2023 Bourgogne Côte d’Or Blanc Cuvée des Forgets Patrick Javillier
£120.00 In Bond £144.00 Inc VAT (£24.00 Per Bottle)-
Jasper Morris MW, December 2024, Score: 88-91
To bottle in the New Year. A fine mid lemon yellow with an engaging generosity of fruit already apparent on the nose. The Javilliers have manged to harness freshness with ripeness in a most engaging fashion. Apple and plum fruit throughout, with a fine long finish.
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Jasper Morris MW, December 2024, Score: 88-91
To bottle in the New Year. A fine mid lemon yellow with an engaging generosity of fruit already apparent on the nose. The Javilliers have manged to harness freshness with ripeness in a most engaging fashion. Apple and plum fruit throughout, with a fine long finish.
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GWL, December 2024
Of Javillier’s two Bourgogne Blancs, this is undoubtedly the most Meursault in style, where the vineyards’ clay-rich soils impart an opulence and roundness to the palate. The nose shows accents of quince and ripe pear, while there is a vibrant, almost steely quality to the palate that keeps this cuvée light on its feet. Perennially punching above its weight.
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2023 Meursault Les Perrieres 1er Cru de Ch de Meursault
£630.00 In Bond-
Jasper Morris MW, October 2024, Score: 94-96
A gleaming primrose colour. All about the weight more than the class on the nose., All about the class on the palate, where it really kicks off, heading to the stars. You feel that there are many layers waiting to unfold, very gorgeous. Wonderful finish, the stones adding pinpoint precision to the weight of orchard fruit. Drink from 2030-2038. Tasted Oct 2024.
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Jasper Morris MW, October 2024, Score: 94-96
A gleaming primrose colour. All about the weight more than the class on the nose., All about the class on the palate, where it really kicks off, heading to the stars. You feel that there are many layers waiting to unfold, very gorgeous. Wonderful finish, the stones adding pinpoint precision to the weight of orchard fruit. Drink from 2030-2038. Tasted Oct 2024.
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GWL, December 2024
This cuvée comes from a single hectare on the boundary of Puligny, and so has the pristine purity that you would expect from such a location. This is the liveliest of the Château’s Meursaults in 2023, combining pink grapefruit with riper notes of apricot on the nose. The palate also has verve, with a sherbet-inspired energy that makes it so moreishly mouthwatering. Over a few years, the wine will settle and reveal its more composed side. A wine with immense potential.
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2023 Santenay 1er Cru Les Gravieres Elodie Roy
£160.00 In Bond £192.00 Inc VAT (£32.00 Per Bottle)-
Neal Martin, November 2024, Score: 91
The 2023 Santenay Les Gravières 1er Cru comes from the steep section toward Chassagne from 0.52 hectares of vines planted in 1952/53 with an easterly orientation. Vinified with 20% whole cluster, it has a well-defined and understated bouquet with raspberry and cranberry scents. The 30% new oak is neatly integrated. Its palate is medium-bodied with subtle white pepper and clove notes, vivacious red berry fruit and a nicely composed, quite persistent finish. This is well worth seeking out.
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Neal Martin, November 2024, Score: 91
The 2023 Santenay Les Gravières 1er Cru comes from the steep section toward Chassagne from 0.52 hectares of vines planted in 1952/53 with an easterly orientation. Vinified with 20% whole cluster, it has a well-defined and understated bouquet with raspberry and cranberry scents. The 30% new oak is neatly integrated. Its palate is medium-bodied with subtle white pepper and clove notes, vivacious red berry fruit and a nicely composed, quite persistent finish. This is well worth seeking out.
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Jancis Robinson, January 2025, Score: 16.5
Cherry and cinnamon. Open-hearted sweetness of fruit and then tannins which kick in firmly but gently. Crushed-mint freshness on the finish. Good length. These Elodie Roy wines are over-delivering for the price. GV (TC)
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GWL, December 2024
In the 19th century, the vineyards of Santenay were prized above those of Côte de Nuits appellations such as Vosne Romanée. Although the commune has since been overlooked in favour of its northerly neighbours, Les Gravières continues to enjoy its reputation as the best-known Premier Cru in Santenay. The light, stony soils implied in the name, coupled with old vines planted in 1952, have produced an excellent wine this vintage. With beguiling notes of Morello cherry and pomegranate, accompanied by a whisp of dried wild herbs, this Pinot entices from the outset. Relaxed and already very open, the generous fruit sweetness is underpinned by elegant, refined tannins and a lift of stone-driven acidity.
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2023 Savigny lès Beaune 1er Cru Aux Vergelesses Simon Bize
£310.00 In Bond £372.00 Inc VAT (£62.00 Per Bottle)-
Neal Martin, November 2024, Score: 93-95
The 2023 Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Vergelesses 1er Cru has a very attractive nose, perhaps the most effervescent and defined, with a blend of precise red berry fruit, crushed stone and subtle sous-bois scents. The medium-bodied palate is very elegant and cohesive with lovely poise, fine tannins and similar weight to the Les Talmettes on the finish. Another very promising 2023 from Bize.
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Neal Martin, November 2024, Score: 93-95
The 2023 Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Vergelesses 1er Cru has a very attractive nose, perhaps the most effervescent and defined, with a blend of precise red berry fruit, crushed stone and subtle sous-bois scents. The medium-bodied palate is very elegant and cohesive with lovely poise, fine tannins and similar weight to the Les Talmettes on the finish. Another very promising 2023 from Bize.
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Jasper Morris MW, October 2024, Score: 91-94
A clear ruby crimson. Mostly vigorous fruit with also a mild reductive character. Perhaps the highest class fruit across the palate and here the tannins are much smoother than the previous two or three wines. A very graceful long finish.
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GWL, December 2024
Regarded as one of the prime vineyards within Savigny, the Bize family own a substantial, 2.2-hectare plot in this Premier Cru, which they consider to be one of their signature cuvées. With vines planted in 1939, 1949 and 1954, there is a wealth of old vine complexity and depth to be found in this wine. The 2023 is immediately engaging with vibrant notes of cranberry, raspberry, white pepper spice and a hint of savoury wild herbs. Tightly coiled and muscular, the ripe, red-toned fruit is woven around firm, fine-grained tannins and enlivened by mineral-toned acidity. This is a weighty and serious expression of Pinot that will require time to reveal its full potential.
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2023 Morey St Denis 1er Cru Les Millandes Christian Sérafin
£425.00 In Bond £531.54 Inc VAT (£88.59 Per Bottle)-
Burghound, January 2025, Score: 91-93
Once again there is an airy and cool aspect to the essence of red berry fruit-scented nose. The succulent, vibrant and well-detailed medium-bodied flavors also flash excellent power on the moderately austere, sappy and balanced finale that is slightly firmer. This is a classic Millandes of muscle but not rusticity.
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Burghound, January 2025, Score: 91-93
Once again there is an airy and cool aspect to the essence of red berry fruit-scented nose. The succulent, vibrant and well-detailed medium-bodied flavors also flash excellent power on the moderately austere, sappy and balanced finale that is slightly firmer. This is a classic Millandes of muscle but not rusticity.
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Jancis Robinson, January 2025, Score: 16.5
Profound mid ruby. Very Morey with darker red and black fruit and a slightly rustic note after the Gevreys. Lots of spicy fruit but a whisker less successful. (MH)
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Jasper Morris MW, November 2024, Score: 91-93
A fine even purple, more colour and energy here. Plenty of youthful fruit as well, a few tannins, darker raspberry fruit, a wine for the medium term. Drink from 2030-2037.
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GWL, December 2024
A number of famous domaines have holdings in Les Millandes, a highly-regarded site which lies just below Clos de la Roche Grand Cru. Expressive on the nose, with notes of pomegranate, summer fruits, and a subtle hint of ground coffee, the palate is equally charming with a sweetness of fruit that oscillates between red and black fruit. There is power here as the tannins give structure before finishing with a very pleasing bite of crunchy cranberry.
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2023 Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Craipillots Drouhin Laroze
£450.00 In Bond £540.00 Inc VAT (£90.00 Per Bottle)-
Neal Martin, November 2024, Score: 93-95
The 2023 Gevrey-Chambertin Craipillot 1er Cru has a tangibly mineral bouquet that seeps through the airy brambly red fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, perfectly judged acidity, a silky-smooth texture and a pixelated finish. Frankly, I was not prepared for how well this Premier Cru performs. Superb.
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Neal Martin, November 2024, Score: 93-95
The 2023 Gevrey-Chambertin Craipillot 1er Cru has a tangibly mineral bouquet that seeps through the airy brambly red fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, perfectly judged acidity, a silky-smooth texture and a pixelated finish. Frankly, I was not prepared for how well this Premier Cru performs. Superb.
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Burghound, January 2025, Score: 89-92
This is also quite firmly reduced and revealing nothing aromatically. The succulent, suave and seductively textured flavors are unusually rich if less powerful and stony than those of the Lavaut, all wrapped in a dusty and ever-so-mildly warm finale.
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Jancis Robinson, January 2025, Score: 16.5+
Savoury, firm, emphatic but operatic in its tenor soar of fruit. Underlying walnuts. Tannins like well-worn floorboards carrying the weight of the wine. Long, crafted lines. So firm and yet so mellifluous. (TC)
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Jasper Morris MW, November 2024, Score: 90-93
Ruby to crimson. The nose is a bit discombobulated by slightly over present oak and some reduction, but the palate comes across very well, with an energy of strawberry and raspberry fruit, backed by adequate structure. Middleweight plus with an attractive texture and long finish. Drink from 2030-2036.
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GWL, December 2024
The name Craipillots is a reference to the stony soils in the vineyard, which surely have an influence on the very mineral nature of this wine. Full of brightness and energy, with characters of cranberry and wild alpine strawberry (25% whole bunch). This is very serious in nature, direct in its linear structure and the most thought provoking of the Premiers Crus, with its long, complex finish. Requires time but will be a superb classic Pinot.
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2023 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru Drouhin Laroze
£970.00 In Bond £1,185.54 Inc VAT (£197.59 Per Bottle)-
Neal Martin, November 2024, Score: 95-97
The 2023 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru has an intense bouquet with black cherry, raspberry and violet scents that burst from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied, fleshy and very pure, with saturated tannins, impressive depth and plenty of blue fruit on the finish that makes it seem like a Bonnes-Mares. Superb.
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Neal Martin, November 2024, Score: 95-97
The 2023 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru has an intense bouquet with black cherry, raspberry and violet scents that burst from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied, fleshy and very pure, with saturated tannins, impressive depth and plenty of blue fruit on the finish that makes it seem like a Bonnes-Mares. Superb.
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Burghound, January 2025, Score: 90-92
Here too firm reduction overshadows the underlying fruit. There is even better volume and slightly better mid-palate density to the sappy broad-shouldered flavors that also conclude in a dusty, very austere and compact finale where a prominent bitter pit fruit character, as well as a touch of warmth, appear. This is difficult to accurately read as the bitterness concerns me though at this early stage, it could well age out if given a chance.
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Jasper Morris MW, November 2024, Score: 93-95
All destemmed because of millerand grapes. A dense black colour, this shows some concentration in bouquet, dark black fruit, which continues on the palate, solid, though in this vintage not too muscular, with an attractive dark berry aftertaste. Drink from 2032-2040.
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GWL, December 2024
Lying at the top of the Clos just below the Château, in a parcel called “des Papes” reputedly reserved for the Popes of Avignon, the Drouhin Laroze hectare of vines is one of the very best positioned in Clos de Vougeot. The quality found here supports 80% new oak élevage, but with the Clos’ abundant natural power, Nicolas prefers to destalk the fruit 100%. An array of spice, cinnamon and clove intermingles with some juicy dark Morello cherry flavours. The initial impression is of sweetness and openness, highlighting the vintage’s warmth, but then the Clos’ brooding muscle builds and takes control. A very serious wine supporting the Clos’ reputation for making one of the Côte d’Or’s most powerful and longest-ageing Grands Crus.
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