Domaine Joblot, Givry Premier Cru (Burgundy, France) 2017

  With the sky-high prices of wines from the Côte d’Or, consumers who love the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay-based wines from Burgundy must look elsewhere within that region.  Givry, in the Côte Chalonnaise, is a good place to start, especially with the wines from Domaine Joblot, one of the top producers in the appellation.  L’Empreinte is a blend of their best barrels from a variety of premier cru vineyards.  It delivers the stony underpinning for which the wines of Givry are known as well as a welcome concentration and depth.  Refined and powerful, it shows that the charms of Burgundy exist outside the Côte d’Or.