Côte Chalonnaise

This has that textbook Pinot Noir nose of red berries and black pepper. Not overly ripe but bright & joyous. A little bit of grip on the palate adds a bit more seriousness. Nice acidity. Overall a very good Bourgogne...(read more)

Usually this wine spends 12 months in barrel, but they decided to go earlier in 2022 as they were so short in 2021. Erell said they could get away with this because fortunately it is a delightfully forward vintage. On th...(read more)

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.

Bottled last week and no dimming the lovely nose. Very inviting waft of flower blooms and Pinot fruit. Warm red berries. Fresh attack with cool acid and lovely push. Fruit is quite broad in the middle - but still quite p...(read more)

Bought it in 2016. This is their biggest single holding. 2.5 HA. 4 parts: some planted in 80s, 70s and 00s. Low on slope, and clay-rich soils. Grapes here are abundant with thick skins, so Pierre is really careful with t...(read more)

Very inky and ripe, dark fruit bursting through on the nose. Mulchy black cherries and hedgerow fruit, but with a definite pinoté lift, with a touch of violet on the end. Really quite juicy, but elegant too, and w...(read more)

Smells more loaded, more full on than the Chaponniere. Much broader, deep with fruit - again that acidity though. Really impressive. Nicely ripe - but perfectly lifted. Acid not really from the early harvest - as everyth...(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.

The 2023 Vasées was mid-racking when we visited - we had to straddle the pipes in the cellar as the wine was withdrawn from the barrels and put into the large inox tank for blending. We tasted just the younger vin...(read more)

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.

Cask sample. Mid crimson. Darker fruited than the Rully Marissou but still so fragrant and just a touch, nicely, stemmy. Dry, gently chewy tannins. Modulated, long