Red Burgundy

If you’re after Pinot Noir, Damien Martin Escargot Bourgogne Rouge 2020, is beautiful: perfumed and sleek, refreshing and very moreish indeed. The vintage is in flux, but I’ve tasted both and both are recommended. Try it...(read more)

Red fruit and Pinot freshness on the nose, it's its usual silky self, fresh and bright, a Pinot for anyone in a thirst-quenching way at a sensible price.

(80% of the blend comes from cru vines in Beaujolais and the other 20% from the Hautes Côtes de Nuits). Ripe aromas of pepper, earth and red and dark currant give way to rich and relatively concentrated middle weig...(read more)

This appellation, defined in 1993, is for wines in the hills to the west of Dijon, at the very top of the Côte de Nuits. 100% destemmed. Just bottled when tasted in October 2022, and this is already expressive, a j...(read more)

Bright and perky fruit again. There is real energy here. Fruit is dark and damson like, concentrated - but nicely rich too. Like a black current coulis. Really good - Very delicious Pinot. Gourmande but still with bounce...(read more)

If you've been to Beaune you may know the avenue of plane trees on the route nationale to the south - this all comes from there - in the commune of Pommard, east of the road. Nicely bright, lots of very attractive Pinot...(read more)

(Fourneaux the name comes from the french word 'Four' - an oven, or hot place - this is a v warm climat) Less sophisticated perhaps than the Chorey but there is still lots to like. So concentrated, such tightly packed po...(read more)

Bright and very fresh aromas include those of red pinot fruit, cherry and a background hint of earth. I like the vibrancy of the delicious middleweight flavors that conclude in a mildly rustic finish. There is enough str...(read more)

(from a 70/30 blend of pinot and gamay; 90% whole clusters). An overtly peppery nose features notes of warm earth, red and dark raspberry plus an engaging hint of violet. The delicious, vibrant and nicely textured lighte...(read more)

Thibault has added another whole hectare of vines to sources of this cuvée, this time it's Côte de Nuits Villages which has been declassified. It's now 4.5ha in total. A lovely cuvée, 20% whole bunch,...(read more)