Christophe Patrice
Petit Chablis 2024
All-steel, no oak, no malo. Chablis stripped to mineral spine. Lemon zest, oyster shell.
$46.00
Chablis · Côte d'Or · Beaujolais
Bourgogne, by the climat.
Chablis at the top, the Côte d'Or in the middle, Beaujolais at the bottom. Cool-climate France, limestone, family domaines, and bottles picked for producer clarity.
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Two anchors
Chablis, or Côte d'Or.
Sub-region
Chablis
Northern Yonne · Kimmeridgian limestone · Chardonnay only. Mineral, taut, salty. Pierrick Laroche, Christian Moreau, Christophe Patrice.
Sub-region
Côte d'Or & Beaujolais
50km Pinot/Chardonnay heartland (Marsannay → Santenay) plus Beaujolais Gamay. Domaine Collotte, David Duband, Lucien Muzard, Metrat.
The domaines
Producer shortlist.
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France · Chablis · since 2010
Pierrick Laroche
Twenty-five hectares in Maligny, north-west Chablis. Pierrick Laroche runs Domaine des Hates, the family estate established by his father in the 1970s, and produced his first vintage under his own name in 2010. From 2016 he added a small negoce operation buying must from neighbouring growers, expanding the range to include Premier Cru Beauroy, Beauregard, Vau de Vey and the Grand Cru Bougros. In 2019 he inherited 8 further acres in southern Chablis around Courgis, including Premier Cru Les Butteaux.
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France · Chablis · since 2002
Christian Moreau
Christian Moreau took the family back into estate-bottling in 2002 after selling the negociant business, J. Moreau & Fils, to the Boisset group. The domaine sits across all seven Chablis Grand Cru vineyards — including Clos, Valmur, Blanchot and Vaudesir — plus several Premiers Crus, all on the Kimmeridgian chalk that defines the Chablis AC.
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France · Chablis
Christophe Patrice
Lean, mineral Chablis kept entirely in stainless steel. Christophe Patrice is a small Chablis grower bottling Petit Chablis, Chablis village and a varietal Chardonnay.
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France · Marsannay-la-Côte, Burgundy
Domaine Collotte
At the northernmost village of the Cote de Nuits, Marsannay-la-Cote, Domaine Collotte works around 14 hectares across Marsannay, Fixin, Gevrey-Chambertin and Chambolle-Musigny. Philippe Collotte runs the estate with his daughter Isabelle.
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France · Hautes Côtes de Nuits, Burgundy · since 1990s
David Duband
Extended whole-bunch fermentation on village and premier cru wines, organic principles, vines in Gevrey-Chambertin, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Chambolle-Musigny and Marsannay. David Duband works from Chevannes in the Hautes Cotes de Nuits, where he set up his domaine in the 1990s after training in the Cote de Nuits. A negociant arm sourcing across the Cote de Nuits came later.
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France · Santenay · since 1645
Lucien Muzard & Fils
Brothers Claude and Herve Muzard farm sixteen hectares across Santenay, Pommard, Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet, with vines averaging around 55 years old. Domaine Lucien Muzard & Fils sits at the southern end of the Cote de Beaune and is in its ninth family generation.
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France · Fleurie, Beaujolais · since 2008
Domaine Metrat
Traditional carbonic maceration of Gamay across Fleurie, Morgon and Chiroubles. Domaine Metrat is a Beaujolais cru estate based in Fleurie and family-run by Bernard Metrat and his son Jonathan.
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Pierrick Laroche
Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy 2023
Maligny-grown Premier Cru. Old-barrel-aged but never oaky. Salt, struck flint, ripe fruit.
$84.00
Domaine Collotte
Marsannay Rouge · old vines
Northernmost Côte de Nuits village. Honest Pinot at quarter of Gevrey prices.
$78View
Lucien Muzard & Fils
Santenay 1er Cru Clos Faubard
9-generation family Santenay at southern Côte de Beaune. Honest 1er Cru Pinot.
$135View
Christian Moreau
Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos
The reference Grand Cru parcel — oyster-shell limestone NE of Chablis. Allocated.
$245View
Domaine Metrat
Fleurie · old-vine Gamay
Pink granite, serious carbonic. Lifted red fruit, violets, pepper. Drink slightly chilled.
$52View
Vintage chart · Bourgogne
Bourgogne vintages, at a glance.
Burgundy is the region where vintage matters most. Bourgogne 2022 is widely held as the best young vintage in a decade. Reds and whites can diverge — Chablis often runs counter to the Côte d'Or — so we rate both colours separately.
Year
Conditions
Drinking noteRedWhite
2024
Cool, slow, even ripening. The textbook Burgundy growing season.
Just bottled (whites); reds in barrel. Cellar releases when announced.
2023
Wet spring, warm summer, healthy yields. The first generous year since 2018.
Drink whites now (Chablis singing). Reds for medium cellar — 8–15 yrs.
2022
Warm dry summer, modest yields, balanced ripeness. Charming, open, drinkable young.
Drink early village reds now to 2030; whites already singing.
2021
Catastrophic April frost (60% crop loss), then cool wet summer. Tense, classical wines from those who saved fruit.
Cellar — both colours need 8+ years. Chablis was excellent; Côte d'Or whites superb.
2020
Hot dry early-harvest vintage. Concentrated, ripe, dense. Defines the new Burgundy.
Long ageing curve — wait until 2030 for reds. Whites at peak now.
2019
Hot August, cooler nights. Powerful but balanced. Modern classic vintage.
Mid-cellar drinking — reds peak 2027–2034. Whites singing.
2018
Hottest growing season on record, generous crop. Fruit-forward, lower acidity.
Drink village wines now. 1er Cru and Grand Cru reds: 5–8 more years.
2017
Cool spring, warm summer, classic ripeness. Restrained, elegant, very Burgundian.
Peak window for whites now. Reds keep another decade.
2016
Late frost, tiny crop. Saved fruit gave concentrated, structured wines.
Reds entering window; whites peak. Tight allocations.
2015
Hot dry summer, ripe concentrated reds. One of the modern benchmarks.
Cellar darlings — reds peak 2025–2040. Whites past peak for some.
2014
Cool wet vintage. Modest yields, careful selection required.
Whites are excellent and at peak; reds for everyday drinking now.
2013
Cool difficult year. Hail damage in places. Top growers made cleaner wines.
Drink now — soft red structure has held up better than expected.
2012
Small crop, intense ripeness. Classical concentrated style.
Reds at peak now to 2030. Whites past their peak; drink soon.
2011
Wet difficult vintage. Picked early to avoid disease.
Drink immediately. Best growers still showing well.
2010
Cool late vintage, perfect ripeness. The reference classical year.
Peak window. Reds in beautiful drinking; whites at full maturity.
Caravan tastes the vintage before we write the note. Indicators reflect the Bourgogne vintages generally; individual climats, villages, and vineyards diverge.
How to shop Bourgogne
Three moves.
Domaine-bottled only
We don't carry négociant Bourgogne. If the label doesn't say Mis en bouteille au domaine, we don't list it. Family-grown, family-made.
Chablis is the value point
Same grape as the Côte d'Or, half the price. Patrice's Petit Chablis is the gateway; Moreau's Grand Cru Les Clos is the cellar piece.
Buy north before south
Marsannay (Domaine Collotte) is the northernmost Côte de Nuits village — proper Pinot at a quarter of Gevrey prices. The smart Burgundy move.