Mâconnais

Brilliant white Burgundy at a remarkable price! Surprisingly deep fruit intensity, pear and citrus and firm peach. with impressively sleek texture and weight but this finishes bright and energetic.

We are delighted with the latest release of our own-label Burgundy. As ever, it comes from the same single vineyard source near Saint-Véran. 2022 is a great vintage here, brilliantly full of perk and drive. Perfec...(read more)

This has lovely rich fruit lines pepped up with intense citrus notes and softer shades of firm peach. It is juicy with great, creamy depth, riper peach builds on the palate more, with a lovely broad finish. A fantastic M...(read more)

Frantz's vines here were severely damaged by the April frosts where he lost 60% of the fruit - he was hit again on the 21st of June by hail - reducing further his yields. Thankfully what he has salvaged is of great quali...(read more)

Bright and beautifully polished fruit. Good concentration. Bright but ripe middle. Flows really well. Just great White Burgundy! Lemon, apple and some firm white and green melon flesh. Wonderful.

Delicious. There is a richness and a weight up front. Fruit is nicely ripe, yellow flesh of pear and apples but there is good texture too. A faint line of grip. Aged in a mix of Barrels and Demi-Muids for 12 months - nor...(read more)

Bright and pure. Lovely juicy mineral texture, long and really quite fine. Nice lively back-end.

Two thirds Macon Fuissé and one third Macon Vergisson, the latter having been so badly frosted there was not enough to make a cuvée on its own. Good fruit density, easy and attractive from the off, with an...(read more)

The Prélude comes from 4 complementary parcels, all quite early ripening, Frantz waits for the instant the fruit is just ripe , but balanced above all. No new wood, but in barrels and demi-muids. This is delicious...(read more)

As usual, this vineyard produces a richer, denser style of wine than the 'En Crèches', and this is clearly all here. For now a half-finished malolactic fermentation is giving a green apple edge, but this will go,...(read more)

There's fatness but the overall impression is of a dancing lightness of touch and lean purity. A very white stone soil with lots of active limestone. It's all aged in 600l demi-muids - it's the third vintage in the same...(read more)

The vineyard here is heavy with iron oxide, and high up the slope at over 400m. Facing south, it is arguably best in cooler vintages where Frantz can allow for long hang time on the vine. Again he uses no new wood, but b...(read more)