Mâconnais

Damien has produced a 2017 which is more immediate than the 2016 was at the same stage, with open defined nose of classic Maconnais white flowers, easy fruit in the mouth and a nice fresh length.

A delicious and rather vivacious Macon thanks to the great 2016 vintage. Plenty of ripe fig, peach and citrus fruit on the nose. A lovely creamy/buttery note on the palate, that then comes alive...(read more)

2017 was more complicated than the perfect 2016 season here - but we are delighted with the latest release of our own-label Burgundy. As ever, it comes from the same single vineyard source near S...(read more)

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.

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)