BOURGOGNE Aligoté 2021 Domaine Gachot-Monot Good value, reliably jolly wine.
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£15.50 |
VÉZELAY "La Chevalière" 2020 Domaine Élise Villiers The style of this wine is reminiscent of Chablis, but a little bit riper, being slightly further south. This cuvée is done entirely in tank to give a fruitier wine than "Le Clos" below.
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£16.95 |
VÉZELAY "Le Clos" 2020 Domaine Élise Villiers This is matured in 500-litre demi-muids (large oak barrels) before bottling. I can detect no oak flavours in the wine - Mme. Villiers uses the oak barrels to give the wine a bit of structure. The flavours here, compared "La Chevalière", are more restrained, more mineral.
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£16.95 |
BOURGOGNE CÔTE CHALONNAISE Blanc 2019 Domaine de l'Évêché This estate, just south of Mercurey, is run meticulously by Vincent and Sylvie Joussier. Unoaked, but quite rich white burgundy.
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£16.50 |
CHABLIS 2022 Domaine Jean-Marie Naulin The Naulin family make a delicious, slightly rustic Chablis, which nevertheless displays real Chablis character, and which I personally enjoy drinking.
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£17.50 |
"LE P'TIT BONHEUR" AC Coteaux Bourguignons 2020 Domaine Prunier-Bonheur I have started to see this wine appearing on other merchants' lists. I have been buying "Le P'tit Bonheur" for years, since the 2014 vintage - so I flatter myself I got there first. The wine is like a mini-Meursault, made from fruit from old vines, élévé in oak, smells like Meursault, but in the mouth a bit lighter.
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£17.95 |
SAINT-VÉRAN 2021 Domaine Chavet Carefully made, unoaked, fairly soft white burgundy from the south of the region.
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£17.95 |
POUILLY-FUISSÉ "Terroir de Fuissé" 2020 Domaine Romanin The "Lamure" has sold out. This Pouilly-Fuissé comes from the same grower. The élevage is partly in oak barrels and partly in tank (whereas the "Lamure" was entirely in oak), so a light touch of oak in the flavour, nicely integrated. I'm very happy to have this as a follow-on.
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£18.95 |
PETIT CHABLIS 2021 Domaine Denis Pommier The Pommiers make an outstanding Petit Chablis that is more than the equal of many actual Chablis. Perfect as an aperitif and with fish.
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£21.50 |
AUXEY-DURESSES "Terres Folles" 2018 Domaine Diconne The whites from this domaine have a very distinctive character: mineral, even a touch saline, with crisp aicidity, though overlaid by pretty, white-flower ("fleurs blanches") fruit. This wine is still young and fresh, with plenty of life still in it.
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£19.95 |
BOURGOGNE HAUTES CÔTES DE NUITS "Clos du Vignon" 2023 Domaine Thevenot-Le Brun Domaine Thevenot-Le Brun This is from Thevenot-Le Brun's most favoured vineyard, which they own in its entirety (rare in Burgundy). 60% of the wine is fermented in oak barrels, 40% in tank, and is marked by new oak, which adds a judicious seasoning to the flavour.
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£22.50 |
SAINT ROMAIN "La Combe Bazin" 2017 Domaine Prunier-Bonheur Grown-up white burgundy - another delicious vintage for this reliably consistent wine.
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£24.50 |
SAINT AUBIN 1er Cru "Murgers des Dents de Chien" 2015 Domaine Jean-Charles Fornerot Old-fashioned white burgundy, lightly oaked, with real character.
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£26.50 |
SANTENAY "Le Chainey" 2022 Domaine Claude Nouveau 2022 now shipped - still young - a little bit of cellaring will do it no harm.
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£29.00 |
BOURGOGNE "Les Chataigners" 2018 Domaine Hubert Lamy This comes from a vineyard neighbouring the appellation of Saint Aubin, where Hubert Lamy is based. This is taut, intense white burgundy - really impressive.
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£29.50 |
CHABLIS 1er Cru Troesmes 2019 Domaine Denis Pommier Troesmes is a subdivision of the much larger, and better known, Premier Cru Beauroy. I have been following this wine for over a decade, and it is always delicious: fuller, more generous in style than other Premier Cru Chablis, this is matured in oak barrels, giving it an extra dimension of spice and vanilla in the flavour.
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£33.50 |
CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 2020 Domaine Bachey-Legros High quality domaine, based in Santenay, making delicious wines.
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£45.00 |
PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 1er Cru "Les Champs Gains" 2015 Domaine Jean-Charles Fornerot This is a step up from M. Fornerot's St. Aubin - a richer, but also more fascinating wine - brilliant, classic, old-fashioned white burgundy.
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£39.95 |
MEURSAULT "Les Clous" 2021 Domaine Pascal Prunier-Bonheur Full, rich, cleverly oaked Meursault.
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£55.00 |
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