Lucien Le Moine

For those of you not yet familiar, Lucien Le Moine has simply been the hottest success story out of Burgundy of the last decade. The wines continue to receive rave reviews from every major critic vintage after vintage, and as a result are highly sought after by collectors and aficionados worldwide.

Mounir Saouma was a Lebanese monk, whose passion for wine was ignited during his studies at the abbey. He left the order, and along with his wife Rotem launched Lucien Le Moine in 1999 to produce micro-quantities from Burgundy’s finest terroirs. They produce a maximum of 100 barrels in all, only from the vaunted Grand Cru and Premier Cru vineyards of the Côte d’Or – only one or two barrels generally of each wine, resulting in a scant 25-50 cases of each bottling.

Outspoken, opinionated, and immensely talented – Mounir is one of the true characters in all of Burgundy. My visits to his ice-cold cellar are always the most unique and entertaining tastings every year – equal parts lessons in terroir, stand-up comedy, and theatrical flair. He is just now finishing up the bottling of his 2007s – being one of the last to bottle from this vintage. He felt the wines warranted an extra few months in barrel to maximize the lovely fruit and the purity of terroir that are the hallmarks of the vintage.

Each of the following wines are offered on a first come, first served basis, and all are subject to prior sale. The wines will arrive in our warehouse in late October, and will be ready for shipping ship or pick-up immediately thereafter.

Rotem Brakir & Mounir Saouma

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The Whites

2007 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 1er Cru - SOLD OUT >>

(from vines of approximately 100 years of age). “intense, detailed and refined flavors - they are racy, sappy and explosive on the bone dry and hugely long finish. The old vine concentration is immediately noticeable - there is clearly another dimension present here.” (91-93)/2013+ BH

2007 Meursault Perrières 1er Cru - SOLD OUT >>

“a floral and lemony nose that is followed by ultra detailed, energetic, delineated and almost painfully intense flavors that also seem to be extracted from liquid rock, all wrapped in a hugely long and palate staining finish. Terrific.” (91-94)/2014+ BH

2007 Corton Charlemagne - SOLD OUT >>

“this is exceptionally elegant with a white flower, spice, mineral and green apple nose gracefully introducing intense, powerful and notably finer big-bodied flavors that really are borderline painful in their intensity, all wrapped in a driving, tension-filled and beautifully detailed finish. Note though that as impressive as it is, the depth of material and austerity of the finish will require some years to flesh out. (92-94)/2015+ BH

2007 Batard Montrachet - SOLD OUT >>

“rich and full flavors - superb depth and unexpectedly good precision on the explosively long and palate staining finish. This doesn’t have the minerality of the Corton-Charlemagne but the textured mouth feel and sheer intensity are most impressive. And like the prior wine, note that patience will absolutely be required. (92-94)/2015+ BH

The Reds

2007 Volnay Clos des Chênes 1er Cru - SOLD OUT >>

“the nose is more complex, with sauvage notes that add nuance to the mostly red berry fruit aromas that precede rich, textured and precise middle weight flavors.” 90/2013+ BH

2007 Pommard Grands Epenots 1er Cru - SOLD OUT >>

“very rich and round flavors - there is excellent underlying material and seriously impressive length.” 91/2014+ BH

2007 Chambolle-Musigny les Charmes 1er Cru - SOLD OUT >>

“This is very ripe, indeed to the point where there are notes of mocha, coffee and dark berry fruit that merge into rich, round and generous flavors that are like the name, charming in their fashion, all wrapped in a sappy finish that evidences an attractive minerality and good verve.” (89-91)/2014+ BH

2007 Vosne-Romanée Beaux Monts 1er Cru - SOLD OUT >>

“A gentle hint of wood frames cool notes of cranberry, cherry and raspberry fruit aromas that are nuanced by hints of clove and anise that can also be found on the cool, fresh, minerally and detailed middle weight flavors that finish with lovely purity and fine vibrancy. An understated wine of harmony and balance.” (89-92)/2013+ BH

2007 Vosne-Romanée les Suchots 1er Cru - SOLD OUT >>

“A quintessential Vosne nose of spicy red, blue and black pinot fruit trimmed in a bit of warm earth that can also be found on the sappy, velvety and utterly delicious medium-bodied flavors that possess good amounts of dry extract on the mouth coating and solidly structured finish that displays very good length. A classic Vosne in every respect.” (90-92)/2014+ BH

2007 Clos de la Roche - SOLD OUT >>

“A more deeply pitched red and blue pinot fruit nose that has a slightly animale component to it as well as a floral note combines with focused, intense and broader medium full flavors that possess a more subtle minerality on the driving finish. A focused wine that epitomizes the phrase ‘power without weight’.” (91-93)/2015+ BH

2007 Charmes Chambertin - SOLD OUT >>

“red berry fruit and earth lurking beneath the funk that lead to vibrant, intense and rich flavors that possess a certain fullness yet with no loss of detail on the delicious, complex, sappy and impressively persistent finish. There is fine balance as well as plenty of material that enable this to age well into the next decade.” (91-93)/2015+ BH

2007 Echézeaux - SOLD OUT >>

“A ripe, pure and very spicy nose that is not particularly elegant but it is strikingly complex, layered and stylish with ripe, powerful, concentrated and mineral-driven flavors dripping with dry extract that really coats the palate and completely buffers the structural elements on the wonderfully long finish. This is a most impressive example and proves that Echézeaux is capable of delivering grand cru quality even if it often does not.” (92-94)/2015+ BH

2007 Chambolle-Musigny les Amoureuses 1er Cru - SOLD OUT >>

“A highly complex, fresh, layered and airy nose offers up an interesting array of spice, wet stone, raspberry and cranberry aromas that precede elegant, pure and equally stony flavors that possess some of the finest detail in the entire range while culminating in a focused, linear and mouth coating finish. Stunning.” (91-94)/2015+ BH

2007 Clos Vougeot - SOLD OUT >>

“A somber but gorgeously complex nose that is actually surprisingly elegant with lovely aromatic purity to the very densely fruited nose that complements notably ripe, earthy and serious medium full-bodied flavors brimming with dry extract and supported by firm but ripe structural elements on the generous yet precisely detailed finish. I quite like this as it’s powerful and intense but focused and extremely persistent.” (91-94)/2015+ BH

2007 Bonnes Mares - SOLD OUT >>

“A background touch of wood toast sets off a pure, complex and notably ripe nose of red and blue pinot fruit, earth and a hint of game that is also picked up by the intensely mineral suffused big-bodied and muscular flavors that possess a supple mid-palate but tighten up on the palate staining, detailed and wonderfully persistent finish.” (92-94)/2015+ BH

2007 Grands Echézeaux - SOLD OUT >>

“airy, cool and ultra pure floral red and blue pinot fruit, spice notes and a soupçon of warm earth that leads to powerful, focused and solidly structured big-bodied flavors that have a borderline chewy quality to the supporting tannins, all wrapped in finish that manages to come across as refined despite the chewiness. Terrific and one of the stars of the range in 2007 but note that patience will be required.” (93-95)/2017+ BH

2007 Romanée-St. Vivant - SOLD OUT >>

“the intensity of the floral elements are quite distinctive with every bit as much airy elegance and purity with the classic RSV spice notes continuing onto the detailed, minerally and beautifully precise flavors that possess an underlying reserve and a finish that is nothing but sheer class. In short, this is a knockout.” (93-95)/2017+ All tasting notes and scores courtesy of Allen Meadows – Burghound.com “BH”