I read this recently in my inbox in a promotion:
‘Last May, Neal Martin offered six names in answer to the question: “Who’s Burgundy’s next superstar? Who’s the next Roumier, Rousseau or Coche?” Henri & Gilles Buisson made the list.’
My interest assured, I tried to find the respective Martin article but could not find it, Who are the other five next super stars?
And please feel free to add you personnel list of the next Burgundy super stars.
Cheers
https://francaboutwine.com/portfolio/domaine-henri-gilles-buisson/
From this question posed by Neil Martin from Vinous in May 2022 he nominated six emerging Burgundy producers: Domaine Marchand-Grillot, Domaine Boigey Frères, Domaine Benoît Moreau, Domaine Anne & Hervé Sigaut, Petit-Roy… and the wonderful Domaine Buisson.
Definitely agree with Petit-Roy… With the current prices and availability they are absolutely lovely!
I don’t know if he’s rising or he’s already a star, but Pierre Girardin (PVG) makes the most amazing Chardonnay. But the 2021 vintage has gone up so much in price and most shops are now hardly allocating his wines. Stock up while you can.
Are Benoit Moreau’s wines supposed to be better than those of his brother or even as good? Shame that they split up
Had a BB the other day. A 2021 so apparently from own fruit for the first time. A fine young Chardonnay, ambitiously priced. The last Bernard M I had was a village Ch-M a couple years ago, so not directly comparable. But Bernard more mineral , Benoit more lifted, citrussy.
Lopa just offered Petit-Roy just last week. I asked about it, didn’t hear much. Seemed like good buys. For now.
These lists are always fun and interesting but in 20 years of buying and drinking burgundy I have yet to see emerge a single “superstar” from Beaune. That isn’t to say that there aren’t great wines being produced there, but I just don’t see burgundy from Beaune drawing the same type of fanatical interest as the wines from nuits. One could say that Lafarge gets closest, and that J-M Bouley is the newest/next, but those are the exceptions that prove the rule as the prices for the top beaune are a mere fraction of the top nuits.
Les Horees…
I have had a couple of Sigaut 2017s and the potential is there. Too soon / too small a sample size for me at least to call them a “rising superstar”. The wines I had were very dense and structured - built for the long haul. Fwiw.
Marchand Grillot makes a Ruchottes Chambertin?
I guess they have a tiny parcel. Anyone tried it? That will be hard to source for my ruchottes tasting haha
I like the ones that I’ve tried - good, well-made wines. But the one that breaks the bank is from gevrey!
Ah true. The Beaune is a bargain.
is petit roy more for whites or reds? any recommendations?
as for beaune, agreed with a. gillette. will never get the cache of nuits but ive been over impressed with the domaine des croix 1ers ive had.
I wouldn’t say never. Climate change has the potential to make wholesale changes to how the wines will be. Probably the top sites will still do well, but increased physiological ripeness in CDB could make a big difference.
Lafarge and d’Angerville.
went to a crurated event here in the city a few weeks ago. first time trying the wines and was impressed across the board. and he’s a cool guy which is bonus.
Besides these and others like Nick Rossignol that are pushing $200 in 2020, I am starting to think that there’s still a fair amount of good Volnay 1er cru, not “super stars”, that hasn’t increased as much relative to the market that may be the value play for red Burgundy lately. I need to test this theory.
My Nicolas Rossignol bottles on winebid are still mostly sitting around, well at least half of them. I think they’re very underrated.
i am not sure i get the hype of petit roy or any of these micro negoces. of course they are ‘fairly’ priced but there is not much unique quality to the wines outside of being made in small quantity by an ex-pat. there are tons of projects like this in burgundy or rather all of france these days. remember maison des joncs? all are making tasty wines of course, but to me they are difficult to differentiate from one another. it is all minimally extracted and aromatic reds that could perhaps pass as cru beaujolais or very lean whites that could pass for something out of the jura. again this is not a bad thing but you can get better value elsewhere. cassiopee is offering higher quality wine (in an adjacent style) for my taste than a lot of these super boutique projects as well but i would still not consider them super age worthy or even interesting medium term prospects.