White Burgundy Buying Focus: 2020, 2021, 2022?

[Howard_Cooper]

@Howard_Cooper

I had a bunch of 2020 white Burgundy at the Paulee Grand Tasting in NYC in 2023 and had some more at Armand Heitz when I was in Burgundy in the summer of 2023. I liked most of the whites I tasted and thought they were better than the 2020 reds I have had, which seemed very inconsistent.

While I have loved the few 2021 reds and 2022 red barrel samples I have had, I have not had any 2021 whites and only one 2022 white. The one 2022 white I have had was a Droin Chablis Montée de Tonnerre. I thought the wines was very well balanced and had nice flavors but lacked some intensity and finish. This was the first wine I have had from Droin so hard to compare it to other vintages. For that reason, also hard for me to predict how the wine will age.

For more on 2020s, see

Grand Tasting at the Paulee - WINE TALK - WineBerserkers

Relatively short visit to Burgundy - WINE TALK - WineBerserkers