Côte Chalonnais

Much more on the red fruit spectrum, cherries, raspberry, palate has nice weight, richer tannins, structured with a good balance of acid.

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.

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 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.

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.

Slightly more macerated fruit on nose, plum and creme de mure thicker almost flatter. Sweeter, thicker fruit delivery, ripe cherry and plum, still good acid but overlaid by richer fruit weight, a...(read more)

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)

From the excellent 2010 vintage, this verges on 93 points (gold) and may well get there – it's by no means fully mature, although make no mistake it's delicious to drink now. The nose is Burgundi...(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.