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A difficult vintage across the whole region, yet 2024 should not be written off completely. Quantities are well down, but there are still many gems. Happily, our expert tasted more than 1,700 wines to find the best – you’ll need to act quickly to secure your choices, so begin your search with the 60 highlights shown here…

Wines are shown with Chablis first, then white and red Burgundies listed first by score, then alphabetically by producer. The 2024 wines are bottled from January 2026, hence prices, stockists and alcohols are generally not yet finalised. Contact specialist merchants for allocations or to enquire about en primeur tastings coming up. The following were Decanter Burgundy correspondent Charles Curtis MW’s selection for particular quality and value among the 1,750-plus 2024 wines in all that he tasted. If a wine here has been marked as ‘Top value’, it’s based on our predicted pricing given previous performance.

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