French Wine

The 2017 vintage in Burgundy was excellent, providing both quality, quantity and relief for the region’s vignerons. The delicate and refined style ...

This is slightly more aromatically elegant but actually no more complex and I particularly like the finer mouth feel of the medium weight flavours ...

Very cool fruit, alpine touched and pretty, floral character. Lovely darker fruit, too. Nice energy and purity - fresh and silky and saline on the ...

An exuberantly fresh and ripe nose displays a variety of wild red berries, and in particular, red cherry. The delicious and vibrant flavors exude a...

Hand picked, 80 to 100% de-stemmed depending on the vintage. Vatting period of about 15 to 18 days, in open oak vats at a low temperature (controll...

The 2016 Bourgogne Rouge from Domaine Georges Noëllat is a quite powerful and energetic wine. The nose is quite forward – a bit on the rich side in...

This wine is transparent, pure and intense in a effortless way .. airy and almost silky with a refined expression without being polished and lackin...

From very old vines planted by Stephane's grandfather, the Magnien Chambolle-Musigny Vieilles Vignes is a lovely combination of finesse and ripenes...

An exuberantly fresh and ripe nose displays a variety of wild red berries, and in particular, red cherry. The delicious and vibrant flavors exude a...

Sweet-scented and floral, a very pretty Chambolle with a nice tautness. Very light soil here gives a wine that's all in finesse. Pretty raspberry j...

Amélie Berthaut's emergence as one of Burgundy's rising stars by now needs no reiteration, but the quality of her 2017 portfolio demonstrates that ...

Proprietor Stéphane Magnien entered into the family business in 2002 after inheriting a winemaking legacy going back four generations to his ancest...

One of the rarer UK releases and as a village wine one of their better-priced offerings. As with all 2013 wines from Lamarche there is a streak of ...

From 55+ year old vines. This is a serious village Morey, very pure, mineral and long. The fruit quality is very good: pure and precise.

Faconnières has always been one of the signature wines of this cellar - it is under Clos de La Roche. A broader style of wine (than the Chambolle S...

Amélie Berthaut's emergence as one of Burgundy's rising stars by now needs no reiteration, but the quality of her 2017 portfolio demonstrates that ...

Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat wines have been amongst the best in Burgundy for generations. This is a really beautiful wine and excellent value for a vil...

High quality Burgundy producer with a reputation for high vine ages, which are maintained through methodical replanting. The average age is more th...

A Premier Cru just under Bonnes Mares. Seductive floral Pinot nose, and on palate a suave dry, cool rose-petal softness, followed by building inten...

One seriously elegant wine. The rich 2015 vintage seems to have married well with the customarily light-bodied house style here, as it seems to hav...

Bright ruby. An essence of crushed black fruits on the nose, accented by licorice and violet. A bit more relaxed in the early going than the Combe ...

This is one of Morey’s finest 1ers Crus and this shows a lovely balance and drive with red and blue fruits interlaced with spice. Controlled, nicel...

The Fixin village is a blend of four parcels, almost 2 hectares in total. The 2016 Fixin village offers a lovely charm and delicate floral tone. Sl...

Proprietor Stéphane Magnien entered into the family business in 2002 after inheriting a winemaking legacy going back four generations to his ancest...

This wine is transparent, pure and intense in a effortless way .. airy and almost silky with a refined expression without being polished and lackin...

After the village wines, this shows a much richer depth. Still very Chambolle in its floral red fruit precision, but this is properly ripe and rich...

This is a 0.4 hectare parcel located below Bonnes-Mares, situated on the Route des Grands Crus. Good fruit density here, step up from the village C...

Proprietor Stéphane Magnien entered into the family business in 2002 after inheriting a winemaking legacy going back four generations to his ancest...

Very young and powerful, already the '13 vintage is starting to show very well. Open and ready for business. Just the way a high quality young pino...

Sweet-scented and floral, a very pretty Chambolle with a nice tautness. Very light soil here gives a wine that's all in finesse. Pretty raspberry j...

A modern, polished style, dark and extracted, yet with inky blackberry, chocolate and spice aromas and flavors. It's balanced and impressive, if a ...

Another Burgundy oddity... 'Combe d'Orveau' could viably be Grand Cru given the boundary changes over the last 100 years - but then maybe this is b...

 It has a light but attractive red cherry-scented bouquet with fine delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with light tannin, clean and crisp wit...

This estate, with an enviable set of vineyards, are near the top of the Vosne Romanée tree in terms of quality. 2016 was a small but seriously deli...

Domaine François Lamarche is a Burgundy producer in the commune of Vosne-Romanée farming vines in a number of highly regarded vineyards. Les Chaume...

Domaine François Lamarche own 3.33 acres of 30 year old vines in this famous vineyard. They made an excellent 2014 and a wine with a long history.

The 2016 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Combe d’Orveau was reduced from eight or nine barrels to just a couple this year due to frost. The bouquet tends...

Not much of this comes into the UK and maybe the focus is on their Grand Cru but this offers a fantastic glimpse into the wines of Domaine François...

Stéphane Magnien really has hit his stride over the past few years (he only took over from his father in 2008) and seems to be on something of a ro...

2010 was an outstanding vintage for Domaine de Chevalier and indeed for white Bordeaux in general. Huge potential but leave it for another few year...

The 2016 Taupenot-Merme Gevrey “Bel Air” is a bit more reserved in personality than the lovely La Riotte, but it too shares excellent depth at the ...

Has great delicacy of raspberry and cherry-stone fruit. The finish is remarkable for chalky, talc-fine tannins which really lift it. This is just u...

The 2012 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St Jacques is the only cru that underwent some chaptalization this year – a modest 0.5 degrees alcohol. I...