The Clos des Grives 2022 from Domaine Combierpossesses superb balance. In this very attractive vintage, this long, complex and deep organic wine is one of the appellation's best representatives. It will require a few years to find balance and complexity. A vintage to be enjoyed over 7 to 10 years!
Sous la Tour is a magnificent pinot noir from Domaine Tissot: this spicy organic wine develops smoky, red fruit notes. The tannins are fine and silky. A pinot noir that makes many a Burgundy blush!Close
The cuvée 3C from domaine Bourgeois-Diaz is a superb Extra-Brut champagne. Endowed with beautiful complexity, we love its crystalline purity, fine bubbles and great elegance.
The Santenay 1er Cru "Les Gravières" from Domaines Ludovic Pierrot is an expressive, ruby-red wine. It offers a complex bouquet with red and black fruit aromas, often accompanied by floral and spice notes. Structured on the palate, it reveals fine, elegant tannins. A silky wine with good acidity that gives it a certain freshness.
Magnificent oxidative savagnin from Domaine Tissot. A benchmark in its field, mineral, slender, with notes of fresh walnut, sea salt. Superb with creamy chicken.
This pinot noir En Barberon du Domaine Tissot has great concentration; fleshy and charming, it's a great Jura red wine. This cuvée reveals notes of red berries typical of pinot noir. Note RVF: 17/20Close
The Santenay sous la Roche blanc des Vignobles Ludovic Pierrot is a great Burgundy wine. Chardonnay finds a fine, chiseled expression here, all elegance and precision. A wine to be enjoyed over 10 years.
A magnificent Riesling Vendanges tardives from the Marcel Deiss estate at full maturity: the sweetness of the wine is counterbalanced by the minerality of the riesling. The whole is sumptuous and very elegant. A great bottle to enjoy with pan-fried foie gras, for example.
The cuvée les Graviers du domaine Tissotpossesses an airy, mineral nose with floral, spicy and toasty notes. A superb organic white wine reminiscent of the framework of great Burgundy whites.
Magnificent 1er cru de Pernand Vergelesses, fine, elegant and silky, to be enjoyed over 10 years. The nose of this great Burgundy from the domaine Pavelot develops on notes of black fruits, blond tobacco. Round and silky on the palate, this wine is beautifully complex and well-balanced. A real treat!
This 1er cru Sous Fretille du domaine Pavelot is one of the great white wines of the Côte de Beaune .This Pernand-Vergelesses is refined, elegant, complex. Very beautiful fruit enhanced by a very successful passage in barrel. To be enjoyed over 10 years.
La cuvée Terres de la Crau du Clos du Calvaire is a parcel-based cuvée from the estate. It presents a varied palette of blackberry, rose and spice aromas. The palate is generous, with ripe black fruit aromas, coated tannins and a chocolate finish. A concentrated, generous wine that aptly highlights the terroirs of La Crau.
Magnificent oxidative savagnin from the Tissot estate. A benchmark in its field, mineral, slender, on notes of fresh walnut, sea salt. Superb with creamy chicken.
A very great Champagne Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru. This reserve cuvée from Champagne De Sousa is very expressive on the nose with notes of white fruits. The attack on the palate is greedy and fruity. The finish is taut and clean. A superb champagne for aperitifs and meals.
Gault et Millau: 16/20Parker : 92/100Le Point 17.50/20
Deponcins du domaine François Villard is a magnificent Condrieu. On the nose, it develops floral and fruity aromas, blending white flowers and fruit. On the palate, it develops notes of yellow fruit (peach, apricot) and exotic fruit. Beautiful freshness and superb length!Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2021 : 94/100
Cornaline 2019 from domaine Hauvette, a complex and powerful organic wine that deserves a few years cellaring before tasting. The wine reveals notes of black fruit, garrigue, zan, licorice. Superb length.
The Clos des Grives blanc du Domaine Combier cuvée is a grand blanc de gastronomie from the Rhone Valley. Rare and ambitious, this cuvée possesses beautiful chewiness and plenty of freshness. It reveals woody, white and yellow fruit notes. A long, lingering finish!
Terres de la Crau blanc du Clos du Calvaire is a superb white Châteauneuf-du-Pape from vines averaging 60 years old. A pure, balanced white with a vibrant style that perfectly highlights the richness of the appellation's terroirs. The nose reveals aromas of white flowers and lime blossom. On the palate the aroma tends towards honeyed mint, and lime.
Magnificent Cuvée sous la Velle 2022: the attack is frank with notes of preserved lemon, then this dense wine, fatter than the others, with complex aromas and multiple horizons, opens with a beautiful saline and iodine vibration. The divine alliance of a mineral world and explosive fruitiness.
What a magnificent gourmet white is the cuvée Dolia from Domaine Hauvette ! A grand blanc endowed with extraordinary complexity and length. The blend of roussanne, marsanne and clairette produces a wine that is both rich and balanced. High-flying workmanship.
The Volnay from domaine Chantal Lescure has become one of the appellation's benchmarks over the years. The domaine has a small production, so bottles are limited in number. You'll appreciate the complexity and intensity of the 2023, which will enable it to evolve favorably over 7 years.