Producer: Dehours et Fils
The Dehours Champagne Brut Grande Reserve is the result of an assemblage of Meunier, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, with a great percentage of vin de rèserve, fermented according to Solera methods, embraced by Jerome in 1998.
Producer: Jacquesson
The NV Extra-Brut Cuvée No. 744 is soft, open-knit and caressing. The natural radiance of the vintage comes through in the wine's ample, creamy feel. Apricot, spice, dried flowers, hazelnut and lightly honeyed notes are all beautifully laced together.
Producer: Jacquesson
For the 2018 harvest in Aÿ, Dizy, Hautvillers (68%), Avize and Oiry (32%), the previous winter was exceptionally rainy, this was followed by a mild, stormy spring. The weather changed from June onwards, becoming fine and dry, resulting in a particularly early harvest: we started picking on 30 August and finished on 11 September. The vines were in perfect...
Producer: Jacquesson
NV Extra-Brut Cuvée No. 743 (2015 base) is soft, open-knit and caressing. The natural radiance of 2015 comes through in the wine's ample, creamy feel. Apricot, spice, dried flowers, hazelnut and lightly honeyed notes are all beautifully laced together.
Producer: Bouquin Dupont Fils
A wonderful champagne, 100% Chardonnay of Avize from vineyards more than 60 years old. A base of citrus fruit melted with the scent, and taste, of a custard where there are also two drops of lemon juice. Delicious and enjoyable.
Producer: Jacquesson
2017, the harvest from Ay, Dizy, Hautvillers (66%) Avize and Oiry (34%). Winter and Spring were exceptionally dry; the beginning of Spring was mild but, in April, destructive frosts ravaged the vineyards, especially in the Côte des Blancs. Temperatures then rose and the weather was good until July. The end of the growing season was hot but very wet. The...
Producer: Dehours et Fils
The Champagne Rosè Oeil de Pedrix is the result of an assemblage of Meunier and Chardonnay from old vineyards. Flowery Champagne Rosè Extra Brut, particularly fine and fresh with a very limited production.
Producer: Podere Poggio Scalette
The 2021 Il Carbonaione is a regal, elegant wine. Silky, beautifully perfumed and persistent, the 2021 is everything I want from Il Carbonaione. All the purity of Sangiovese caresses the senses in a wine that is both textually intense and also light on its feet. Dark red-toned fruit, rose petals, cinnamon, new leather and cedar are some of the many...
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Soft citrus fruits and toast lifted by crushed stone on the nose. Fat and fruity but less showy than the Tillets. This is densely packed and rather serious wine, offering a glyceral texture but showing less of the vintage's exotic side. Finishes with lovely length.
Producer: Olivier Leflaive
Corton-Charlemagne is named after the Roman Emperor Charlemagne, who once owned the hill of Corton that the vineyards now rest. A wine of great class.
Producer: Domaine Leroy
Good medium red. Spicy cherry and redcurrant aromas. Juicy and precise, with good freshness and cut. Offers a lovely fruit/acid balance. With modest stuffing, this comes across as fairly tannic, but the finish is bright and persistent.
Producer: Domaine Roulot
The 2009 Meursault Perrières is a mode of coolness. It possesses tons of energy in reserve. With time in the glass hints of slate, crushed rocks, lime and white flowers start to take shape. The Perrières is simply breathtaking for its clarity and precision.
Producer: Domaine Coche Dury
Subtly complex aromas of lemon ice, mint and nutty, spicy oak. Rich, sweet and chewy, with a powerful minerality giving it great penetration for the vintage. This boasts wonderful inner-mouth perfume. Less obviously ripe than the young 2002 but possesses terrific lurking sweetness. Finishes very long, with notes of oatmeal and vanillin oak.
Producer: Domaine Leflaive
Very fresh, bright medium yellow. Knockout mineral-saturated scents of lemon cream, lime oil, acacia flower, vanilla, crushed stone, nut oil and iodine. Sappy and vibrant but at the same time utterly seamless, offering a compelling combination of refinement, concentration (especially impressive in light of the year's full yields) and acid balance.
Producer: Domaine Pierre Girardin
The Bâtard-Montrachet is a quintessential expression of this prestigious Grand Cru vineyard. It combines opulence and power with finesse and precision, showcasing the exceptional terroir of Bâtard-Montrachet. While it is approachable in its youth with decanting, this wine has significant aging potential and will develop even greater complexity and harmony...
Producer: Domaine Dujac
The 2020 Clos-de-la-Roche Grand Cru has an extremely pure bouquet with blackberry, raspberry, violet and crushed stone. This feels very focused and classy. The palate is very well balanced with supple tannins, fine acidity, very smooth and sensual with a welcome touch of bitterness towards the finish. A gorgeous wine, although I feel that Clos Saint-Denis...
Producer: Domaine de la Romanee Conti
The 2018 Echézeaux Grand Cru has a very deep hue. The extraordinarily pure bouquet features black cherries intermingling with blueberry and oyster shell, and later a hint of potpourri.
Producer: Domaine de la Romanee Conti
The 2019 Grands Echézeaux Grand Cru offers blackberry, briar, crushed iris flower and a light marine influence; this is just beautiful. The palate is silky in texture with spine-tingling acidity and good cohesion, gently building in the mouth toward a saline finish that fans out wondrously.
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
Jean Tardy Echézeaux is a wine of exceptional pedigree and refinement, showcasing the epitome of Vosne-Romanée's terroir. Its bold fruit, intricate spice, and velvety texture make it a wine of unparalleled complexity and elegance. While undeniably enjoyable in its youth, this wine has the potential to evolve and improve with age, rewarding those who have...
Producer: Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair
The 2017 La Romanée Grand Cru shows a minuscule touch of VA on the nose, but not enough to cover the intense brambly red fruit underneath, or the veins of blueberry and violet; instead, it lends energy to the aromatics. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, a killer line of acidity, and firm but fine, satin-textured tannins.
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
The 2020 Nuits Saint-Georges Au Bas de Combe VV has a clean and precise bouquet with black cherries, crushed violet and boysenberry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly chewy tannins.
Producer: Domaine Pierre Girardin
Pierre Girardin's Vosne-Romanée is a red wine produced with the greatest care and respect for the Burgundy wine tradition. This wine is made from carefully selected grapes and aged in French oak barrels for 18 months. The result is a fine red wine with a deep ruby colour and complex aromas of red fruits and sweet spices. On the palate, the wine is...
Producer: Domaine Pierre Girardin
Vincent Girardin Chassagne-Montrache displays a great aromatic richness while presenting the typical minerality of the clay-limestone and gravel soils of the Côte de Beaune. The aromatic bouquet opens with fine floral notes evoking the scent of acacia, and evolves into the sweetness of honey.
Producer: Domaine Armand Rousseau
Domaine Armand Rousseau is considered as one of the grand old domaines of Burgundy, with 14 hectares of noble old vines. Chambertin-Clos de Beze bursts from the glass with an exciting melange of blackberries, cassis, graphite, violets and exotic spices.
Producer: Leroy Negoce
On a vast plain slightly sloping, witha soil of limestone rich in ferruginous, the appellation Meursault produce very high quality Premiers Crus. Meursault wines are famous throughout the world for their golden color and their intense aromas.
Soft citrus fruits and toast lifted by crushed stone on the nose. Fat and fruity but less showy than the Tillets. This is densely packed and rather serious wine, offering a glyceral texture but showing less of the vintage's exotic side. Finishes with lovely length.
