Good Value Burgundy Wines

Lightish crimson. Fragrant, peppery, stony, dark-red fruit. This is lovely, a serious Bourgogne, firm but supple tannins, real depth. GV

The 2022 Mâcon-Villages Clos Saint-Pancras, which had just been bottled, comes from 3.55 hectares of east-facing vines on soils akin to Clessé. Matured in foudres for nine months with SO2 added after malo an...(read more)

Greener and livelier than the 'Arpège' cuvée, more citrus and lift here. Elegant, with a scrape of limestone giving it a bright firm finish.

Again the bight fruit, ripe but still floral on the nose, good weight of silky body on the palate. Very attractively pure and straight.

Bottled last week and no dimming the lovely nose. Very inviting waft of flower blooms and Pinot fruit. Warm red berries. Fresh attack with cool acid and lovely push. Fruit is quite broad in the middle - but still quite p...(read more)

This replaces the 'Comme Dessus' cuvee in the line-up this year at that vineyard was frosted 100%. A supple and rounded wine with old vines ripeness and it will be an easy wine to drink young.

The 2022 Saint-Véran La Roche (from west-facing, 80-year-old vines that tend never to produce more than 30hL/ha) was picked on August 31, this vintage. It has a clean and precise bouquet, taut and fresh, showing d...(read more)

From Les Champs Rammes and La Mort, strange names they have for their vineyards in Ladoix. An even purple without the black centre. This will need the reduction to leave before it can more safely be judged. All in red fr...(read more)

Lovely lifted white flower nose with just a touch of ripeness to the fruit which makes it so inviting. Satisfyingly rich on the palate, but finishes fresh and long. This is so well balanced and already delicious to drink...(read more)

Rich and ripe, giving fine volume and even a touch of sweetness to the fruit, all lifted by citrussy acidity. Very much a baby Meursault.

The 2019 Viré-Clessé had just been racked on my visit, therefore there was so much gas in this wine, as expected. Nevertheless, there is already fine balance and harmony, a keen line of acidity with a lovel...(read more)

From the north side of the village. The amplitude of a deep clay soil, which retained water well in this dry vintage. Solidly-built, it has the freshness of the vintage giving good drive.