Recent tastings, information on our events and our growers, vintage updates, what we have been drinking, where we are eating and of course special offers on our wines!
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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A magnificent terroir, rediscovered When Delphine, one half of Maison de la Chapelle, gives a hot tip, we listen. So when she said she knew of a ‘magnificent terroir, forgotten, but being rediscovered’ we jumped. Domaine de la Paturie are found in the village of Champlitte, around 60km north-east of Dijon. In the past it […]
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“Le Sancerre authentique et traditionnel, tout simplement“ Sancerre is such an all powerful brand name it is tempting to think of it as a homogeneous area, producing oceans of a single wine, with little of the diversification that makes Burgundy, say, so fascinating. While this idea suits the large producers and co-operatives, who like to […]
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I always enjoy the drive out to Fontenay-Prѐs-Chablis, the hamlet where Domaine G&N Fèvre are based. It sits in a sea of vines, two steps from their tasting room and you are into the vineyard, white soil beneath your feet, the ground littered with limestone pebbles. Gilles and Nathalie Fèvre, now joined by their daughter […]
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Our fantastic new Piedmont winery.Winemaker Nadia Curto is making elegant, fragrant wines with a clear sense of character and place Silvia, our resident Italian expert, first met Nadia Curto at a wine fair in Verona. She was impressed with Nadia’s knowledge and passion for Nebbiolo, as well as the bottle of Barolo la Foia they […]
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Featuring wines from 2020 and late release 2019s This offer is now closed. Please email jack@robertrolls.com to enquire about remaining wines 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 […]
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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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This offer is now closed. 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 […]
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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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