New Arrivals from Jean-Claude Rateau in Beaune 2017 - 2025!
New Arrivals from Jean-Claude Rateau in Beaune 2017 - 2025!
Click here to read the original article from our August 17th, 2026 newsletter.
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Please note, any wines listed as sold out will be available again on/around 9/10/26. Please inquire if you are interested in purchasing any of these wines!
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2017 Beaune 1er Cru Les Bressandes
Jean-Claude Rateau has a large parcel in the 1er Cru Les Bressandes on a steep slope facing east with pebbly clay/limestone soils, conducted in biodynamic farming since the 1980s. Even with the minimal extraction practiced at the estate, the 2017...
$68.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2018 Beaune 1er Cru Les Bressandes
(Pre-Arrival) Jean-Claude Rateau has a large parcel in the 1er Cru Les Bressandes on a steep slope facing east with pebbly clay/limestone soils, conducted in biodynamic farming since the 1980s. The soil is warm and well-drained giving ripe, structured wines....
$68.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2024 Beaune 1er Cru Les Coucherias (Blanc)
(Pre-Arrival) Beaune 1er Cru "Les Coucherias" is a steep parcel high on the slope, on the site of an old quarry and much of the sub-soil is limestone tailings, permitting root penetration and drainage, with a topsoil of mixed clay...
$61.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2023 Beaune Les Prévoles
The 2023 Beaune Les Prévoles (a lieu-dit below 1er Cru Chouacheux and les Tuvilains) is the most structured and dense of the Rateau Beaune "village" reds, showing beautiful ripe aromas of cherry and black raspberry with rose, earth, citrus and...
$49.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2023 Beaune Clos des Mariages Rouge
Located toward the bottom of the slope beneath Beaune Grèves and adjacent to Les Cents Vignes, Clos des Mariages is a mix of young and very old vines planted in clay and brown limestone soils. The 2023 is a bit...
$51.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2024 Beaune Clos des Mariages Rouge
Located toward the bottom of the slope beneath Beaune Grèves and adjacent to Les Cents Vignes, Clos des Mariages is a mix of young and very old vines planted in clay and brown limestone soils. "This fertile soil gives wines...
$51.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2024 Hautes Côtes de Beaune Rouge
From a small parcel of 50 year-old vines in AOC Hautes-Côtes-de-Beaune, certified Biodynamic, "lyre ouverte" pruning. The wine shows a bright medium red/garnet color and very floral aromas of berry fruits - crushed cherry and strawberry, quite pretty, fresh and...
$37.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2025 Bourgogne Rouge
The Rateau Bourgogne Rouge is certified organic and Biodynamic, from both young and 60 year-old vines in the commune of Pommard on alluvial soils over limestone. The wine is aged sur-lie for 6 months in old barriques. The 2025 is...
$29.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2025 Hautes Côtes de Beaune Blanc (Arrives 10/1)
Jean-Claude Rateau makes lovely Biodynamic wines in the Hautes-Côtes-de-Beaune in his east-facing vineyard of clay/limestone and marne soils. Quite racy and bright even in the ripe 2025 vintage, the wine shows lovely aromas of lemon, almond, stone, spiced pear and...
$33.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2023 Gevrey-Chambertin
The Gevrey-Chambertin by Jean-Claude Rateau is from two small parcels in "Aux Etelois" (below Grand Cru Griottes) and "les Epointures" (below 1er Cru Clos Prieur) on the more fine and aromatic side of Gevrey, south of the village. Organic and...
$74.99
