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• White Wine

  2022 Chablis, Michel Gayot

  £2950

  A lively, suave and mineral Chablis with citrus, floral and herbaceous notes leading to a fresh and crisp palate with lovely weight and a flinty note on the finish.

  The vines are grown in the heart of the Chablis appellation, where the climate is continental. Cold winters allow the vine to rest and the sap to descend and warm summers, enable the grapes to ripen. The yields are carefully controlled to ensure the highest quality of fruit, by concentrating the flavours in the grapes. The vineyards are cultivated in the traditional manner in accordance with the appellation regulations, but also in order to respect the land and its environment and the biodiversity of the soil. The soils are predominantly Kimmeridgian, which comprise limestone and clay, from which the wines of Chablis draw their unique character, purity and minerality.

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  2020 Organic Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits, Jean-Claude Boisset

  £2995

  In the glass, the Organic Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits is straw yellow with white highlights. It has very intense bouquet perfumes with notes of citrus zest, green apple and toasty aromas of fresh brioche. The palate has excellent tension with concentrated fruit flavours that linger on the finish.

  The Hautes Côte de Nuits vineyards run parallel to those of the Côte de Nuits but are situated at a higher altitude. This wine comes from 1.05ha of organically certified Chardonnay vines. They are 35 years old on average and are planted at a density of 3,500 vines per hectare. The vineyard is east-facing and planted on limestone soil, which gives the resulting wine great freshness and fine minerality.

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  2020 Santenay La Forge Blanc, Jean Baptiste Jessiaume

  £3295

  The appellation of Santenay lies at the southern extremity of the Cote de Beaune and is famously said to be the home of both the nymph of water and the god of wine as it is both a spa and a winegrowing centre.  Producing mainly Pinot Noir but the chardonnay should not be overlooked as they can be exceptional in their minerality and freshness.

  This very well made Chardonnay from Jean-Baptiste Jessiaume is fresh and zesty with a touch of nuttiness to the nectarine-like aromas. The fruit is high quality as you would expect with delicate weight, gentle oak and minerality adding texture.  The finish is long and persistent.   Drink now to 2030 and match with Turbot and fresh truffles.

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  2020 ‘Infiniment de ‘l’Ou’, Château de l’Ou

  £3350

  This vibrant Chardonnay is characterised by great minerality, layered with bright citrus
  notes, floral hints and toasted nuts through to a vibrant, saline finish.

  The Chardonnay grapes come from the Côtes Catalans, which is the principle IGP allowing only mono-varietal wines. The vines thrive at an altitude of 385 metres’ elevation in the Haute Vallée de l’Agly, in the Roussillon region. The climate is Mediterranean, strongly influenced by cooling coastal breezes combined with mountain-freshness from the foothills of the Pyrenees which balance the hot, arid summers. The terroir is made up of a mosaic of black schist soils, which date back to the Cretaceous period. The schistous marl produces shallow soils, which force the vines to send their roots deep in search of water and nutrients. The vineyard is certified
  organic.

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  2019 Chablis 1er Cru Mont de Milieu, Domaine Jean Goulley

  £3400

  A full-flavoured and complex Premier Cru Chablis, delivering rich, ripe fruit enveloped in a creamy texture through to a long, sustained finish.

  Mont de Milieu is a 1er Cru vineyard site located on the eastern banks of the Serein River and produces age-worthy wines from this exceptional terroir. The vines are planted in Kimmeridgian soils, which are rich in clay and limestone with fossilised seashells. Domaine Goulley’s old Chardonnay vines were planted in 1968 and were converted to organic status in 2005, since then it has been cultivated without the use of chemical treatments.

  The vineyard has a south to southwestern exposure and sits at 150 to 190 metres elevation which encourages good diurnal temperature differences, encouraging the grapes to accumulate good fruit concentration while retaining refreshing natural acidity from the cooler nights.

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  2020 Chablis 1er Cru Montmains, Domaine Jean Goulley

  £3400

  The 2020 Montmains has an intense mineral nose followed by fresh vibrant fruit, crisp acidity and citrus notes. Beautifully balanced, this is pure and round on the palate, with a creamy texture and a long, salivating finish. Classic Chablis.

  The 1er Cru of Montmains is one of the best known Premier Cru vineyards and stretches along an exposed hillside to the southwest of the town of Chablis. It is angled slightly east toward the morning sun, the slopes of the vineyard have enough sunshine to ripen grapes, while still retaining the fresh acidity that is so important to Chablis wines. Montmains is known for producing fresh, elegant wines with good minerality. 

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  2017 Rully Saint Jacques, Antoine Olivier

  £3400

  The nose reveals hints of white flowers, citrus, and yellow fruits. The palate enjoys a crisp, fresh attack with a beautiful tension. This cuvée pairs perfectly with seafood.

  The grapes are exclusively from the single vineyard of ‘Saint Jacques’ in the Rully appellation, the most northern village in the Côte Chalonnaise. Saint Jacques was one of the first named plots or ‘lieu-dit’ in Rully, which has become renowned for its high quality. The grapes are grown in mainly clay and limestone soils, producing round and appealing wines.

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  2022 Chablis 1er Cru, Beauroy, Agnès and Didier Dauvissat

  £3450

  Agnes and Didier Dauvissat’s Beauroy sings with racy florals and minerals with surprising richness. The wine sees a tiny amount of oak, giving it a wonderful baked apple, quince paste and citrus personality that complements the minerality and chamomile notes. Long and intriguing, with a slight hint of salinity and sea spray.

  Beauroy is a well-exposed, south-facing premier cru on the left bank of the Serein River, which cuts through the centre of the appellation. It has rich soil of clay and limestone with lots of fossilized oysters.

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  2014 Ladoix Blanc ‘Bois de Mont’, Domaine Chevalier

  £3500

  A white Burgundy of high quality combining the taut, steely character of Chablis with the fruit and floral intensity of the Côte de Beaune.

  This Chardonnay is bright yellow in colour, with aromas of citrus, honey and hay. The palate is medium-bodied and refreshing, with firm structure but appealing lemon and stone fruit intensity to round the finish, along with gentle spice and vanilla complexity.

  Ladoix sits at the foot of the famous hill of Corton, just to the north of the town of Beaune. The south-easterly facing vineyards lie on chalky-clay soils and the vines are on average 15 years old.

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  2021 Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume, Domaine Jean Goulley

  £3600

  The Premier Cru area of Fourchaume is an extension of the northerly slopes of the Chablis Grands Crus. Fourchaume is distinguished by its power, elegance, bouquet and length – classic and mineral Chablis.

  The grapes to produce Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume Domaine Jean Goulley are carefully selected and fermented with natural yeasts in stainless steel vats to show the characteristics of this impressive terroir. Matured for 18 months sur lie in stainless steel barrels to achieve texture, roundness and complexity.

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  2020 Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune`Sous Eguisons`, Domaine Jean-Noël Gagnard

  £3795

  Caroline Lestimé, winemaker at Jean-Noël Gagnard, decided to plant Chardonnay vines on this plot of the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune, back in 2007.   The vineyard is in La Rochepot, on an embankment overlooking and bordering the western part of the Saint-Aubin appellation Le Ban. The name “Sous Éguisons” refers to the cliff above the vineyard. The cliff offers protection from the north winds, which is a significant advantage given how harsh the climate is and how bitter the spring frosts are at this altitude. The natural growth cycle of the vines is also slower and the grapes mature a full week later than at lower levels.

  The wine itself is a revelation, pure, pristine and delicious.  The matchstick mineral nose shows pure lemony fruit with a hint of florality. The palate is linear and precise with taut lemony fruit and a fine tangy, stony mineral quality. There’s just the faintest hint of spicy, toasty oak, but the real theme here is pure, vital lemon fruit with great precision and lovely integrated acidity.

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  2018 Chablis 1er Cru Forets, Louis Michel

  £3900

  The Chablis producer Louis Michel is the benchmark for pure, unoaked Chablis.  Intense and tensile wines are the calling card here, pure and unadorned by style and consistently high in quality.

  In northernmost Burgundy, the Chablis Premier Cru Forêts vineyards managed by Guillaume Michel, the sixth generation of the Michel family, grow on thin soil and push deep into the bedrock. The shallow bedrock and stony soil in the Forêts vineyards bring clean, precise and powerful minerality to the wines that start their life here. The terroir also delivers notes of undergrowth and fern mingled with spicier ripe fruit, as well as aromas of cocoa and pepper.

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  2019 Fixin Blanc, Jean-Claude Boisset

  £4250

  This 2019 Fixin Blanc is a beautiful pale yellow colour that displays intense aromas of white peach and stone fruit, with hints of almond and gentle spice from time in oak. The palate is vibrant and fresh yet full-bodied and complex, and the finish long. Just 1500 bottles were produced.  According to winemaker Grégory Patriat, the 2019 vintage will go down as a legendary one, just like 1969, 1979, 1999 and 2009. The summer months were very dry and the yields were much lower than normal due to the lack of water in the vineyards. However, this also resulted in smaller berries and highly concentrated aromas and flavours with the health of the grapes harvested exceptional. Harvest began in mid September.

  This is the first vintage of Grégory’s Fixin Blanc which comes from a tiny plot within the very small Fixin appellation. Fixin is a village at the northern end of the Côte de Nuits. Apart from its neighbour, Marsannay, Fixin is the most northerly appellation in the Côte de Nuits, covering roughly 90 hectares. It is known principally for Pinot Noir. There are just 5 hectares planted to Chardonnay. Boisset’s Fixin Blanc comes from a small plot of 40 year old vines which are located beneath the famous 1er Cru ‘Clos du Chapitre’ on clay and limestone soils.

   

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  2018 Auxey-Duresses, Jean-Claude Boisset

  £4250

  Pale yellow in colour with golden reflections. The seductive nose has aromas of green apple and white flowers that mingle with notes of toast and smoke. On the palate, the wine is supple with superb balanced and a bright, zesty acidity, which lifts the finish.

  Grégory is renowned for his ingenuity in sourcing the highest quality fruit from small parcels, or ‘lieu-dits’, across the region, producing the finest wine that the vintage can offer. Nestled between the two famed villages of Volnay and Meursault, Auxey-Duresses has only 150 hectares of vines. Today, it producers some of the Côte’s best value for money wines. The fruit for Auxey-Duresses comes from a 0.31-hectare plot located in the extension of the Meursault appellation, where the soils are mostly limestone and the vines face northeast. The balance between warm and cool influences results in a long, slow ripening period, allowing the grapes to retain their acidity and lending excellent balance to the finished wines.

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  2019 St Romain, Maison de Montille

  £4295

  This chardonnay from the standout vintage of 2019 exhibits a pretty bouquet of fresh pear, citrus oil and white flowers, the 2019 Saint-Romain is medium to full-bodied, supple but lively, with a bright spine of acidity and a gently chalky finish.

  Fruit for this Chardonnay is sourced from 2 lieu-dits in Saint-Romain, 80% from `Sous Roches` and the remaining 20% from `Jarrons`, located at the bottom of the village. The 30-year-old vines are planted on rocky soils with excellent drainage which allow the grapes to ripen at a steady pace and retain their vibrant flavours.

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