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Howard Ripley's 2019 burgundies

Thomas Ventoura of Chablis

Forty more tasting notes, with prices, and a surprising number of relative bargains. See also this guide to our coverage of 2019 burgundy. Thomas Ventoura of Chablis is pictured above.

This long-standing London specialist in Burgundy and German wine Howard Ripley is currently offering a wide selection of 2019 burgundies and, out of the blue, offered me the chance to taste 40 wines in the offer. I assumed they were going to be in little bottles like all those samples from their 2019 German offer that I tasted last summer but in fact they turned out to be pristine...