Mâconnais

Brilliant 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.

This cracking Bourgogne Blanc from Damien Martin is a wonderfully unassuming linen fresh, peach and melon wonder. Just the right balance of pure fruit and bright acidity with a creamy undertow on the finish.

Young Damien Martin is making wines of such great quality it is remarkable how very affordable they are. This has lovely rich fruit lines pepped up with intense citrus notes and softer shades of firm peach. It is juicy w...(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)

This was bottled on the 28th August, and is 12.8%. Aged entirely in large foudres. Bright and fresh and full of expressive juicy fruit - everything is more concentrated than the 2018 - and the acidity is excellent giving...(read more)

Very impressive. It hits the palate with a broad swathe of ripeness and sunshine. Yet it is nicely kept in with mouth-watering, juicy acidity. Crisp cox apple cuts through with refreshing zip and just lifts the nice, sap...(read more)

Already bottled, this has all the usual character on this excellent cuvée from Davayé, mineral, citrus, concentration and length, all in beautiful balance.

One of the undiscovered gems of our range, this Viré-Clessé Quintaine is a deep, powerful southern Burgundy. Viré Clessé is a sub-appellation in the northern Mâconnais that broke away fr...(read more)

From vines between 20-55 years old. More savoury than the 'En Crèches' - and a slightly fuller, riper fruit core holds sway. This weight and richness is surprising on the face of it as the cote the vines are on fa...(read more)

All aged in demi-muids with no new wood. The whitest and most mineral soil they have. Spicy and super-dry and bright. Firm and all in bracing brightness and minerality. 'A reductive and Chablis-like character' says Frant...(read more)

Their highest vineyard at 400m, this is south facing on red earth - lots of iron oxide. The soil and exposition counter the altitude to make a wine which is always their most expressive and ample - which is exactly how t...(read more)

Again a deliciously bright attack - but this has an imposing sense of weight and power in the shadows. Builds nicely - sleekly into quite a big broad polished weight. Gorgeous fruit. Firm white and yellow flesh. Sweet pe...(read more)