Côte Chalonnaise

Cask sample. Light to mid crimson. Dark-red fruit and a touch savoury. Firm, chewy, packed with fruit. Honest, complete, juicy.

The style of the domaine is for dark wines with good richness, and this is all here, but it's fresher and tauter than the 2020, with a fruit given a higher tone and length by the fresher acidity.

This is lower down, where it's flatter near the village, and the extra ripeness shows in the richness, with softer acidity and it's more structured with slightly firmer tannins.

Darker and riper fruited than the Bourgogne. Firm, dry but not drying tannins. Structure more evident than fragrance at the moment. Sober, refined. Gently chewy finish.

Cask sample. Mid crimson. Peppery dark-red fruit. Firm, chewy, savoury. Generous fruit in a firm structure. Long, dark-fruited finish.

Mid crimson. Inviting aroma of dark-red fruits with a touch of crushed stones. Peppery, direct, red cherry on the palate. Structured perfectly for the fruit at the core. Long finish.

Did not taste - just racked the day we visited, from barrel to tank, to rest en masse before bottling.

Naugues, high on the hill and nearer the rock, is usually more structured and this is the case here too. For now the juicy texture is slightly subsumed by the texture, but the length is impressive and the tannins will so...(read more)

Mid crimson. Deliciously scented with non-sweet dark-red fruit. Such fine tannins but they really frame the fresh fruit to a T. Vibrant, fresh and rounded on the finish.

Mid crimson. Riper and darker-fruited than the Clos des Grands Voyens. The fruit is rich but fresh, deep, generous, framed by firm, youthful tannins. Needs more time.

Made from 55 year old vines on a stony limestone soil, with all the grapes destemmed. Very powerful deep purple, stopping short of black. Much greater density, plenty of tannins too but a limestone vivacity bursts throug...(read more)