Red Burgundy

This is richer fruited than the Bourgogne, a clear step up in power, but it also has that bright line - lifting 'pinch' of juiciness. The dark fruit is ripe but nicely indulgent, a delice. A bramble crumble here. Red and...(read more)

After the Chorey this is more high-toned - more tightly packed. In fact this is really quite ‘senior’ feeling. Lovely gentle tannins - add shape and drive - but no dryness. Good fruit weight - less sweet than Chorey - an...(read more)

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 i...(read more)

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)

Three parcels. Sweetly soft, cushiony on the palate, gentle and pure, on soils with more clay than the Bourgogne, so less structure, but a lot of volume. Long, long finish.

Just next to 1er Cru La Comme vineyard on the Chassagne side of the village. It is quite a high, rocky vineyard. Lots of dark fruit. A sappy and almost wild underlying weight of darkish flesh, drawn out and freshened by...(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)

Darker spicier attack on the nose, black cherry, dark chocolate, plum notes. Palate is more centred taut concentrated and serious, tannins fuller fatter more intense, dark chocolate, black cherry, sexy, ripe and long.

Again good density - slightly more serious than the Santenay in structure, so the fruit is less open for now, but more intense and longer.