Côte Chalonnaise

Cask sample. Light to mid crimson. Dark-red fruit and a touch savoury. Firm, chewy, packed with fruit. Honest, complete, juicy.

The style of the domaine is for dark wines with good richness, and this is all here, but it's fresher and tauter than the 2020, with a fruit given a higher tone and length by the fresher acidity.

This is lower down, where it's flatter near the village, and the extra ripeness shows in the richness, with softer acidity and it's more structured with slightly firmer tannins.

Darker and riper fruited than the Bourgogne. Firm, dry but not drying tannins. Structure more evident than fragrance at the moment. Sober, refined. Gently chewy finish.

(from vines that average 65+ years of age). A mild touch of reduction blurs the nuance of the ripe red and dark berry fruit and earth scents that are trimmed in a light application of wood. The rich, voluminous and delic...(read more)

Mid crimson. Inviting aroma of dark-red fruits with a touch of crushed stones. Peppery, direct, red cherry on the palate. Structured perfectly for the fruit at the core. Long finish.

Did not taste - just racked the day we visited, from barrel to tank, to rest en masse before bottling.

Mid crimson. Deliciously scented with non-sweet dark-red fruit. Such fine tannins but they really frame the fresh fruit to a T. Vibrant, fresh and rounded on the finish.

Mid crimson. Riper and darker-fruited than the Clos des Grands Voyens. The fruit is rich but fresh, deep, generous, framed by firm, youthful tannins. Needs more time.

Once again there is a pretty floral character to the nose of spicy black cherry and soft wood nuances. There is more volume and richness to the highly seductive medium weight flavors that possess evident power on the sap...(read more)

(from vines planted in 1972 and raised in ~60% new oak). More evident wood influence can be found on the spicy if decidedly less expressive nose of various dark berries, warm earth and a violet top note. The palate impre...(read more)