Côte de Nuits

From two separate parcels with differing soils, each brings its own personality with a fresh fruitness undercut with some complexing oak and a certain earthiness. Lovely mouthful of dark cherry and raspberry fruit that is supported by a juicy acid and some delicious sappy tannins.

This has a more mineral underbelly than the village wine. I like the energy and the more lifted feel. Quite poised, light on its feet. Good bright red fruits. Balance of freshness is excellent with the nicely ripe red berries. The vines here are facing due south. The vineyard is heavilly l...(read more)

Philippe explains that he must be very gentle with the wine-making to avoid over extraction or you get hard tannins and too much heft here. In 2016 he has been successful! It is more burley for sure. Quite broad and big. More shoulders than the Marsannay - but there is a really good level...(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 it will keep the drive and juice. Nice finish.

Deep colour, good concentration on the nose, dark fruit, a touch of sweetness, fine tannins already so well melted into the wine. Beautifully balanced. ' Millerandage saved us', said Thierry at the time - the small berries that result from a poor flowering and fruit set gave a con...(read more)

All from a lieu-dit called les Athés, vines planted in 1902/3. Fine Chambolle floral fruit nose, and then the surprisingly dense powerful old vines palate. Full of juicy Pinot fruit and lightening length.

All the body of the village wine with a bit extra, really marked out by it's delicate nose of red fruit, the pointedness of which carries though the palate like a thread of red light. Fat and full, but on a taut aerial.

Darker expression again. Cassis, good supple volume, weighty without heaviness. Pure and firm - Lots going on. Really very attractive, although Thiery say it tasted better the week before and that it is lacking expression today, which suggests there may be yet more to come.

Very aromatic. Rich and fine at the same time. There is a little sweetness, but above all there is precision. But the hedonistic side is strong too!

Not the density of Virgile Lignier's wine, for example, but this is its own thing, richer than his village wines, still with a lovely delicacy, and there is intensity too, but expressed in precision, with a lovely depth to the fruit. Great elegance.

Great delicacy of raspberry and cherry-stone fruit, but the overwhelming impression is a wine of place, of a firm chalky soil which gives it a character all of its own, more about mineral and light and airy scent than fruit. The finish is remarkable for chalky, talc-fine tannins which real...(read more)

Powerful and massive wine from clayey soil next to grand cru Ruchottes. There is dark colour, and rich tannin as well as fruit - a bit of a brute but no shortage of character, and the fruit is very much equal to the structure, it just needs time to harmonise.