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This feels a good time for Francois and his family. Their domaine, Buisson-Battault, is no longer the insider’s secret it was, known locally as a fine source of Meursault, but little known abroad. His reputation is now growing worldwide, and it is richly deserved. There are two broad categories of wines here – though of […]
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Featuring wines from 2020 and late release 2019s Download the offer here One of the things I most enjoy about tasting a new vintage is the way it gives one perspective on previous vintages. The last of three good but different years, arguably the best of them, 2020 seems to me to be somewhere between […]
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Chablis is one of my favourite wines. The area’s distinctive soils, Kimmeridgian Clay, composed of millions of ancient crustaceans, gives Chablis it’s purity and crystalline minerality. There is nothing else like it and it is delicious. Chablis lies to the North of the Cote d’Or, with a cooler climate which can be extreme – in […]
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Robert Rolls Money Week Wine Club Offer During September we were exceedingly pleased to be featured by wine writer Matthew Jukes in his popular Money Week Magazine Wine Club. Each month Matthew selects a leading wine merchant and works with them to choose a selection of wines to offer to his readers. As you can […]
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Pre-Shipment Offer Last month we welcomed Chantal Gonet to London for two days of visits and tastings, culminating in our Blanc de Blanc dinner at Lorne, a terrific success. It was great to really get to know them in her company; I must admit to being blown away by their quality- I clearly haven’t been […]
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2019 is an absolutely top flight Burgundy vintage, and the wines from Maison de la Chapelle in Irancy are the finest we have tasted so far. We have worked with Grégory and Delphine Viennois for two vintages, but this was our first chance to enjoy a proper visit to their Maison in the pretty village […]
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Domaine Tupinier-Bautista, Mercurey “The 2019 vintage has turned out brilliantly at this address”* Manu Bautista began picking on the 5th Sept, a few days earlier than in 2018. The fruit was of fine quality but the berries were smaller due to relative lack of water during the summer months resulting in yields which were 15% […]
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Given an area as obsessed with the primacy of terroir as Burgundy it seems counter intuitive to highlight the regional wines. On paper these are the lowest ranked vineyards, off the beaten track and not allowed to mention their location. But with careful viticulture and vinification these wines can offer real interest and Burgundian character […]
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Jean-Paul Brun, Beaujolais star and all round bon oeuf, is a fantastic man to taste with. He knows every inch of his vineyards, building his domaine piece by piece. He’s a thoughtful guy – one gets the feeling that everything is considered, nothing left to chance, and there’s always something new to discover. So for […]
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Based in the small village of Chichée Domaine Gilbert Picq is now run by Gilbert’s children, Pascal in the vines, Didier makes the wines and Marilyn works in the office; the family have farmed this land for generations. The commitment to quality here is impressive. The vineyards are farmed organically. Old vines are retained. Yields […]
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