Bruno Lorenzon: “One of the best addresses in contemporary Burgundy”

Last week, the Wine Advocate‘s William Kelley called Domaine Bruno Lorenzon “one of the best addresses in contemporary Burgundy”. He notes that “there are very few estates in the Cote d’Or operating on Lorenzon’s level today”. This is quite a claim for small estate in Mercurey – but one we entirely agree with. We have bought Lorenzon’s wines over several vintages, and they clearly demonstrate just how high quality can be in the often overlooked Cote Chalonnaise.

Lorenzon’s wines are the result of distinctive production methods. He trains his vines high, up to 1.8m, and uses high density planting of 14,000-20,000 plants per hectare, around twice normal planting density. This makes for extremely labour intensive viticulture, requiring around 800 man hours per hectare. In the cellar, macerations are long to ensure gentle extraction. Oak is expertly managed; Lorenzon trained as a cooper before setting up his winery and takes an active involvement in producing his barrels.

2020 was a warm vintage, producing dense structured wines across Burgundy, and, where conditions were right, exceptional quality. Lorezon’s 2020s looked very promising in both colours when we tasted them at the domaine last year, and William Kelley rates them above the highly acclaimed 2019s.

This is a domaine to watch. The wines are outstanding, and prices are still very reasonable in view of the quality.

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