Producer: Dehours et Fils
The Dehours Champagne Brut Grand Rèserve 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: Gerard Perseval
Gérard Perseval combines his extensive knowledge of biodynamic viticulture and his profound respect for nature to create structured and complex wines, treasures in bottles capable of exciting the senses.
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: 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: Jurij Fiore & Figlia
The 2021 Chianti Classico Sonocosì is fresh and light in body, all of which make it a good choice for drinking now and over the next decade or so. This north-facing site at 550 meters in altitude yields a lithe, aromatically expressive Classico loaded with character. Vinification and aging in oak keeps the flavors vibrant.
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 2019 Il Carbonaione is silky and racy in the glass. Scents of new oak are a clear sign the 2019 doesn't quite have the density of the very best years, but Il Carbonaione has a brilliant track record of aging.
Producer: Podere Poggio Scalette
The 2018 Il Carbonaione is one of the most elegant editions of this flagship wine I can remember tasting. Il Carbonaione is usually a rich, bombastic wine, but the 2018 is sleek, gracious and remarkably refined.
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Tardy's Bourgogne Hautes Cotes de Nuits offers an aromatic nose of red fruits, floral notes, and a hint of spice. On the palate, it is light to medium-bodied with a lively acidity and silky tannins, displaying flavors of cherry, raspberry, and a touch of earthiness. The finish is clean and refreshing, with a subtle hint of minerality. This wine is a great representation of the Hautes Cotes de Nuits appellation, with a bright and approachable character that makes it an excellent choice for everyday drinking.
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
End of the coteaux of Nuits, the last vineyard before Vosne-Romanée. Picked later than others, The Nuits Saint-Georges Aux Argillats 1er Cru needs some coaxing from the glass, revealing blackberry and hints of blue fruit lending some “light” with time.
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
The 2019 tightly wound red fruit is delineated and fresh, and a little floral in style, revealing touches of wilted iris. The palate is medium-bodied and grainy in texture. A nicely structured and classically styled Gevrey with touches of dry tobacco toward the tertiary finish. Impressive length courtesy of vines over 65 years old.
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
The 2019 Vosne-Romanée Vigneux has quite a precocious bouquet, but nicely defined and focused, featuring small red cherries, crushed strawberry and blood orange scents. The palate is sweet and rounded on the entry, offering black cherries mixed with touches of black pepper and a suggestion of tobacco. Quite Morey-like in style, with good structure on the...
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
This Nuits-Saint-Georges plays a lace-like score. When finesse and concentration are combined with such harmony, emotion is the order of the day. This great wine will deliver all its class over time, but it already has the prerogative of the great.
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
Tardy's Fixin La Place 2020 has a vibrant and expressive nose of red berries, floral notes, and a touch of earthiness. On the palate, it is light to medium-bodied, with a juicy acidity and supple tannins, showing flavors of raspberry, cranberry, and a subtle hint of spice. The finish is clean and refreshing, with a touch of minerality. This wine is a...
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
On the palate the wine is light to medium-bodied, with a juicy acidity and supple tannins, showing flavors of raspberry, cranberry, and a subtle hint of spice. The finish is clean and refreshing, with a touch of minerality.
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
The 2019 Fixin La Place is limpid ruby in color. It has a lovely bouquet of vibrant raspberry and blueberry fruit – très Fixin. The palate is supple and lithe in the mouth, the fine tannins framing the mixture of vivacious red and blue fruit.
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
Tardy's Gevrey Chambertin Champerriers 2020 has a complex bouquet of dark fruit, spice, and earthy notes. On the palate, it is medium-bodied with a firm structure, showing flavors of black cherry, blackberry, and hints of leather and mushroom. The tannins are firm and well-integrated, and the finish is long and satisfying. Overall, this wine is a classic...
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
The palate is medium-bodied with a pastille-like succulent entry, quite a gourmand Echezeaux, a little savoury, the oak is quite vocal at the moment. Pleasing bitter edge on the finish, four barrels produced.
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
This Gevrey Chambertin comes from a magnificent parcel of Champerrier with old vines. This superb wine expresses itself with elegance, power and depth. While keeping a great delicacy.
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
The 2019 Nuits Saint-Georges Aux Argillats 1er Cru, matured in 50% new oak, has greater intensity on the nose compared to the Champs Perrières, and the fruit profile is a notch darker. The palate is medium-bodied with a grippy, masculine entry. Broody and backward, this is a Nuits Saint-Georges that will benefit from cellaring. Very saline on the...
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
The 2019 Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits Cuvée Maelie Rouge, matured in 10% new oak, has a light nose of brambly red fruit, more raspberry than strawberry. The palate is medium-bodied with sharp tannins on the entry, and quite angular at the moment, but very fresh, with a pleasant peppery finish. Fine.
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
The 2020 Echezeaux Les Treux VV, matured entirely in new oak, needed quite a bit of aeration to peer behind the veneer of wood. There appears to be good concentration here. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe tannins, fine acidity, fleshy and rounded.
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
The 2020 Nuits Saint-Georges Aux Argillas has a well-defined bouquet with dark berry fruit, loam, a light marine influence developing with time. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, fresh and focused.
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
This Chambolle Musigny is a wine with an excellent punch and mid-palate density to the tautly muscular but generously proportioned medium-bodied flavors that deliver fine length. This well-made wine is almost always firmly structured.
Producer: Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils
The 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin Champerriers VV has quite a dense bouquet, a mixture of red and black fruit, an attractive floral element that becomes more pronounced with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit.
Tardy's Bourgogne Hautes Cotes de Nuits offers an aromatic nose of red fruits, floral notes, and a hint of spice. On the palate, it is light to medium-bodied with a lively acidity and silky tannins, displaying flavors of cherry, raspberry, and a touch of earthiness. The finish is clean and refreshing, with a subtle hint of minerality. This wine is a great representation of the Hautes Cotes de Nuits appellation, with a bright and approachable character that makes it an excellent choice for everyday drinking.
