Côte de Nuits

From Petits Puits. Mostly on hard limestone - 'calcaire d'entroques'. Really quite expressive, the limestone seems to reflect a brightness of tone in the fruit, a good level of richness and a cer...(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, a...(read more)

This is made from vines from Thibault's own domaine and some bought fruit - all from village level vineyards in Marsannay, Ladoix and Cotes de Nuits Villages. The nose is straight and firm, mediu...(read more)

Deep nose with more black fruit in the depths. This vineyard faces due south, on limestone, so it has a good combination of a very sunny expostion and always ripens well. A sunny black fruit aspe...(read more)

From vines ten kilometres west of Nuits, on white marl and limestone. Quite a rich and fleshy nose, with more weight than the other Hautes Côtes cuvées. Vines that face straight south, and it is harves...(read more)

Tasting superbly at the Lea & Sandeman Summer party. Pretty, floral, blueberry and petals. Ever so slightly chilled the volume and structure here are perfectly countered by the fine lines and a c...(read more)

A racier, riper nose (than the Hautes Cotes), although the palate is very much in the same family, a bit more tannin but still saline and sweet in equal measures. Long and succulent.

The vines here are now 15 years old. Pale and bright and precise - very much in the style of Anne's wines. Saline, sappy, with good juice and flow, good harmony and length. Pretty.

As so often a paler colour here. Possibly rather on the back foot - nose is discreet, but although there is a lovely harmony in the mouth this is not fully expressive yet.

Old vines indeed and it's obvious in the creaminess of the fruit. Very rich and velvety, dense fruit savour. Perhaps not the length of really class terroirs, but for the money…

At the edge of the bottom of a combe, this is on a mostly clay soil with calcareous rubble washed down from the valley. Wines on these deeper soils can be more structured, take longer to 'get the...(read more)

A blend of Clos Solon, Cognets and a little bit of Chenevery. Initially quite closed, not as juicy as the Bourgogne, with more depth and tannin. Seems a little reserved until the finish, when the fruit...(read more)