1er Cru Burgundy Bombshell 🥇 of Tasting @ Lowest $ USA

Saturday, March 29th, 2025

Dear Artisans,

Back in February, we caused a feeding frenzy when we poured the 2019 Michel Gay et Fils Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes Corton-Renards. We sold the entire stock still remaining in the United States — regrettably not nearly enough to go around since only 15 cases were imported.

History is repeating itself with Michel Gay's Old Vine Premier Cru. This wine floored everyone during yesterday's tasting. We still can't believe we offer this at half the price of the Grand Cru, when it's almost just as good!

This vineyard is sandwiched in between (and just a stones throw away) Beaune's two most famous Premier Crus: Clos-des Mouches and Les Greves. Both cost 2-3 times more:

We're able to offer this stunner at the lowest price in the country, providing you an affordable luxury to enjoy now or cellar for another 10+ years!

At just over 37 acres, Domaine Michel Gay is relatively small, but it incorporates vineyard plots in communes with storied names and spreads across a kaleidoscope of terroirs, including Chorey‐lès‐Beaune, Aloxe‐Corton, Savigny‐lès‐Beaune Premier Crus Serpentières and Vergelesses, three premier crus in Beaune, Toussaints, Aux Coucherias, and Les Grèves, as well as a small parcel on the Corton hill in the Renardes vineyard. Vines are between forty and sixty years old, and receive the same individualized attention as the grapes do at harvest.

The winery itself dates back only to 1992, when Michel and his brother split up their century-old family estate and decided to go it alone. Fifth-generation winemaker Sébastien Gay took over Domaine Michel Gay after his father’s 2001 retirement and today his son Laurent works alongside him. Their production is extremely small as they will only bottle the wines deemed up to the family’s standards and anything that doesn't make the cut is gets sold off to négociants.

We locked down the importer's last 5 cases (60 bottles) and WILL hoard every unsold bottle to ourselves!

Sante,

—James Tran

domaine-michel-gay-beaune-coucherias-premier-cru_1_3efc10ea-1fbe-4409-880b-0d8cb8d03965_1800x1800 image

2019 Domaine Michel Gay & Fils

Beaune-Coucherais Vieilles Vignes Premier Cru

While not yet reviewed, the wine comes from the 2019 vintage, which Wine Spectator rated 95 points and said it was the "best year since 2015 in the Côte de Beaune, with ripe, focused black fruit flavors, fine structure and freshness," while Wine Advocate went even higher, giving the vintage 96 points and declaring it extraordinary.

93 Points - Wine Spectator (2017):

"A silky, charming red, whose strawberry and cherry flavors are graced with earth and sweet spice accents. There is finesse here, but also a firm line of tannins for underlying support. A beacon of fresh fruit returns on the finish. 250 cases made, 20 cases imported." - Bruce Sanderson (Nov 2021)