Best Wines With Turkey This Christmas

Fragrant with myrtle, bilberry, damson and forest floor. Great drive with grip and some flesh, balanced, never heavy, but persistent with plenty of fruit and a good acid push to 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)

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)

2016 Pommard Charmots - This is drinking really well now. Probably Pillot's wine of the vintage! Ripe and forward. Still some primary fruit but edging towards something tertiary. Touch of tobacco and mushroom with dried...(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)

This bright, pure Viognier comes from plots high up above Ampuis. It has a freshness to it that is hard to resist. Clearly Viognier, but miles from the heavy, fat peachy style which is all too common here. This is nicely...(read more)

2021 Saint Joseph This is very much in the 'Northern' style of Saint Joseph, bright red fruits, pepper and violets, again wears the oak well from such a young domain, there is a lot to like here, and this domaine will ge...(read more)