While Burgundy has continued to rise in price, there are still some hidden gems to be found, and Pernand-Vergelesses is one of the best places to look. Not a domaine we offer often, the 2022 Maison Champy Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Île des Vergelesses comes from one of the village’s top red wine vineyards, a premier cru tucked between Pernand-Vergelesses and Savigny-lès-Beaune that often gives Pinot Noir with both structure and finesse. Maison Champy, founded in 1720, is the oldest wine house in Burgundy, and its long history in Beaune gives this bottle an added sense of classical handling. The 2022 vintage brings ripe, generous fruit and excellent balance, but Île des Vergelesses keeps the wine grounded with savory depth, mineral tension, and fine tannic structure. Expect red cherry, raspberry, spice, earth, rose petal, and subtle underbrush, with enough polish to drink well in the near term and enough backbone to age. This is serious Côte de Beaune premier cru Burgundy from a historic house, and a very smart buy for anyone looking for a great value in the category!
James Suckling 98 points! "What an amazing perfume this great Pernand-Vergelesses has. It is clearly the most extraordinary wine I’ve ever tasted from this appellation. Great red fruit and summer flower aromas, but also notes of hazelnut puree and wet stones. This starts super-silky on the medium-bodied palate, then, as it gently washes over you, it lifts all the weight on your shoulders and pulls you with it up into heavens. Incredibly graceful finish that stretches out toward infinity. From a 0.5-hectare parcel in this great site. Drinkable now, but best from 2026."
CellarTracker 91.5 as of 7-22-26
Jasper Morris MW 91 points! "A deep and dark purple with a concentrated and sultry dark fruit. Clean rich fruit, but the extra alcohol slightly hides the detail. Does not taste hot though. 14% alcohol."
Burghound 90 points! "his is also firmly reduced and unreadable on the nose. By contrast there is a notably finer mouthfeel to the sleeker and more mineral-driven middleweight flavors that offer solid if not exceptional length on the balanced, moderately firm and lightly austere finale."
2022 Maison Champy Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Ile des Vergelesses
2022 Maison Champy Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Ile des Vergelesses
While Burgundy has continued to rise in price, there are still some hidden gems to be found, and Pernand-Vergelesses is one of the best places to look. Not a domaine we offer often, the 2022 Maison Champy Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Île des Vergelesses comes from one of the village’s top red wine vineyards, a premier cru tucked between Pernand-Vergelesses and Savigny-lès-Beaune that often gives Pinot Noir with both structure and finesse. Maison Champy, founded in 1720, is the oldest wine house in Burgundy, and its long history in Beaune gives this bottle an added sense of classical handling. The 2022 vintage brings ripe, generous fruit and excellent balance, but Île des Vergelesses keeps the wine grounded with savory depth, mineral tension, and fine tannic structure. Expect red cherry, raspberry, spice, earth, rose petal, and subtle underbrush, with enough polish to drink well in the near term and enough backbone to age. This is serious Côte de Beaune premier cru Burgundy from a historic house, and a very smart buy for anyone looking for a great value in the category!
James Suckling 98 points! "What an amazing perfume this great Pernand-Vergelesses has. It is clearly the most extraordinary wine I’ve ever tasted from this appellation. Great red fruit and summer flower aromas, but also notes of hazelnut puree and wet stones. This starts super-silky on the medium-bodied palate, then, as it gently washes over you, it lifts all the weight on your shoulders and pulls you with it up into heavens. Incredibly graceful finish that stretches out toward infinity. From a 0.5-hectare parcel in this great site. Drinkable now, but best from 2026."
CellarTracker 91.5 as of 7-22-26
Jasper Morris MW 91 points! "A deep and dark purple with a concentrated and sultry dark fruit. Clean rich fruit, but the extra alcohol slightly hides the detail. Does not taste hot though. 14% alcohol."
Burghound 90 points! "his is also firmly reduced and unreadable on the nose. By contrast there is a notably finer mouthfeel to the sleeker and more mineral-driven middleweight flavors that offer solid if not exceptional length on the balanced, moderately firm and lightly austere finale."
