(80% of the blend comes from cru vines in Beaujolais and the other 20% from the Hautes Côtes de Nuits). Ripe aromas of pepper, earth and red and dark currant give way to rich and relatively concentrated middle weig...(read more)

36 barrels instead of the normal 60, from about 4.5 hectares. All destemmed. Really delightful pinoté fruit, all tautly constructed, sweet-fruited and floral - bien fait.

20-30% Pinot Blanc in the vineyard. Long fermentation, so still half-made when we tasted. Good volume and body, it's something a little different, but very likeable. Not very deep soils - it's on pebbles.

Part of Beaux Bruns is Premier Cru, so this is close - on clay, a richer palate than Thibault's 'Vieilles Vignes' cuvée.

On the south side of the village, but exposed to the north, or it would have been a Premier Cru at this level of the slope. On red clay with limestone under - like Les Borniques (which it is above) and Le Musigny, says T...(read more)

Very sweet and charming on nose and attack, this seems initially a little too easy after the dark depth of the Les Saint Georges, but despite the relative lack of muscle it remains coherent, sleek and totally pure, a ver...(read more)

Aux Leurey was planted in 1937. It's the second vineyard in Premeaux (coming from Beaune) below the road, opposite Clos de l'Arlot, (and next to JJ Confuron's 'Vignottes'). Shallow soil with 20-30cm at the top and a metr...(read more)

Part of Beaux Bruns is Premier Cru, so this is close - on clay, a richer palate than Thibault's 'Vieilles Vignes' cuvée.

On the south side of the village, but exposed to the north, or it would have been a Premier Cru at this level of the slope. On red clay with limestone under - like Les Borniques (which it is above) and Le Musigny, says T...(read more)