Côte Chalonnais

Nice constitution, juicy and mineral. Fun summer pudding brightness goes through to the finish. Could wait two or three years, but it's a lovely defined fruit right now.

Darker more brooding backward nose, black cherry, damson, sinew and spice. Power and grip on the palate, amazing acidity, again dark and sinewy, intense and impressive.

Darker spicier attack on the nose, black cherry, dark chocolate, plum notes. Palate is more centred taut concentrated and serious, tannins fuller fatter more intense, dark chocolate, black cherry...(read more)

Very deep colour. Rich and harmonious. Rich smooth velvet texture, and pure fruit, pure Pinot, fresh blackberry.

Very different fruit is plumper, dark berry, fragrant and generous, touch floral (rose hip). On the palate the wine is also more generous, sappy, black fruit, juicy balancing acidity, elegant and...(read more)

Great aromatics of cherry, damson and mulberry, primary scented and open with some wood notes. Palate is filled with sour cherry, mulberry fruit, lively acidity, nice tannic grip, good weight and...(read more)

Classy definition here, the same blackberry and currant, but something more, this wants to be drunk. Lovely and fresh - firm texture and acidity.

50% whole bunch fermentation. Quite pale. Floral fruit - cherry bright. Very precise. Very supple tannins. Lovely, lovely balance and purity. The balance is such that you just want to gorge on it...(read more)

The deep colour of 2012. Rich body and a touch of sweetness. Ripe dark red fruit, all in balance and purity, this has some of the linen texture of the 2011 'Carline'. 5 weeks of gentle cuvaison,...(read more)

Significantly plusher than the 'normal' cuvee. A richer nose with a touch of black pepper. A little more tannin, but more volume too so it's a rounder, even though marginally more structured wine...(read more)

Much more serious than the village wine, a proper wine which needs a little time, voluminous thick velvet texture, lots of richness and dark, red and black fruit precision.

Bruno Lorenzon's masterpiece is the Piece 13. Complete and complex. Little sweet notes of fruit, chocolate, leather. Delicate but weighty entry; lots of volume, supple dry tannins and scented top...(read more)