Côte Chalonnais

Francois will bottle this in July. 30% is raised in steel cuve with the remaining 70% in older barrels on their 2nd or 3rd year. There is a delicate feel to the perky, rich fruit which is full an...(read more)

More fragrant, higher toned, cherry, raspberry, aromatic and bright with some floral notes. Palate has flesh and grip, damson, cherry fruit again aromatic, good acid, ripe present tannins with oa...(read more)

Lovely but less pronounced nose with fragrant and concentrated black raspberry, cherry and wood spice. Good grip on the palate, bright acid, rich tannins, spice, black cherry, lovely and long. Th...(read more)

Mulberry and damson fruit, fragrant and with some wood spice, rich tannic structure, plenty of black cherry, plum and dark chocolate, with some complexing dark notes for the oak, rich and quite f...(read more)

Darker fruit - a real dark depth. Still much the same gourmandise as the Vieilles Vignes, just a touch more serious, slightly peppery spicy fruit.

Less pronounced nose, sweeter, cherry and strawberry fruit, some oak notes. Palate is decent with core of cherry, plum and strawberry fruit, denser less length, good acidity, grippier tannins, li...(read more)

Myrtle and blackberry quite rich and intense, touch of ginger spice, carries on to the palate, that has great extract rich dark berry fruit, quite succulent, ripe tannins, smooth, rich and quite...(read more)

The Naugues is the 'Monsieur de la Cave' says Francois and you can immeditaly sense the swagger and the impressive weight to the wine. The 1er Cru Naugues vineyard gives smaller grapes which are...(read more)

Saturated black cherry, strawberry fruit nose, higher toned, fragrant some toasty oak. Palate has immediate grip and weight, taut, ripe acid, dark fruit core, more mineral with rich oak on the fi...(read more)

Deep colour and the expressive damson that seems to be the 'fruit flavour' of 2011. Easy black fruit on the palate, but never becoming soft - appetisingly bracing.

On clay-limestone with lots of iron oxide. Black fruit and dense damson, then a mineral firmness with tugging tannins giving bulk on the palate, a blackcurrant streak too. Very dense and tight.

On pure limestone, a much harder soil. Seems more open, a sunnier softness. Supple and round. Fine tannins build, fully supported by the harmonious fruit. Good length.