Not yet racked and ready - but this is a proper sample blend of the different cuves. Will be bottled in early 2018. Nice weight and gentle patina of gloss here. This is sleek and has gentle 'suedey' grip that keeps it real and nicely textured. Attractive and pretty, but not a whopper. Pret...(read more)

On oolite blanche, a chalky clay. This has a deep colour and is well filled-out, with a darker fruit expression and a bigger, rounder mouth-feel. A supple, hedonistic, fruit-forward wine, a little bit of breezy saline mineral keeps it fresh and sappy. Good length.

Philippe explains that he must be very gentle with the wine-making to avoid over extraction or you get hard tannins and too much heft here. In 2016 he has been successful! It is more burley for sure. Quite broad and big. More shoulders than the Marsannay - but there is a really good level...(read more)

Supple start with ripe fruit. Red cherry brightness and seems quite zippy although the acidities are generally low this year.

Powerful and massive wine from clayey soil next to grand cru Ruchottes. There is dark colour, and rich tannin as well as fruit - a bit of a brute but no shortage of character, and the fruit is very much equal to the structure, it just needs time to harmonise.

Philippe's vines in Charmes are right up under Griotte Chambertin, where there is more stone ('calcaire d'entroques' or crinoidal limestone) and this gives wines with more elegance - the topsoil soil is very shallow here. An immediately appealing florally fruity nose, and the palate shows...(read more)