Article: Henri Boillot 2024
Henri Boillot 2024
I've offered these Henri Boillot 2024s several times now over the course of this campaign, and each time, they've sold out faster than the offer before it. Honestly, I didn't expect to see another bottle of them. So when a supplier flashed me a taste of what was still sitting in the cellar, I didn't think twice — and I'm genuinely pleased to be able to bring you these previously sold-out cuvées again today.
What inspired this offer today was a bottle of 2010 Clos de la Mouchère, shared by a friend at a wine dinner Wednesday night. Absolutely stunning — the kind of bottle that reminds you why you fell for this Domaine in the first place. Thank you, TG.
My own history with Henri Boillot goes back to the mid-90s, when I got the chance to visit the Domaine on one of my first trips to Burgundy. I don't think I've missed selling a single vintage since. The 2024s offer everything you could ask for from white Burgundy. These are chiseled wines with cut and freshness that can only be described as "classic." I did get a chance to taste a number of these with the arrival of our first allocation at the beginning of summer and have been searching for more, as these are exactly what I look for in white Burgundy.
Although not as much wine as our original allocation, I didn't expect to be making another offer for these wines. If you missed these the first time around or maybe only ordered a couple of bottles, I'd suggest grabbing these before they sell out again.
This is the entry point into the spectacular lineup this year. A wine of energy and cut with tremendous freshness and length. This will round out and have a bit more flesh in time, hard not to like at this point however.
this is now from 100% domaine fruit in the vineyards of Petits Charrons, En Luraules, Chevalières, Casse Têtes and Les Pelles). Moderate wood sets off cool and airy aromas of green apple, acacia blossom, lemon-lime and crushed fennel. There is fine volume and punch to the utterly delicious middle weight flavors that possess solid mid-palate density while displaying excellent length on the bone-dry and zest-inflected finale. This is an excellent Meursault villages and worth a look.
- Burghound, 90/2031+
(from 1 ha of evenly mixed vines in Houlières, Charmes, La Rue aux Vaches, Rue Rousseau and Enseignères). Smoky reduction is sufficient to overshadow the underlying fruit so if you’re tempted to crack a bottle young, be sure to allow a few minutes for a thorough aeration. More interesting are the exuberantly fresh and bright middle weight flavors that possess good if not special density while exhibiting fine balance on the sneaky long finale. This is a lovely Puligny villages and almost delicate.
- Burghound, 90/2031+
A discreet though easily perceptible dollop of wood can be found on the aromas of citrus confit and Granny Smith that are also notably floral-suffused. There is a lovely sense of underlying tension running the length of the delicious and overtly stony flavors that possess a noticeably finer mouthfeel before culminating in a youthfully austere, complex and impressively long finale. This is lovely and worth your interest.
- Burghound, 91/2030+
An even more floral-suffused nose reflects notes of green tea, mineral reduction and a more subtle touch of wood. The tautly muscular larger-scaled flavors retain a similarly sleek mouthfeel while exuding a discreet stoniness on the powerful and impressively persistent finish. Poruzots always ages well and this well-made effort is going to need up to a decade of it to reach its peak.
- Burghound, 92
Moderate wood frames exceptionally floral-suffused aromas of citrus, spice and exotic tea nuances. The generous yet quite fine, even delicate, flavors possess a lilting mouthfeel along with a satiny texture that carries over to the impeccably well-balanced and hugely long finale. This highly energetic effort should drink well both young and with up to a decade of keeping. In two words, classy juice.
- Burghound, 95
(from 60+ year old vines and the vineyard is a whopping 4 ha monopole within Perrières). Here too the lightly wooded nose displays a panoply of floral nuances that include rose petal, lilac and acacia blossom with additional notes of just grated zest, spice and green apple. There is almost painful intensity to the slightly more concentrated and more mineral-driven flavors that conclude in a chiseled, youthfully austere and sneaky long finale that seems to go on and on. The Clos de la Mouchère is always excellent but in 2024, it is genuinely stunning.
- Burghound, 96/2034+
