Côte de Nuits

Stéphane has developed an interesting technique with his Passetoutgrains, (a blend of Gamay and Pinot Noir) which involves heating the cuve to 38C at the end of the fermentation, and then letting...(read more)

Fantastic aromatic expression, supple sweet black fruit combined with a sort of backbone of straightness.

Silky and fresh juicy expression wrapped in smooth volume. Excellent from now.

Dark colour and quite a Gevrey sort of nose, good volume and a lively precision on the palate. Juicy firm finish with good acidity.

Lovely fullness and brisk precision. Perfect Bourgogne really. Virgile makes this from one hectare he owns and another hectare bought in, all from the villages of Chambolle, Morey and Gevrey, all...(read more)

This wine certainly stood out at the wide-ranging Drouhin tasting. Some definite class and spice. A bit of oak showing, but the finesse and succulence is there and this floats - there's some good...(read more)

Quartiers and Chaillots - a bit more old vines in it that last year. Lovely high-toned fat red fruit expressive juice. Supple and silky. Cherries and that lovely tannin.

At the bottom of a combe, but just round the corner and out of the wind, facing due south. It is on a soft, friable, 'tuffeau'-like limestone which is almost chalk. Nicely ripe and opulent. Sunny...(read more)

Ripe and grand, at once betraying it's origin 'on the Côte' (it is from Corgoloin, just south of Nuits). A underpinning of hard stone giving a brightening support and vivacity. Rich and supple, b...(read more)

A south-facing plot which is sunnier and ripens earlier and easily, and always seems to be a distinctive black fruit character. Silkier and finer than the Échezots for now, attractive with its da...(read more)

Thibault's cuvée of Bourgogne includes village-level vines from Ladoix and Marsannay, which he de-classifies to make one decent-sized cuvée. Just one pigeage. Good precise fruit, but quite backwa...(read more)

Only just finished malo, and the fruit is ever so slightly on the back foot. Chunkier, more structured blacker style than the Marsannays.