The White Burgundy Issue—Names to Know + Blue-Chip Collectibles

K&L Buyer Alex Pross maps the White Burgundy landscape, highlighting his current obsessions. Inside: a Chablis discovery (Seguinot Bordet), Sauzet’s benchmarks, Samuel Billaud’s standout 2023s, a blue-chip in-stock roundup, and our upcoming White Burgundy tasting—a rare opportunity to taste some of the region’s top crus, producers, and vintages side by side! Use this guide to target what to drink now, what to cellar, and where to focus.

• A Wonderful Chablis Discovery: 2023 Seguinot Bordet
• Domaine Etienne Sauzet: A Titan of Puligny-Montrachet
• The 2023s from Samuel Billaud Are Top Notch
• In Stock: Blue-Chip White Burgundy
• Upcoming Tasting — Limestone & Lineage: A White Burgundy Exploration

The roots of Seguinot Bordet trace back as far as 1590 in Chablis. The modern incarnation is the Domaine Seguinot Bordet, which is run by Jean-François Bordet. Jean-François Bordet fashions top-notch estate Chablis, Chablis Vieilles Vignes, as well as 1er Crus and Grand Cru offerings. Aiming for wines of purity that display both Chablis typicity as well as a wealth of gorgeous fruit notes, the wines of Seguinot Bordet are fantastic drinking from Chablis. Keep reading On the Trail.

Domaine Etienne Sauzet is easily among the top three to four estates in Puligny-Montrachet. They fashion wines of amazing grace, purity, and richness with that alluring and distinctive feel great Puligny-Montrachets achieve. Farmed organically since 2006 and biodynamically since 2010 with a certification in 2013, Sauzet’s wines are spectacular and can be enjoyed in their youth or cellared so they develop even more complexity and depth.

Moderate use of oak and a light hand in winemaking make these wines the perfect vessels to display the typicity and terroir of each of these unique vineyard appellations. Etienne Sauzet is one of my personal favorite producers and I happily drink almost all the wines they produce from their entry-level Bourgogne Blancs all the way up to their exceptional 1er Cru Puligny-Montrachets. These wines are newly in-stock and in limited quantities so do not delay or you’ll be disappointed! Read more about these incredible wines here.

Domaine Samuel Billaud has definitely entered the discussion about top domaines in Chablis. They are definitely shoulder-to-shoulder qualitatively with Droin, Fevre, Pinson, Billaud-Simon, Christian Moreau, and Louis Michel.

Samuel Billaud struck out on his own in 2009 after being the winemaker at Billaud-Simon for several years. Thanks to a new winery facility and newly purchased vineyards, Samuel Billaud was in a position by 2015 to fashion some amazing Chablis. Only the Grand Cru sees new oak, about 15%, while the rest age in small stainless steel tanks. 2023 was an exceptionally warm vintage and the wines are loaded with deep, pure orchard fruit notes while retaining excellent acidity and salinity.

We are thrilled to have six fantastic offerings from Domaine Samuel Billaud. Read more about these picks On the Trail.

From Montrachet and Chevalier-Montrachet to Corton-Charlemagne, this tightly curated set captures the benchmark whites of the Côte de Beaune. Spanning 2021–2023 with scores up to 98 and razor-thin allocations, these are reference-point bottles for serious cellars—shop early.

Calibrate your palate across the Côte de Beaune with a six-wine study of benchmark sites and producers. We’ll contrast villages and premier crus—Joseph Colin’s razor-edged St-Aubin 1er “En Remilly,” two stylistically distinct Chassagnes from Philippe Colin (2022) and Jean-Marc Pillot (2023), Sauzet’s precise Puligny-Montrachet (2023), Latour-Giraud’s silken Meursault 1er “Genevrières” (2023), and Sauzet’s high-slope Puligny 1er “La Truffière” (2023). Expect a clear read on site and vintage—2022’s breadth alongside 2023’s tension—plus a comparative look at texture, acidity, and mineral drive from hillside to mid-slope. Ideal for collectors fine-tuning buying strategies and cellaring plans.