Best Wines With Turkey This Christmas

Rich volume on the attack, and then the freshness of the vintage comes behind, tightening the tannins on the finish.

The 2019 Viré-Clessé had just been racked on my visit, therefore there was so much gas in this wine, as expected. Nevertheless, there is already fine balance and harmony, a keen line of acidity with a lovel...(read more)

Mid crimson. Riper and darker-fruited than the Clos des Grands Voyens. The fruit is rich but fresh, deep, generous, framed by firm, youthful tannins. Needs more time.

Vines approx. 35 years old. Francois ripped up all the older vines of big, productive grapes and planted after doing a massal selection. Much darker nose, blacker, mulchier fruit, with some rosehips. Great concentration...(read more)

40-45 year-old vines in 'les Crais', next to the white. There is some very white soil and some that's redder in the same parcel, this is from the redder part. A really good village wine, sappy and bright and there's sali...(read more)

This plot inherited from Adrien’s great-grandmother, who was a Colin.
Good rich ripeness to the fruit – greengages, with a touch of peachiness. Nicely balanced, great acidity and freshness.

From the Vosne side of the village, on quite sandy soils, this is already spicy and complex, with a supple juicy rich fruit.

100% whole bunches. This has a mass of fruit and ripe sweetness, juicily balanced and there's mineral too. Plots in Murots, Seuvrées and Creux Brouillard.

From 40 year old vines in ‘Les Houlières’ (just 200m from the Thomas-Collardot parcel.) This is good and straight and muscular. A very 'Puligny' Puligny. Drive, tension and power are the key notes here, but there...(read more)

Thump - in contrast to the Vergers. This is immediately much firmer. Really lovely fruit, but you can sense the toast here, a good spiced edge. More darkness, black baked damson and more intense, a touch of more bitter f...(read more)

Lovely. Great acidity, super fruit - this is poised and graceful. Good drive too - not a heavyweight - but pretty with a concentrated core. Sometimes this is very much a broader 'Goutte d'Or' inflected release - reflecti...(read more)

Classic, signature Langoa, evident sandalwood and cedar smoke on the nose, coupled with violet, peony and rose petals flowers, fresh acidites from juicy blackberry and raspberry fruits, still has plenty of grip that sugg...(read more)