Lighter on its feet, cherry, strawberry, with some toasty oak notes, grippy rich tannins, again red fruit, cherry, strawberry, stony depth, decent acidity, with some wood notes on the finish.

Spicy, mulberry and plum fruit, rich full grippy tannins, nice ripeness, dark fruit, wood notes, good acid, decent length.

Lovely ripe succulent strawberry and red cherry fruit, some wood. palate has grip and bite, core of ripe red fruits, toasty oak, elegant and balanced.

As one might expect, this is fatter and rounder than the Volnay, with a touch more sweetness and more structure and tannin too - but all fine in texture - the clay that this is on gives a Pommard...(read more)

(no Chenes this year - all in this village wine, as pre 2015.) Tasted from barrel. The weight strikes you immediately in the mouth. Good caramelly, nicely oaky feel, smartly judged. Quite broad f...(read more)

Clay and lots of limestone, but is the soft yellow limestone, and this makes for the wine's classy yet easy charming appeal vintage after vintage. It is above Épenots and Argillieres, very much o...(read more)

Laurent has nearly a hectare of this 'lieu-dit', which is below the Premier Cru La Maltroie. This is the first time he has vinified it separately, as he has been working on it for several years after bu...(read more)

Very Puligny, that line of hard stone, somehow mouthwatering freshness making a straight line through the palate and energising the quite opulent ripe fruit texture, and making it nicely long. Mo...(read more)

We can never get enough of this superb value Puligny so were pleased to hear that 2016 was not completely catastrophic in terms of quantity here. Brighter, tighter feel than the Chasagne. More zi...(read more)

While still in the 'line' of the wines of Laurent's cellar, this betrays it's Meursault origins with a broad density. Is that a hint of beeswax or honey? Quite an appetising touch of sweetness in...(read more)

After the Charmots this has a much blacker fruit style, an almost carbon blackness. Structural and solid, but still with good fruit all the way through, this needs a touch longer to come out prop...(read more)

Less open and obvious than the Vide Bourse for now, but the volume and mineral is here. As so often this is less sunny and smiling at this stage, but full of coiled energy. Very long.

This is very attractive. Bright fruit notes, but full too. Good clean, obvious fun. Quite a presence. Long, and the more mineral core keeps on pushing. No chance to make Les Fairandes this year,...(read more)

Super - this is like a perfect mix of the last two (Chassagne Village & Puligny) - bright and fresh - no tartness to the acidity - just bright and clean. I love the ripeness and the concentration...(read more)

Quite young vines here, a vibrant wine with a greenish tint and fresh sappy feel. Pure and limpid with a subtle herbal notes.

Still on the lees, never moved from the barrel - no racking. More concentrated than usual. Because of the vintage's low yields. Yes there is ripeness to the fruit - an intensity which is mind-bog...(read more)

Creamier richer style, peach, fig and sweet melon, the palate is generous, toasty creamy, rich peach and fig, generous and with good acidity, nice length.

(no Chenes this year - all in this village wine, as pre 2015.) Tasted from barrel. The weight strikes you immediately in the mouth. Good caramelly, nicely oaky feel, smartly judged. Quite broad f...(read more)

This is very attractive. Bright fruit notes, but full too. Good clean, obvious fun. Quite a presence. Long, and the more mineral core keeps on pushing. No chance to make Les Fairandes this year,...(read more)