COTE DE
NUITS-RED
Burgundy is the spiritual home of
Pinot Noir. The Cote de Nuits, a slope that runs from the southern suburbs of
Dijon down to just north of Beaune, is the Pinot Motherlode.
CYRIL AUDOIN (MARSANNAY)
Cyril Audoin, now in his mid 20s, started
making wine when he was 12. Swashbuckling Cyril is something of a local
Casanova. He told us that he has recently bought a love shack in the quiet
village of Chambolle-Musigny. Lock up your daughters!
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FIXIN |
2005 |
19.99 |
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MARSANNAY Longeroies |
2004 |
19.99 |
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MARSANNAY Favieres |
2005 |
19.99 |
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MARSANNAY Clos du Roy |
2005 |
22.99 |
AF GROS (POMMARD)
The marriage of Anne-Franoise Gros
from Vosne-Romane on the Cte de Nuits and Franois Parent from Pommard on the
Cte de Beaune brought together some amazing vineyards under one roof. Although
all the wine is now made by Franois with Anne-Franoise concentrating on Le
Marketing, they still keep their separate labels.
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VOSNE-ROMANEE 1er Cru Maizieres |
2004 |
49.99 |
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VOSNE-ROMANEE 1er Cru Aux Reas |
2005 |
52.99 |
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RICHEBOURG Grand Cru |
2001 |
189.99 |
JM GUILLON (GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN)
Jean-Michel had no previous
background in wine, unusual for Burgundy where familial ties are strong. He's a
pilot from Paris, and still runs planes from Dijon airport. Bitten by the wine
bug, he bought some vines twenty years ago. His wines have immediate appeal,
dark and earthy, with a lot of new oak, cleverly handled. We tasted his wines
at 9am in a freezing cellar, and he came to our rescue by producing the most
delicious baguette with pieces of toasted cheese!
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MAZIS-CHAMBERTIN Grand Cru, JM Guillon |
2004 |
62.99 |
JANE ET SYLVAIN (GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN) BIO
We were excited to find a new
Bio-Dynamic wine-maker on our recent trip to Burgundy. Sylvain Raphanaud was a
cattle-herder, ski instructor and lorry driver before hooking-up with
girlfriend Jane Bernollin who had just inherited a few rows of vines in
Gevrey-Chambertin. Beautiful pure Pinot Noir from this famous village 10kms
south of Dijon.
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GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN Jane et Sylvan |
2005 |
28.99 |
HERESZTYN (GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN)
The original Mr Heresztyn came to
Burgundy from his native Poland in the 1930s and bought an onion patch near
Gevrey-Chambertin. He soon aspired to grow vines and acquired small plots of
prime vineyard over the years. Now the second generation of Heresztyns run the
show and the wines just get better and better.
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MOREY-SAINT-DENIS 1er Cru Les Millandes |
1998 |
37.99 |
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MOREY-SAINT-DENIS 1er Cru Les Millandes |
1999 |
37.99 |
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CLOS SAINT DENIS Grand Cru |
1999 |
53.99 |
DAVID JUILLARD – 36EME OUVREE
(HAUTES-COTES) BIO
Our search for Bio-Dynamic Burgundy brought us to David Juillard and his 36eme Ouvree. It was a slippy slidey drive up on the Hautes Cotes de Nuits to meet
him at his father-in-law's winery where he makes his super-sleek saturated
reds; a fabulous Bourgogne Rouge (made from Morey Saint Denis fruit) and two
intense Nuits Saint Georges, Aux Thorey and 1er Cru Les Saint-Georges.
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NUITS- ST-GEORGES 1er Cru Aux Thorey |
2005 |
49.99 |
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NUITS- ST-GEORGES 1er Cru Les St Georges |
2005 |
59.99 |
DOMAINE MONTS LUISANTS (BEAUNE)
Made by Jean-Marc Dufouleur who also
makes the excellent Baccate Fruit Liquers.
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MOREY-SAINT-DENIS
1er Cru Monts Luisants |
2002 |
29.99 |
MUGNIER (CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY)
At the heady, top shelf end of Chambolle, we have Freddy Mugnier, a genius producer with legendary status. Burgundy on
the world stage! If you never taste this mans wines you will have missed out.
Pinot Noir reaches the heights here, instantly distinctive, utterly seductive.
Quietly spoken and modest, Freddy took us into his shiny new cellar, expanded
to absorb Clos de la Marechale which has recently reverted from Faiveley back
to the Mugnier family, trebling their holdings overnight! Trebling and
troubling – quite a leap in volume and a leap in the dark economically,
but the first vintage (2004) is delicious. He could have bottled it all as
Nuits St Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Marchale, but decided to bottle what he
sees as less favoured spots as village Nuits Clos des Fourches. He insists
that good wine is made in the vineyard, and that it is his job as winemaker
"not to mess it up" once the grapes are harvested.
How to describe the wines? "Strawberry drenched satin",
"Velvet wrapped strawberries with a dusting of sugar", and other over-the-top
descriptions are not out of place here. "A wine can provide intense
sensations without being heavy," he says.
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NUITS- ST-GEORGES Clos des Fourches |
2006 |
43.99 |
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NUITS- ST-GEORGES 1er Cru Clos de la
Marechale |
2005 |
49.99 |
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CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY |
2006 |
54.99 |
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NUITS- ST-GEORGES 1er Cru Clos de la
Marechale |
2006 |
64.99 |
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CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 1er Cru Les Fuees |
2006 |
73.99 |
NOELLAT (VOSNE-ROMANEE)
Everywhere we went on the Cote was gearing up for the annual Festival of
St Vincent, the Saint of Wine. This involves decorating houses, shrubbery and
trees with colourful paper flowers followed by processions. The Noellat brothers were clearing up after the St Vincent
Festival in Vosne-Romanee. After last night's procession, they are this year's
host for St Vincent himself. We tasted through their juicy Vosne 2004s and a
charming Bourgogne Rouge 2005.
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BOURGOGNE ROUGE |
2005 |
15.99 |
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FIXIN |
2005 |
23.99 |
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NUITS- ST-GEORGES |
2005 |
33.99 |
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VOSNE-ROMANE |
2006 |
37.99 |
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VOSNE-ROMANE 1er Cru Les Suchots |
2004 |
49.99 |
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VOSNE-ROMANE
1er Cru Les Beaux Monts |
2004 |
49.99 |
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CLOS VOUGEOT Grand Cru |
2004 |
79.99 |
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ECHEZEAUX Grand Cru |
2006 |
99.99 |
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ECHEZEAUX Grand
Cru, MAGNUM |
2000 |
179.99 |
SIGAUT (CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY)
Anne and Herve Sigaut have
been developing some new techniques. They are now practising "Lutte
Raisonee" - not Organic or Bio (yet), but keeping things as natural as
possible in the vineyard and only treating when absolutely necessary. In the
cellar they avoid all pumping and now just use gravity to transfer between
barrels. We have always loved their classic, feminine, Chambolle style and yet
you can already taste the difference in the new wines. Deeper, richer. Their
Morey-Saint-Denis "Les Millandes" is also a winner.
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MOREY- ST DENIS 1er Cru Les Millandes |
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Coming Soon |
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CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY |
2005 |
29.99 |
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CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 1er Cru Les Sentiers |
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Coming Soon |
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CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 1er Cru Chatelots |
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Coming Soon |