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DOMAINE ARLAUD
Excellent domaine, that has been going from strength to strength since
2001; with the 2005 vintage being a real high-point!
A fully ORGANIC Domaine; even horse and plough are now being used! |
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12 |
75cl |
Bonnes Mares
Grand Cru
Arlaud
AM -
High-toned fruit and
distinct warm earth, game, herbal and smoke notes gives way to equally
powerful, deep and backward full-bodied flavours that possess plenty
of muscle and finish with buckets of sève that completely coat
and stain the palate. There is notably good freshness and first rate
persistence plus excellent balance that will permit this to age
effortlessly, which it will need as it's presently a bit more restrained
than the Clos St. Denis. |
2004 |
£75.00 |
AM92
2012-25 |
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34 |
75cl |
Gevrey Chambertin
Arlaud
AM -
A gentle, even subtle touch
of wood frames fresh and bright red berry fruit aromas nuanced by Gevrey
earth notes combines with relatively fruit driven middle weight
flavours that are both sweet and delicious. I like the volume and
exuberant sap yet underneath the upfront fruit is a serious core of
structure that will enable this to age effortlessly over the medium
term. The best of these villages wines. |
2005 |
£32.00 |
AM90
2009-20 |
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6 |
75cl |
Charmes Chambertin
Grand Cru
Arlaud
AM -
...... with very pretty red
berry fruit, warm earth and a hint of wood spice that is in perfect
keeping with the rich, full and forward flavours that possess
relatively soft structural elements though the mouth feel is seductive
as a result. Even so, the finish does not lose focus or precision.
Lovely in its fashion. |
2007 |
£64.00 |
AM92
2014-25 |
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35 |
75cl |
Charmes Chambertin
Grand Cru
Arlaud
AM -
Strikingly pretty red pinot
fruit aromas that possess fine density and this sense of concentration
can also be found on the complex, supple and balanced flavours
supported by a finely textured finish where the tannins arrive in a rush
at the finish. This seems almost soft at first but the firm finish
dispels the notion that this will be an early drinker. |
2006 |
£58.00 |
AM92
2014-30 |
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6 |
75cl |
Chambolle Musigny
'Les Chatelots'
1er Cru
Arlaud
This is a lighter style 1er Cru, for
earlier drinking.
Balanced and supple with good fruit; good value. |
2006 |
£31..00 |
AM89
2010-22 |
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24 |
75cl |
Clos de la Roche
Grand Cru
Arlaud
AM -
Reduction and a background
note of new wood presently dominate the nose but the supple, forward and
relatively suave flavours possess good freshness and verve on the
delicious, complex, mouth coating and impressively lingering finish. |
2009 |
£82.00 |
AM93
2014-27 |
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6 |
75cl |
Clos St Denis
Grand Cru
Arlaud
ST -
Good deep red. Complex
briary aromas of cherry, brown spices, mocha and menthol. Quite suave
and fine-grained on the palate, with harmonious acidity and a minty note
framing the sexy, soil-driven flavours of red fruits, dried flowers and
peppery spices. Finishes with sweet tannins and lovely subtle
lingering perfume. "The Musigny of Morey," says Cyprien about this
grand cru, which needs time in bottle to put on weight and express
itself. |
2006 |
£66.00 |
ST92
2013-28 |
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12 |
75cl |
Morey St Denis
'Millandes'
1er Cru
Arlaud
AM -
Here the nose is also fairly
heavily reduced, which makes the nose hard to read but the flavours are
extremely rich yet retain the fine sense of detail and minerality that
Millandes typically gives, all wrapped in a tighter and more obviously
structured finish that comes across as quite linear and somewhat fresher.
Solid potential. |
2005 |
£38.00 |
AM91
2011-25 |
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42 |
75cl |
Morey St Denis
'Les Ruchots'
1er Cru
Arlaud
AM -
Ruchots is in my
estimation the finest of the Morey 1ers and this example will only
serve to reinforce that point of view as it again delivers grand cru
like quality. A riper and more deeply pitched nose features a complex
blend of red and blue pinot fruit with lovely violet and earth nuances
that continue onto the round, rich, suave and generous flavours that
possess good volume and excellent balance plus fine aging potential. |
2006 |
£39.00 |
AM92
2013-28 |
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DOMAINE de BELLENE
(Potel)
One of the best addresses for
quality Burgundy at a reasonable price.
Run by Nicholas Potel;
this is both a negociant
(Maison Roche de Bellene) and domaine (Domaine de Bellene) - the
latter now consists of some 22 hectares which are being converted to
organic farming. |
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72 |
75cl |
Gevrey Chambertin
Maison Roche de Bellene
AM -
A fresh and cool but notably
ripe red berry fruit nose that is very Gevrey as the earthiness and
sauvage characters are almost pungent and they continue onto the detailed
middle weight flavours that culminate in an equally understated and
moderately austere finish. This is solid if not genuinely special. |
2009 |
£25.00 |
AM89
2012-19 |
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48 |
75cl |
Gevrey Chambertin
Lavaux St Jacques
1er Cru
Maison Roche de Bellene
ST -
Bright, dark red. Subdued but
pure aromas of red berries, smoky minerals and sweet oak. Ripe, broad,
supple and sweet, but without quite the precision of the Cazetiers. The
sweet cherry flavour is joined by strong oaky torrefaction notes of
espresso and chocolate. Finishes with substantial but ripe tannins. |
2009 |
£48.00 |
ST89
2014-22 |
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12 |
75cl |
Gevrey Chambertin
Les Cazetiers
1er Cru
Maison Roche de Bellene
ST -
Good full red. Redcurrant,
cherry and rose petal on the perfumed, slightly candied nose. Juicy,
fine-grained and high-pitched, with superb intensity and energy to the
tangy raspberry and floral flavours. The tactile, palate-saturating
finish titillates the taste buds without leaving any impression of weight. |
2009 |
£47.00 |
ST91
2014-22 |
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24 |
75cl |
Clos e la Roche
Grand Cru
Maison Roche de Bellene
ST -
Good deep red. Medicinal
aromas of crushed black cherry, wild herbs and brown spices. Thicker on
entry than the Clos Saint-Denis, then sweet, thick and powerful in the
middle, with terrific medicinal reserve to the dark berry and licorice
flavours. Densely packed and very backward today, even more dominated
by its powerful backbone than the Clos Saint-Denis. |
2009 |
£89.00 |
ST95
2016-28 |
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24 |
75cl |
Bonnes Mares
Grand Cru
Maison Roche de Bellene
ST -
Good deep red. Fascinating
soil-inflected nose combines raspberry, dried flowers, spices and a hint
of cotton candy. Texture like liquid velvet: plush, fat and smoky, with
palate-staining flavours of raspberry, brown spices and underbrush.
Wonderfully broad and long on the aftertaste. |
2009 |
£136.00 |
ST92
2017-30 |
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DOMAINE BERTAGNA
Excellent estate, wines very rare in the UK:
full, round, with lots of style and structure. |
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8
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75cl
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Nuits St Georges
Les Murgers
1er Cru
Bertagna |
1997 |
£29.00 |
BIN END PRICE!
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7
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75cl
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Vosne Romanee
Les Beaux Monts
1er Cru
Bertagna |
1998 |
£29.00 |
BIN END PRICE!
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BOUCHARD Pére & Fils
Excellent negociant, with large
holdings of own domaine vineyards.
Always maintains a very high standard, so this assures excellent quality
to price!
Highly Recommended |
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24
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75cl
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Chambertin
Grand Cru
Bouchard
AM -
A cool, earthy and
distinctly floral nose complements equally cool and reserved big-bodied
flavours that are linear, direct, powerful and ooze minerality on the
hugely long finish that displays plenty of sauvage influence.
This is a classic old school Chambertin with impressive aging potential. |
2006 |
£168.00 |
AM95
2018-32 |
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12
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75cl
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Chambertin
'Clos de Beze'
Grand Cru
Bouchard
AM -
A more elegant, less
reserved and spicier nose of cool red berry fruit that has background
nuances of Gevrey earth and underbrush notes that merge into rich, full
and serious full-bodied flavours that are marvellously complex and
brimming with dry extract that gives the finish a textured quality on
the massively long finish. This is a 'wow' wine that is also old
school in style. |
2006 |
£168.00 |
AM95
2018-30 |
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8
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75cl
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Beaune Gréves
'Vigne de L'Enfant Jesus'
1er Cru
Bouchard
AM -
A distinctly more elegant
and higher-toned nose introduces rich, full, pliant and refined flavours
that possess outstanding depth on the ripe, balanced, pure and sublimely
harmonious finish. A terrific Beaune and highly recommended. |
2005 |
£68.00 |
AM93
2013-28
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43
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75cl
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Beaune Gréves
'Vigne de L'Enfant Jesus'
1er Cru
Bouchard
AM -
The nose is wonderfully
expressive, rich and classy, leading to concentrated, dense, pure,
textured and beautifully detailed and precise flavours that ooze
minerality and sap on the wonderfully long finish. This is very powerful
for a Beaune 1er and it will be capable of aging for two decades,
perhaps longer. |
2002 |
£64.00 |
AM92
2009 - 22
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57
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75cl
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Monthelie
'Champs Fulliot'
1er Cru
Bouchard
AM -
More subtle and better
integrated wood (though it's not invisible) sets off the dark berry and
cassis suffused nose that merges into richer, fuller yet finer flavours
that possess the same excellent volume if perhaps a touch less power and
punch, all wrapped in a firm and chewy finish. Built to age. |
2005 |
£24.00 |
AM89
2013-24
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15
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75cl
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Savigny-les-Beaune
'Les Lavieres'
Bouchard
AM -
There is a bit more wood
present than in the Savigny villages but it's not intrusive, just
noticeable. Interestingly, while this is finer and more elegant it's not
more complex on the red pinot and earth-infused nose that complements
the rich and impressively long finish that is both suave and minerally. |
2005 |
£24.00 |
AM89
2012-22
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12
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75cl
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Volnay
'Les Caillerets-Ancienne Cuvee Carnot'
1er Cru
Bouchard
AM -
Proust noted that hail damage
ruined about 15% of the crop but that Bouchard took no chances and
declassified about 50% of the total. Relatively strong reduction dominates
the nose though there is ample body and richness to the suave yet
precise flavours that exude a fine minerality on the very ripe finish that
offers excellent volume if less complexity than usual. |
2009 |
£42.00 |
AM92
2012-25
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DOMAINE CASTAGNIER
Good estate, although not that well known, making good wines in a more
robust style. |
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8 |
75cl |
Clos de la Roche
Grand Cru
Castagnier |
1996 |
£62.00 |
A very fine Grand Cru from an excellent
vintage! BIN END PRICE! |
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DOMAINE CHANSON
In the last 3
years the quality of this domaine has really improved, but prices are
still reasonable, so well worth a try! |
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22 |
75cl |
Beaune
'Clos des Feves'
1er Cru
Chanson
RP -
From a little-known monopole
situated above Cent Vignes, Chanson’s 2005 Beaune Clos des Feves shares
with its better-known neighbour high-toned aromas of cherry and cherry
pit. In the mouth, liquorice, cherry pit, brown spices and wet stones
mingle with promising dynamic against a backdrop of firm, fine tannins,
and a decidedly bitter-sweet and stony concentration completes a picture
that promises positive development over the next several years. |
2005 |
£34.00 |
RP88
Now - 2020 |
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11 |
75cl |
Chambertin
'Clos des Beze'
Grand Cru
Chanson
RP -
The Chanson 2005 Chambertin
Clos de Beze displays a lovely nose of black fruits, tea, citrus zest,
rose petal and roasted red meat. Impressively clear and bright in the
mouth, this packs in abundant, fine-grained tannin and finishes brightly
and authoritatively with blackberry, liquorice, black tea, salted,
roasted meat, and chalk dust. |
2005 |
£124.00 |
RP90
2011-22 |
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DOMAINE
ROBERT CHEVILLON
One of the best growers in Nuits St George with
very old vines; making rich, opulent and classy wines |
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7 |
75cl |
Nuits St George
'Les Chaignots'
1er Cru
R. Chevillon
AM -
Deeper register aromas
of earthy but spicy dark berry fruits and a touch of animale
leads to serious, dense and relatively powerful flavours that culminate
in a dusty, mouth coating and admirably persistent finish. This doesn't
have the style of the Bousselots but it's appealing in its way. It's
interesting how these two vineyards, which abut one another, give
completely different results. |
2005 |
£57.00 |
AM91
2010-22BIN END PRICE! |
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35 |
75cl |
Nuits St George
'Les Perrieres'
1er Cru
R. Chevillon
AM - As it usually is, this is the most
elegant wine to this point and cooler as well with finely detailed red
pinot fruit that proffers obvious stone notes that continue onto to the
equally detailed and precise flavours that are fresh, balanced and
refined on the punchy, vibrant and linear finish.
I very much like the style here as it's a wine of finesse and
understatement yet with character. |
2005 |
£74.00 |
AM92
2011-25 |
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7 |
75cl |
Nuits St George
'Les Perrieres'
1er Cru
R. Chevillon
AM - Refined and pure with elegant pinot
fruit and intense minerality with precise flavours and superb finesse.
This is not as complex as the Chaignots but is definitely finer and
offers terrific harmony from start to finish. |
2000 |
£42.00 |
AM91
Now - 2015BIN END PRICE! |
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24 |
75cl |
Nuits St George
'Les Pruliers'
1er Cru
R. Chevillon
AM -
In contrast to the elegance
of the Perrières, this is much more deeply pitched with distinct floral
aromas and nuances of spice, earth and a certain subtle sauvage
character that leads to bigger and more robust flavours blessed with
ample concentration and intensity on the masculine and moderately
rustic finish. |
2006 |
£34.00 |
AM91
2014-28 |
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21 |
75cl |
Nuits St George
'Les Roncières'
1er Cru
R. Chevillon
AM -
A discreet background
of wood spice highlights more deeply pitched aromas of red and blue
berry fruits plus violet and game hints that slide into concentrated
and admirably rich medium-bodied flavours that evidence obvious
minerality on the wonderfully long and impressively deep finish.
Recommended. |
2006 |
£36.00 |
AM92
2014-28 |
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12 |
75cl |
Nuits St George
'Les Roncières'
1er Cru
R. Chevillon
AM -
The Roncières displays
a more classic Nuits flavour profile with somewhat coarser flavours and
firmer tannins though it also offers plenty of underlying material and
should develop relatively quickly over the next 5 to 7 years but drink
well for another 5 after that. |
2000 |
£33.00 |
AM89
Now -2018 |
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31 |
75cl |
Nuits St George
'Les Vaucrains'
1er Cru
R. Chevillon
AM -
A brooding and much
more reserved nose is densely fruited with notes of plum, blueberry,
earth and a subtle sauvage hint that mouth coating and
impressively concentrated flavours that positively explode on the
gorgeously long finish. As it always is, this is a big and powerful wine
yet with a bit more elegance than usual. Terrific and potentially the
class of the range in 2006. |
2006 |
£52.00 |
AM94
2016-32 |
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DOMAINE des LAMBRAYS
A leading
Morey-Saint Denis domaine, making full, rich, long lasting wines.
The Clos de Lambrays wine is about the best value Grand Cru wines to be
had, based on price/quality performance! |
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75cl |
Morey St Denis
'Les Loups'
1er Cru
Domaine des Lambrays
AM -
Here there is more aromatic
elegance as well as depth with a broader spectrum of fruit aromas
nuanced by spice and mineral hints that continue onto the rich, vibrant
and intense medium full flavours underpinned by suave tannins and a
detailed and wonderfully pure finish. Recommended. |
2005 |
£64.00 |
AM91
2009-25 |
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6 |
75cl |
Clos de Lambrays
Grand Cru
Domaine des Lambrays
AM -
A much more deeply pitched
nose of dark berry fruit, spice, earth, a hint of animale and an
overlay of obvious minerality complements perfectly the rich, full
and sweet broad-scaled yet elegant flavours that are solidly structured
and firm on the detailed and wonderfully intense finish.
This powerful, long and serious vintage of Clos des Lambrays is
built for the medium plus term, which is to say out to 20 years of
improvement followed by another 20 of plateau. |
2005 |
£147.00 |
AM94
2017-40 |
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12 |
75cl |
Clos de Lambrays
Grand Cru
Domaine des Lambrays
AM -
Here the aromas are more
elegant and more complex but not necessarily riper with high-toned red
pinot fruit and an attractive dried herb note that sits atop earthy yet
fine and refined medium full flavours that deliver outstanding detail
and delineation. This is a classically styled wine with prominent
but ripe acidity and dusty tannins that have just enough phenolic
maturity. This will be one of the more elegant and refined vintages
of Clos des Lambrays and the balance is such that it should age
extremely well over the moderate term, which is to say 25 to
30 years. |
2004 |
£79.00 |
AM92
2014-36 |
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24 |
75cl |
Clos de Lambrays
Grand Cru
Domaine des Lambrays
AM -
The nose is certainly quite
ripe yet clearly pinot-based with a potent mix of red, black and violet
aromas that introduce powerful and concentrated flavours that are
supple, rich, densely but finely structured and immensely complex,
possessing enormous depth and incredible length. The only nit is a
touch of warmth but that often comes with the territory in this vintage.
A 2003 to buy. |
2003 |
£97.00 |
AM92
2010-25 |
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6 |
75cl |
Clos de Lambrays
Grand Cru
Domaine des Lambrays
AM -
Medium ruby. Aromas of wild
berries, game and a subtle note of smoke lead to rich, intense,
moderately fat flavours that are wonderfully well-balanced largely
because of the racy, indeed bright acidity. This has tightened up
considerably since it was bottled with a dusty, sweet and precise finish
that is strikingly long. In short, delicious yet entirely serious and a
wine that should age gracefully for two decades, perhaps longer. |
2002 |
£128.00 |
AM92
2010-29TOP
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