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A really fascinating Champagne that you need to try - not from the most fashionable Grand cru sites, maybe, but made with extraordinary care and precision and it shows - the focus and sheer energy and zing are distinctiv...(read more)

The 2014 vintage marks the fourth iteration of Nyetimber's Tillington Vineyard (the previous being '09, '10 & '13), and it was one well worth considering - a possible Jubilee weekend treat!?

The grapes...(read more)

35% Chardonnay, 34% Pinot Noir, 31% Pinot Meunier. 100% malo. Aged on lees 46 months. Disgorged January 2020. Dosage 8g/l. From magnum. Tasted blind. Pale greenish straw for the first time in this tasting! Ligh...(read more)

Lovely weight of ripe fruit - citrussy like all the '21s, but with this white fruit, juicy pear quality too - nicely long.

Schist. Grenache, Syrah mainly. Old barrels for the Syrah. Richer and more substantial than Les Terres Blanches 2022. Really polished tannins but then they insist on the end so probably best to keep this wine a bit longe...(read more)

A jump up the the first of the premiers crus. An intensity of tight weave, taut and mouthwatering, fine expressive juice-filled tannins. Classy and long.

The ripeness of the 2018 vintage, lush and rich with soft tannins. Lovely drinking almost from now.

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)

100% Merlot on a buttonhole of purple clay in the Côtes de Francs. Very deep purple thick juice. Lively expression. Lots of weight and jolliness for this bargain-basement price. They think this is the best wine the...(read more)

46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, 12% Petit Verdot. First response - wow, this is just the second wine! Very attractive, sweet, concentrated and full. Really well done - decent weight of fruit and really good concentra...(read more)