Mâconnais

A brilliant year here at Domaine de la Denante, Damien has nailed 2016 and once again this is a great value Macon from this family estate near Davayé. After the broader 2015, this has a very spar...(read more)

We are delighted with the latest release of our own-label Burgundy. As ever, it comes from the same single vineyard source near St Veran. 2016 is a great vintage here, brilliantly full but more p...(read more)

Fruit is rich and full with intense citrus and peach notes. Palate is juicy with creamy depth, ripe peach once more, with a lovely broad finish. A fantastic Maconnais wine and incredible value.

This is more serious than the Macon Villages. Fuller weight, yet remains bright and clear. Some pretty yellow fruit, less grip at the outset, but this does grow. Nice firm citrus notes and some h...(read more)

Broader more aniseed, fennel then citrus and peach, dense core of rich fruit, peach, sweet melon then aniseed and a creamy richness backed by great acid.

Tighter tauter nose more citrus, touch floral, then peach and butter. Palate has nice definition, great acid, citrus, fig and peach, creamy and ripe.

Intense lemon verbena, balm, then peach and flowers. Intense, deep and taut, core of ripe citrus, deep creaminess and lifting bright acid giving length.

Again tauter tighter, feathery citrus and peach fruitiness, creamy. Palate has a crisp bite to it, peach, fig and lemon fruit, chalky minerality, grip and length.

"Levroute" is a Mâcon dialect word meaning "the colour of the hare", a reference to the deeper colour of grapes starting to show the effects of noble rot.

This is very rare (as it is only made when exceptional vintages permit) it is the only fully botrytised wine made by Thévenet. It is fabulous, I am immediately reminded of my mother's wonderful homemade marmal...(read more)

Mushroom, creamed butter, quince and peach. Palate is rich with bright acid, ripe stone fruit, grip and balance, full flavoured with truffle and mushroom complexity.