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Wine
Where available,
tasting scores and notes are by Alan Meadows (AM)
from www.burghound.com , Stephen
Tanzer (ST)
from www.wineaccess.com and the Wine
Spectator (WS)
from www.winespectator.com
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DOMAINE COQUARD
LOISON- FLEUROT
This domaine
was a serendipitous discovery in 2016 by Neal Martin of
Vinous.com.
Here are some of his comments:
Winemaker Thomas Colladot
allows the vineyards to articulate their own personalities so that each
one offers its own take on the vintage. Clever winemaking matched with
excellent terroirs. |
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18 |
75cl |
Bourgogne Rouge
Coquard Loison-Fleurot
Vinous.com/Neal Martin
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The 2018 Bourgogne Rouge has a perfumed bouquet of
black currant and raspberry aromas, all very pure and well defined. The
palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, plenty of black fruit and a
precise finish. This is very fine for a generic red Burgundy. |
2018 |
£24.00 |
NM88/100
2021-26 |
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WHITE WINE |
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MAISON CHANSON
Since 1999
Domaine Chanson has been owned by the BOLLINGER Champagne Group.
Maison Chanson is now directed by Vincent Avenel; who spent the
last 15 years working with Bouchard Père & Fils and Domaine Faiveley.
The winemaking remains the responsibility of Jean-Pierre Confuron,
the brother of Yves Confuron who is the winemaker for Domaine de Courcel
Jean-Pierre Confuron, Chanson’s
Wine Maker, has been awarded
the title of
“Wine Grower of the Year 2014”
by the famous Magazine “La Revue du Vin de France”. |
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21 |
75cl |
Chablis
AM -
Notes of petrol, quinine, pear and apple precede
the succulent, round and delicious middle weight flavours that exude
a subtle minerality onto the clean, dry, refreshing and saline-inflected
finish. This nicely complex and balanced effort should be enjoyable
young. |
2017 |
£15.00 |
AM88
2020-27 |
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14 |
75cl |
Rully Blanc
AM -
There is a touch of matchstick character to the citrusy apple and
floral-scented nose. The nicely voluminous, seductive and succulent
middle weight flavours possess slightly better depth and persistence on
the bitter lemon-inflected finish. This too should be approachable
shortly after release. |
2016 |
£15.00 |
AM88
2020-27 |
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MAISON VERGET
Top Maconais negociant.
RP/William Kelley -
Jean-Marie Guffens's Verget label, today
superintended by the able Julien Desplans, continues to be a reference
point for the Mâconnais. The best cuvées very much belong among the
Mâconnais's élite, but this portfolio is also rich with terrific values
to purchase by the case that would make ideal daily drinkers or
by-the-glass pours.
Classy but keenly priced white Burgundy isn't easy to come by these
days, so we should all be thankful for the Maison Verget. These wines
come warmly recommended |
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NOTE: This section lists all of the Verget wines, irrespective of their price. |
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26 |
75cl |
Macon
-Bussières
'Vignes de Montbrison'
Verget
RP/William Kelley -
Offering up aromas of peach,
pear, golden orchard fruit and freshly baked bread, the 2019
Mâcon-Bussières Vignes de Montbrison is medium to full-bodied, fleshy
and enveloping, with an elegantly textural attack, lively acids and a
nicely defined finish. This has turned out very well. |
2019 |
£16.00 |
RP/WK90
2020-30 |
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14 |
75cl |
Macon
-Pierreclos
'Lieu Secret'
Verget
RP/William Kelley -
As usual, the 2019 Mâcon-Pierreclos Lieu Sécret
originates in the only part of lieu-dit Le Chavigne that Guffens doesn't
own himself, but his neighbour refuses to sell the vineyard, consenting
only to sell the grapes. Offering up aromas of pear and crisp orchard
fruit, framed by a touch of toasty oak, it's medium to full-bodied,
fleshy and muscular, with a concentrated core of ripe fruit, succulent
acids and a nicely defined finish. |
2019 |
£19.00 |
RP/WK92
2020-30 |
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29 |
75cl |
Saint-Veran
'Vigne de Saint-Claude'
Verget
RP/William Kelley -
Aromas of pear, peach, wheat toast and pastry
cream introduce the 2019 Saint-Véran Vigne de Saint-Claude, a medium
to full-bodied, elegantly fleshy wine with a nicely concentrated core of
sun-kissed fruit, lively acids and a nicely defined finish. |
2019 |
£17.00 |
RP91
2020-31 |
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75cl |
Pouilly-Fuissé
'La Roche'
Verget
RP/William Kelley -
The 2019 Pouilly-Fuissé La Roche is the most
youthfully reserved wine in the range, unwinding in the glass with
scents of pear, peach, buttered toast and mandarin orange. Medium to
full-bodied, satiny and enveloping, it's concentrated and precise, with
lively acids and a penetrating finish. If Verget's Les Combes is
more muscular, La Roche is more elegant and refined this year: it isn't
easy to chose between them. |
2019 |
£28.00 |
RP/WK94
2020-38 |
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