Karen Birmingham

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Vieilles Vignes Meursault Chardonnay 2025

Lyle Fass
9.4

Juicy, friendly vintage, with wood showing but plenty of energy behind it. Long finish, very pure, and already so easy to like. This has that 2025 openness but still enough structure to stay serious. — 11 days ago

Ray, Steven and 1 other liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Les Champs Fulliots Monthelie 1er Cru Chardonnay 2025

Lyle Fass
9.3

Great aroma. Spice, wood shavings, richer and denser than the 2024s, more round and generous, but still with energy. This has a broader frame and real depth. Big step up in volume and presence. — 17 days ago

Jay, Scott@Mister and 4 others liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Les Prévolles Beaune Pinot Noir 2024

Lyle Fass
9.3

Gorgeous red fruit and texture. Juicy, charming and substantial. Not the most elegant wine here, but the fruit sucrosity is amazing. So pure, so dense, and so delicious. This is Beaune with real stuffing and a big smile. — 7 days ago

Jay liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Les Caillerets Meursault 1er Cru Chardonnay 2025

Lyle Fass
9.7

Complexity on the nose immediately. Insane purity. Dense, deep, and the palate is just spectacular. This has premier cru authority all over it: power, line, mineral structure, and a finish that keeps building. — 7 days ago

Jay and Billy liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Les Toisières Monthelie Pinot Noir 2023

Lyle Fass
9.1

Gorgeous wine but the sulfur is a bit much. Will revisit. — a month ago

Jay, Ray and 3 others liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Les Champs Fulliots Monthelie 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2022

Lyle Fass
9.3

lovely and deeply fruited nose but also very mineral under all that. Juicy and super concentrated, silky and sweet but youngest of all the wines and very very mineral finish. Needs maybe 3-7 years. very delicate — 3 years ago

Scott@Mister, Ericsson and 3 others liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Les Charmes Meursault 1er Cru Chardonnay 2015

Nose is very saline. Some hazelnuts.

Palate is rich. No longer oaky (integrated) but it’s not bashful. Lovely salinity. Very Good balance for a rich wine.


I need to have this with chicken with cream sauce and morels.


This is ready to drink.

Fass selections.
— 3 years ago

Andrew, Severn and 1 other liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Les Meurgers Meursault Chardonnay 2024

Lyle Fass
9.5

Wow, what a nose. Wood shop, mineral, lemon, classic Meursault depth but the acidity is screaming in the best way. So fresh, so precise, and the lemony finish just drives and drives. 9.5 for me. This is a killer bottle. — 17 days ago

Jay, Scott@Mister and 5 others liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Pommard Pinot Noir 2025

Lyle Fass
9.4

Barrel sample. Dense and crazy. Stony, firm, elegant, animal, sous bois, with unreal concentration. This has that classic Pommard muscle but it is not clumsy. Wild, dark, structured, and very alive. — 7 days ago

Zach and Jay liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Sur La Velle Monthelie 1er Cru Chardonnay 2025

Lyle Fass
9.4

Barrel sample. Amazing tannins. Dense, mineral, and the explosiveness on the finish is insane. Fine minerality, crazy length, and that Boussey fruit intensity all stretched over a serious frame. This is going to be terrific.
— 7 days ago

Jay and Billy liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Puligny-Montrachet Chardonnay 2025

Lyle Fass
9.5

Floral and gorgeous aromatically. Juicy, hazelnutty, and beautifully put together. Architecturally sound, which is what I want in Puligny. Stunning wine. This has lift, polish, and real village clarity. — 7 days ago

Jay and Billy liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Les Saucours Savigny les Beaune Chardonnay 2020

2020 | Chardonnay
Domaine Laurent et Karen Boussey; Les Saucuors
Burgundy; Côte de Beaune, Savigny-les-Beaune, France
(90-92; Drink 2025-25)
— 3 years ago

Paul, Vanessa and 16 others liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Savigny les Beaune Pinot Noir 2022

Lyle Fass
9.3

floral, herbal and so pretty, wow the nose is so insane, so refined and elegant, concentrated and so juicy but a little grippy and in need of time. awesome sap and purity. Long limestone finish and so pretty. Exceptional. — 3 years ago

Tom, Ron and 2 others liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Sur La Velle Monthelie 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2017

Lyle Fass
9.2

Lovely aromas of cherry, minerals (limestone) cherry flower and some hints of red licorice. Very bright nose and very lifted. Palate is juicy and acid driven with terrific energy and wonderful driving minerality. Slight reductive funk on the nose blows off very quickly. A pretty wine and drinking well now. Very tangy and fresh with pretty tannins that are ripe. Like many 17’s this is gorgeously skinny. — 4 years ago

Andrew, Josh and 5 others liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Monthelie Chardonnay 2024

Lyle Fass
9.1

Little kiss of wood, sea air, mineral and finesse. Rich but energetic, sappy and very pure. This has that Boussey thing where the wine feels generous without losing its line. Delicious, clean, and seriously drinkable. — 17 days ago

Jay, Scott@Mister and 2 others liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Les Valozières Aloxe - Corton Pinot Noir 2024

Lyle Fass
9.3

Gorgeous wine. Red fruit, mineral, dust, grip. Juicy and tannic, with real substance and guts. Not trying to be elegant right now. This is a bruiser with a long, sapid, grippy finish and plenty of time ahead. — 7 days ago

Jay and Billy liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Volnay Pinot Noir 2025

Lyle Fass
9.4

Barrel sample. Denser than usual. Big mama Volnay. Chewy, dense, and loaded with unreal fruit. This has more body and push than I expected, but the village perfume is still there. Hedonistic Volnay with shoulders. — 7 days ago

Jay liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Les Taillepieds Volnay 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2025

Lyle Fass
9.8

Barrel sample. Nose is Burgundian spice cake. Melty tannins, insane fruit complexity, and that Taillepieds mineral spine underneath. This is elite. One of the most complete wines of the tasting. — 7 days ago

Jay and romo liked this

Domaine Laurent & Karen Boussey

Les Hauts Brins Monthelie Pinot Noir 2022

Lyle Fass
9.3

Gorgeous and opulent nose of dark cherries, mid season cherries, lovely fresh wet earth, penetrating minerality, decaying leaves and more. Stunning nose. 9.5 nose. Not that complex but so pure and precise. Palate is so juicy and ripe with gorgeous cherry fruit and epic cleansing acidity and terrific freshness. Cuts a swath across the palate Nose starts to get a lipstick like intensity after it airs out. Terrific tannins that are ripe and juicy. Really great energy here and length. Just a terrific value. — 2 years ago

Daniel, Jay and 8 others liked this

Clos d'Agon

Tinto Catalunya 2000

JKT
9.0

At Karen Warren reunion dinner. Perfect profile of acids slight oxidized profile, liked by most! Would have been perfect with food. — 3 years ago

Ericsson and Ira liked this