Côte de Nuits

Blue-edged vivid colour. Supple, lots of volume with a lightness of touch - very attractive. Needs to open up a little aromatically, but the finish suggests good concentration of fruit. Lovely village wine.

From vines ten kilometres west of Nuits, on white marl and limestone. The vineyard has great exposition on a 40%, south facing slope. This is always ready to pick at a similar moment to the Côte wines, the first of...(read more)

This vineyard has lots of very white limestone - from where they originally got material to make white tiles. He says therefore that he does not feel the need to use whole bunch Such sweet fruit here - really pretty. Sma...(read more)

La Créole is a gem of a site, between Gevrey Chambertin Les Crais and the family's Fixin holdings. A mix of clay and small gravel stones. This is, as slways, softish and yet elegant. The lovely plump fruit is show...(read more)

Cask sample. Greater concentration of fruit than their Terres Nobles, but less expression of perfume. The palate has reassuringly full concentration and tannic grip to suggest good development of complexity in future.

After tasting the Marsannays this is a little more gently built. Lighter in feel. More red fruit - more dryness. Not as thick at all. There is a good mineral edge to the fruit. A chalky scrape that underscores the core o...(read more)

Cask sample. Punchy black fruit, tense acidity on the palate with reasonably full body to match. Good length, with clove spice and a touch of herbal garrigue adding interest.

80 year old vines here on this superb terroir. - a little lower than the Champs Perdrix vineyard. This is glossy and full but at no cost to the good, positive flow. Not delicate, not high-toned and airy - - but it is sma...(read more)

Sour cherries, citrus zest, dried leaves and some chili flakes on the nose. It’s medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins and tangy acidity. Fruity, zesty finish. Drink now.

Here too the nose is mildly reduced though the underlying herbal tea-inflected fruit seems fresh. The palate impression of the lighter weight flavors is sleek and bright along with ample minerality that emerges on the sl...(read more)

A gravel of broken limestone on the rubble washed down the combe. Little real soil makes this an early-ripening spot. Supple and silky, the limestone gives a surprising mineral brightness and energy. The freshness means...(read more)

Good ripe dark fruit nose. Cherry dark fruit, saline, fresh, easy in a supple way. Round and full and not aggressive.