrachet Blanc 1er Cru "Les Vergers", Domaine Fernand et Laurent Pillot £92.46
DOMAINE ERIC FOREST:
Bourgogne Blanc, Domaine Eric Forest £26.63
Pouilly-Fuissé “L’Ame Forest”, Domaine Eric Forest £36.34
Saint-Véran "La Renommée", Domaine Eric Forest £33.99
Pouilly-Fuissé “Les Crays”, Domaine Eric Forest £46.69
SYLVAIN PATAILLE:
Bourgogne Aligoté, Sylvain Pataille £25.30
Bourgogne Aligoté 'Auvonnes Au Pepe', Sylvain Pataille £51.98
Marsannay Blanc, Sylvain Pataille £47.38
DOMAINE JEAN-MARC PILLOT:
Chassagne-Montrachet Blanc, Jean-Marc Pillot £66.19
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Macherelles', Jean-Marc Pillot £83.26
Puligny-Montrachet 'Les Noyers Brets', Jean-Marc Pillot £68.03
OTHER PRODUCERS:
DOMAINE ROY, Chablis Grand Cru Bougros Vieilles Vignes £54.23
DOMAINE BERTHENET, Montagny "Les Coères" £26.22
DOMAINE LATOUR-GIRAUD, Meursault “Cuvée Charles Maxime” £70.80
DOMAINE BALLOT-MILLOT, Meursault “Les Narvaux” £87.86
MICHEL BOUZEREAU et FILS, Bourgogne Cote d'Or Chardonnay £35.42
Reds
DOMAINE HENRI MAGNIEN:
Côte-de-Nuits Villages ‘Clos F. Thurot’ Monopole, Henri Magnien £40.94
Gevrey-Chambertin, Henri Magnien £54.23
Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes, Henri Magnien £66.19
DOMAINE MARC ROY:
Bourgogne Rouge, Domaine Marc Roy £50.55
Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Marc Roy £95.22
SYLVAIN PATAILLE:
Marsannay Rouge, Sylvain Pataille £42.27
Marsannay En Clemengeots, Sylvain Pataille £61.18
OTHER PRODUCERS:
DOMAINE FRANCOIS RAQUILLET, Bourgogne Rouge £26.63
DOMAINE BERTRAND AMBROISE, Lettre d’Eloise, Bourgogne Rouge £23.69
DOMAINE P&M JACQUESON, Rully Rouge "Les Chaponnières" £33.07
DOMAINE JOSEPH COLIN, Chassagne-Montrachet Rouge £42.78
DOMAINE FERNAND et LAURENT PILLOT, Volnay Rouge £51.29
DOMAINE du COMTE AMAND, Auxey-Duresses Rouge Premier Cru £67.85
DOMAINE ROMAIN & SIMON PILLOT, Bourgogne Rouge La Pièce Carrée £22.95
DOMAINE JEAN-JACQUES GIRARD, Savigny-Les-Beaune Rouge £32.15
DOMAINE LEJEUNE, Bourgogne Rouge 'Les Grandes Carelles' £30.82
DOMAINE STÉPHANE MAGNIEN, Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru 'Les Monts-Luisants' £91.77
DOMAINE JEAN-MARC PILLOT, Santenay Rouge 'Les Champs Claude' £38.18
En Primeur is kind of like a wine futures market. It is a way to buy wine before it has been released into the market - quite often, before the wines have even been bottled.
The first (and most boring) reason is that this is the cheapest way, by far, to get hold of these wines. Once they have been imported into the country and word gets out, prices will shoot up. We will always offer a discount to our customers buying En Primeur with us.
The second reason is that many of these wines will not be available later in the year. Even in a plentiful vintage, such as 2023, the best wines (and the best value wines) will likely all be purchased before release. That means that if you want them, you have to lock them up early. Burgundy is the bestselling wine region in our wine shop, and a wildly popular fine wine region around the world.
At Beckford Bottle Shop, we've been in London tasting as many of the yet to be released wines as possible (it’s a hard life!). We've talked to producers and importers and have managed to score cases from some of the most sought-after winemakers.
Having decided on our final list, we've written descriptions of all the wines, allowing you to investigate this year’s Burgundy haul for yourself. We're confident that this list represents an excellent cross-section of some of the very best wines from the 2023 vintage and there should be something on it for everyone.
There might not be enough wine for everyone who orders from us to have every bottle that they choose although we hope that this is the case. The Burgundy order that you will place with us here is more of a "wish list". As soon as we close our En Primeur offer we will be in touch to confirm availability of all wines. We will try to distribute the most sought-after wines in as fair a way as possible.
You can browse the En Primeur wines on this page and add your chosen wines to your cart. Then simply go through the online checkout process as normal - there'll be nothing to pay at this point, but it will submit your order to us. Once we have arranged allocations, we will ask for a deposit of 20% of the value of your order.
The balance will be charged at the point that the wines arrive. It's difficult to say exactly when the different wines will arrive as many have not yet been bottled but from previous experience, the vast majority should arrive before the end of this year.
Most wine will arrive between July and December this year, and we will be happy to arrange deliveries of the wine once it has arrived. It is worth bearing in mind that a few producers held their wine back this year (from the 2022 vintage) and as such some wine was not made available until early this year. If a wine you ordered is taking longer than expected, we'll keep you updated.
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