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.

The class of this vineyard on the rock always stands out, and this has an airy lift, a mineral side, and a juicy citrus brightness, all with the concentration of the year.

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

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)

Frantz told us that the parcels that make this cuvée were so outstanding in 2019 that they had to use them all, even if it does mean not that much of the Pastoral cuvée this year. All in barrel - there's no...(read more)

As usual there is a step up to this cuvée, which has a glossy, sleek feel, not too fat, a ripeness in the sense of bottled sunlight, with mineral brightness and crystalline definition. Very classy, very lovely.

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 marmalade...(read more)