2023 Domaine Gerard Julien & Fils, Cote de Nuits-Villages

A committed group of vignerons is finally giving this AOC the attention it deserves, and at the forefront is Domaine Gérard Julien & Fils. Since taking the reins in 2012, Étienne Julien has transformed the estate through sustainable viticulture, rigorous yield reduction, and a commitment to letting terroir speak. We just tasted through Étienne's 2023s, and we have to be direct with you: these are the most open and inviting wines we've ever tasted from him. He has really dialed in the extraction, and the results are the prettiest, most balanced wines we've seen from this domaine in more than a decade of working with them. The '23s have an accessibility and elegance that makes them easy to love right now — but don't let that fool you. The Côte de Nuits-Villages is the flagship of the estate, spread over eight different parcels, and these wines have the structure for the cellar as much as the table.

What makes this moment so exciting is the value. In today's Burgundy market, these are $50–$60 wines that compete head-to-head with bottles twice their price. That's not hype — that's 10+ years of watching Étienne improve, vintage after vintage, always pushing, always asking how to do better. He's the kind of person you love to support and promote because he earns it every year. His wines maintain classic weight and integrity—dense, persistent, built to age. 

Sourced from multiple parcels across the appellation, this is the definitive expression of Étienne's house style. Look for red cherry, earthy minerality, and a firm but supple tannic structure that rewards 3–5 years of cellaring and drinks beautifully beyond that.