In this episode, the Fine Wine team explores the intricacies of the 2024 Burgundy vintage, delving into the challenges faced by producers and the resulting characteristics of this year’s wines. Join Will, Joe, Aaran, Neville and Rene as they share insights from their tastings and experiences in the region as well as their top picks from our recent Burgundy en primeur tasting in London.

It's time for one of the most anticipated episodes of the year! Guy (Head of Fine Wine Buying) and Joe (Head of Monopole) are back in the studio with Will (Head of Fine Wine Sales), to discuss the 2024 Burgundy vintage. Following on from their many visits to the region, the team gives a detailed insight into the 2024 growing season, samples tasted and comparable vintages, an outlook on the market, a few fun anecdotes.

The team is hugely excited about the 2024s, which are elegant and fresh. The cooler season has made for a traditional style that will appeal to Burgundy lovers seeking aroma, verve and fresh drinkability.

The whites deliver chiselled citrus fruit with an impressive acid backbone — the best will rival the 2014s.

Burgundy’s 2024 wet spring and summer hit yields, particularly of Pinot Noir in the Côte de Nuits. By contrast, the hardier Chardonnay grapes saw near-normal volumes in places, albeit with notable exceptions in Chablis, due to frost and hail, and parts of Puligny-Montrachet. However, sustained spells of sunny, breezy weather in August and September kept the vines healthy and brought ripeness over the line.

The 2024s are wines of panache that have a place in every Burgundy collection.

The Corney & Barrow Fine Wine Team is back with a brand new season of Burgundy Unpicked, which can only mean one thing: Domaine Leflaive 2024 is about to be released. The first in our lineup of Burgundy en primeur releases, Domaine Leflaive is, without question, one of the highlights of the year. Listen to Guy, Joe, and Will as they discuss tasting the 2024 vintage at the domaine, this time with new Leflaive Technical Director, Amandine Brillanceau, who took over from Pierre Vincent earlier in 2025, following a seven-year stint at Louis Jadot.

The Fine Wine team is back in the recording studio to discuss a gem of the beautiful Piemonte region: Giacomo Conterno. Now at the helm of this celebrated Barolo house, having assumed the mantle on his father Giovanni’s untimely death in 2004, Roberto Conterno has not accepted the responsibility lightly. Hard work and attention to detail, allied to near fanatical traditionalism and perfectionism, has produced award-winning wines year on year in the Barolo estate, as well as in the higher altitudes of Gattinara, where his Alto Piemonte venture Nervi-Conterno is located. Gear up for a deep dive into the Conterno world, including the latest releases from Giacomo Conterno and a few recommendations for foodies...

Following the final episode of Bordeaux Unpicked Season 2, Will and Guy turn their attention to Germany — a country close to Corney & Barrow’s heart, and home to iconic producers such as Wwe. Dr. H. Thanisch and Joh. Jos. Prüm of the Mosel, and A. Christmann in Pfalz. Fresh from their recent trip, they offer an overview of the regions, their viticulture and winemaking practices (including experiments with AI) and, crucially, the outlook for the 2024 vintage.

The Fine Wine team is joined by C&B Bordeaux Buyer & Senior Broker Marc Ditcham to discuss their final thoughts on the 2024 Bordeaux en primeur campaign.

In our second to last episode before the close of the 2024 Bordeaux campaign, the Fine Wine team, joined for the first time by Broking's Max Edge, discuss one of the most exciting releases of the year: Château Trotanoy. Exclusive to Corney & Barrow and owned by the Moueix family, this wine is the purest expression of Pomerol, according to Head of Monopole Joe Muller, who boldly proclaims: "if you like Pomerol but have no Trotanoy in your cellar or reserves, then you do not like Pomerol." Would you agree?

As another week in the Bordeaux 2024 campaign draws to a close and we enter the final few weeks, Joe, Will, Guy and Neville still have plenty to discuss! Kicking off with Peter Sisseck's Château Rocheyron 2024 — a great success of the vintage — they then offer their thoughts on the Clarence Dillon stable, Ausone, Leoville Poyferré, and more.