Laurent makes this from bought in grapes. Quite a nice feel. Good weight. Not subtle. Not quiet. Quite intense. A note of caramel on the edge. This is richly done. There is some acidity too, but...(read more)

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.

Really good. A huge step up in terms of feel and lift from the Bourgogne. This has proper shape and feel. Nice rich fruit - a bit richer than I expected, but it is nicely done. Poised enough and...(read more)

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

Spicier wood, rich cherry and damson fruit, palate again has grippy tannins, a nice elegant red fruit core, cherries and strawberry, nice acid with some toasty wood on the finish.

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)

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)

(from a .35 ha parcel). Here the wood treatment is more discreet though not invisible with distinctly earthy aromas of dark currant, raspberry and humus. There is a terrific mouth feel to the con...(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)

'Plus Classique' says Laurent. Yes, there is more pep here. Less intensity, less weight - but this is still powerfully structured. Good, Solaire and yet nice length. Goes on. Honey, soft melon an...(read more)

66 ares (100 of these to the hectare), in three parcels. Considerably more structured than the Charmots, but Laurent's vines are for the most part not on the hard white limestone of the top of th...(read more)

A different register to the Chassagnes, surprisingly mineral again, lovely freshness. All the fat of the vintage and intensity and length too. Very attractive.

This has just been racked and moved from barrel to tank - to make space for the big harvest of 2017s that need space now in barrels. Despite this 'unrest' the wine is impressively calm and togeth...(read more)

Wow. This has lots going on. Lots of zip and acid, led by a heavy hit of ripe, quite soft citrus fruit - some warm energy. An undertow of chalk and some fine scraping texture too. But it is the i...(read more)