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.

Tasted with at the domaine with Damien, this is a particularly successful vintage. ' Fruit et finesse' is how he describes it, and it has that expressive Mâconnais sunny ripeness, a classy roundness on the p...(read more)

A delicious succulent easy going white burgundy, firm melon notes, a zip from a lovely citrus line and a gently creamy feel. Very pure and bright with a delicious easy drinking nature. This is a real calling card for Dam...(read more)

A long-time favourite, this is such a wonderfully reliable White Burgundy. Classic in style, with great drive and weight. Unwooded for clean lifted refreshment but with a nice weight of pear and solid peach fruit to keep...(read more)

Since taking over from his parents, Damien has been edging up the quality here year on year. A wonderful and classic expression of Saint Véran from vineyards in Davayé, arguably the very best of this quite...(read more)

The 2023 Mâcon-Villages Clos Saint-Pancras, raised in foudres, has gained a little more detail on the nose since I tasted it from barrel last year. Bright and malic. The palate is well balanced with a keen line of...(read more)

NE facing – faces the En Creches on Solutre. Just bottled today. A bit more of the wood showing, but very attractive. Spicy, delicious. Much more savoury and tightly wound at this point, but the power is palpable. Give t...(read more)

The 'Alliance' here is the coming together of 5 parcels: One in Fuissé (below Perrières) - the rest all around Vergisson. All the vines range between 50 - 70 years old. One of the parcels is on clay - 4 on...(read more)

As I reported last year, the 2020 Viré-Clessé Quintaine is a strong rendition of this cuvée. Exhibiting aromas of honeyed orchard fruit, lemon zest and white flowers, it's medium to full-bodied, with...(read more)

This has wonderful bite and bounce. Quite a busy complex palate – ripe, beautiful, complete fruit. A real pertness to the fruit. Super delicious and balanced, bags of energy, gorgeous. You can see why this is Frantz’s fa...(read more)

The vines here are Frantz's youngest at just 20 years old - but they are placed very high at 300m facing east on limestone, with very little soil. Except for one tiny plot in Vergisson this is the latest vineyard he pick...(read more)

This is raised in 1 new barrel - and the rest in Demi Muids. So just a small percentage is new. The vines sit at more than 400m Frantz's highest site - facing south - potentially warm, but always cooler because of that g...(read more)