Fine Burgundy Selection

Lovely Puligny like flavours. Quite powerfully broad - with a softish weight that reels you in - and yet the style is nicely pure and mineral. Clever balance between plush pleasure and purity of Puligny - which when done...(read more)

Very harmonious nose with a touch of cherry-stone ('Burlat cherry stone', says Virgile, showing how the French just know more about varieties of fruit and veg than anyone), and very fine tannins which give a certain body...(read more)

Attractive, quite full on the palate with balance and juice, but it was a little flattened by a recent SO2 adjustment when I tasted, and I'd expect it to put on weight and distinctiveness.

More limestone again here. Deep and bright nose all at once - dark plums and a high-toned mineral note too. Rich and suave and silky volume but there's lots of structure undernerath too. Deep, and long too. The underlyin...(read more)

Thierry says this is fuller, but in a way it is more discreet, even tauter than the village Chambolle. Very directed and a sense of hard, slatey mineral. 'Surprises by delicacy', says Thierry.

Ripe , almost spicy nose and palate is round and fat - all very attractive, and softer and seemingly readier than the Referts when we tasted. The streamlined length builds on the acidity - powerful finish

Three different parcels which he characterises as being 'finesse, flesh and structure'. He works to accentuate these characters, and then blends it back to a harmonious whole. The result is a wine that has real depth and...(read more)

Nice contrast to the Gevrey, this is a lovely juicy lifted style with classic Chambolle floral fruit. Quite relaxed, very pretty. This is 40% from Combe d'Orveau (premier cru), and 60% old vines from other plots.

Light cherry red. Broad and spicy nose. Some energy and confidence here. It finishes a tad dry at the moment but there is much tucked in here. Lots of interest – rare for 2011 which is generally quite simple. 2018-2028

Properly rich. A huge sensual weight of deep black fruit and succulent juiciness. Damson and blackberry fruit, but so much else besides - saline and intense too.

Seems quite oaky, but it's really just that the fruit is a little on the back foot. In need of a racking? No doubting the volume; it's as rich and full as it could be. Rich and tense and relaxed and velvety all the the s...(read more)

90% of the Clos got hailed, so this year all has been vinified together, with 30% new wood and 10% whole bunches. A mere 12 hl/ha, so that 5.2 hectares produced only 22 barrels. Juicy and dense, with firm tannins (as eve...(read more)