Light to medium in body but intense in color, with an attractive garnet hue, this is an excellent, weighty example of regional Burgundy Pinot.

Maranges is one of the lesser-known villages perhaps, but the best are of amazing quality without paying for the more famous postal codes of neighbouring Volnay for example. A classic red Burgundy, with a vibrant ruby colour; beautifully scented with aromas of crushed red and black cherry, earth, and spice. On the palate, it has a fresh, pure, and detailed fruit core; lovely acidity, a crunchy, lively cherry on the finish.

A fruity, expressive nose that’s spicy and creamy, with aromas of strawberry, raspberry, sage, vanilla, and fresh rose petals, followed by a concentrated, serious palate with a perfect balance between fresh acidity and fine tannins.

There are delicate aromas of red cherry, cranberry, and rose petal but with time in the glass aromas of tobacco, toast, and stinky barnyard take over. Light and elegant in style, with a core of red fruits accent with piney oak. Easygoing!

The wine itself is immediately complex, with the kind of sumptuous oak integration that elevates the tart cherry flavors. The wine keeps juicing up out of its tannins with delicate yet persistent power, the unambiguous message of the vineyard charged by its marriage with oak into something delicious.

This Côtes de Nuits Villages has delightful tension with a lovely mineral note, and is refined with expressive, silky fruit.

Ethereal, layered and nuanced with red fruit, herbs, and spices. Light in colour, but mighty in intensity.

This particular wine is silky and smooth with an elegant variety of dark fruits and hints of fresh earth and subtle spice

One of the most northern villages of the region, the wines made are earthy, savoury with herbaceous and mushroom notes. Huge depth of flavour and refined, its a very serious bottle of red.

'La Croix' has notable purity which is expressed in its freshness and intense flavours of raspberries, gooseberries and blackcurrants. The acidity of this wine is well balanced with subtle, velvety tannins, and a touch of vanilla on the finish.

This Pommard has a vivid red fruit character with hints of spice and liquorice, lifted acidity, and a long, mineral finish.

Jane's Gevrey-Chambertin is an impressive expression of this prime cru in the Côte de Nuits. The nose has cherry aromas, wild savoury characters with some trademark earthy Gevrey notes. The wine is well balanced and accessible with a lovely dark cherry fruit on the palate, fine grainy tannins and a lasting finish.

A bright ruby colour in the glass with aromas of crunchy red cherry, sweet spice and subtle smoky notes. On the palate the flavours are well concentrated, with silky tannins and bright acidity giving the wine great structure and length.

Born and bred in Marsannay you’d think that Sylvain Pataille would have had wine in his veins. He is not from a winemaking family however, and went to wine school in Beaune from the age of 14. Vineyard holdings are managed according to organic and biodynamic principles and when replanting is necessary is is undertaken via massale selection with cuttings from some of the most outstanding producers in Burgundy. In the winery SO2 is used to a minimum, and oak is more of a vessel than a flavouring, aiding the elevage.

From the tip of Chablis to the toe of Beaujolais, from regional, village, 1er Cru and Grand Cru wines Louis Jadot produces only Burgundy. The Jadot label has become the reliable stamp of quality and consistency from what can often be a confusing region. Louis Henry Denis Jadot founded the business in 1859. His vision was to build a business with a high quality reputation and a significant vineyard base. This vision remains core to the business today. Over time, prestigious acquisitions have included Chambertin Clos de Bèze, Musigny and Gevrey Chambertin Clos St Jacques. Plus the picturesque Santenay Clos de Malte and Premier Cru sites in Puligny Montrachet, Savigny Les Beaune and Corton Grand Cru to name but a few. Today the business is headed up by Pierre Henry Gagey, following following the tragic death of Louis Auguste Jadot. Pierre Henry is a passionate believer in terroir, allowing the wines to present the very essence of Burgundy.

Beautifully perfumed on the nose, violets, and roses to the fore. The palate is juicy and upbeat, with bright red berries and an inviting fleshy succulence. Definitely at the red-fruited end of the spectrum, which is good to see in a village-level Nuits-Saint-Georges.

From the tip of Chablis to the toe of Beaujolais, from regional, village, 1er Cru and Grand Cru wines Louis Jadot produces only Burgundy. The Jadot label has become the reliable stamp of quality and consistency from what can often be a confusing region. Louis Henry Denis Jadot founded the business in 1859. His vision was to build a business with a high quality reputation and a significant vineyard base. This vision remains core to the business today. Over time, prestigious acquisitions have included Chambertin Clos de Bèze, Musigny and Gevrey Chambertin Clos St Jacques. Plus the picturesque Santenay Clos de Malte and Premier Cru sites in Puligny Montrachet, Savigny Les Beaune and Corton Grand Cru to name but a few. Today the business is headed up by Pierre Henry Gagey, following following the tragic death of Louis Auguste Jadot. Pierre Henry is a passionate believer in terroir, allowing the wines to present the very essence of Burgundy.

Since its foundations in 1731, Bouchard Père et Fils has put together an exceptional vineyard holding along the Côte d’Or. The fact that the firm owns land in some of the most prestigious of Burgundy’s terroirs, makes its objectives an obligation: constant progress towards perfection. A ‘great wine’ demands time and utmost care at every step in its production. This is why the firm calls upon the most suitable equipment (such as the new winery, inaugurated in 2005) and a team that shares the highest standards in terms of craftsmanship and creativity. The name of this " climat " with rocky sub-soil comes from the great number of big flat stones called " laves " in the area. These natural stone slabs were used by the Merovingians for their tombs. One of these can be seen in the Louis XI room in the Château in Beaune. Bouchard Père & Fils owns 3.94 hectares of Savigny Premier Cru acquired at the beginning of the 20th century

Domaine Henri Boillot, in Volnay, has become, amongst others, a specialty of Puligny-Montrachet. For several generations (since 1885 precisely), in the southern part of the Côte de Beaune, this discreet but renowned 15-hectare domaine, well known by connoisseurs, has vinified and matured a remarkable palette of prestigious wines on the largest terroirs. Its classy, vigorous and masterfully harmonious grand crus of the Côte de Beaune have particularly established its reputation. Seven hectares of white wine is distributed among the Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru (Les Perrières, Les Pucelles, Clos de La Mouchère), Meursault Premier Cru Les Genevrières and Savigny-les-Beaune Premier Cru Les Vergelesses. Today, it is the son Henri who has taken over the reins of the family vineyard, and in 1996 he added a trading business, exclusively for whites, and in which each premier cru or grand cru is produced by a single supplier in order to preserve the authenticity of the terroir. The whites, generally early, improve superbly over four to five years. This is thanks to the rigorous and constant ploughing of the vines in a sustainable manner (8 to 10 times a year), as well as the fact that no herbicides are used, yields are limited (40hl / ha on average) and harvesting is manual and conducted as late as possible. Note that in 2005 the domaine unified its name when Henri Boillot bought out Jean Boillot.

Ruby-red wine with very intense purplish tints, displaying a fresh and fruity nose, enhanced by hints of plums, black berries and a touch of vanilla. Fresh fruit flavours, supported by sweet and round tannins, and good structure contributed by oak. Long and fruity finish.

The vineyard where this variety is grown is situated 1300 metres above sea level. It’s a young vineyard, planted on chalky soils, with a very pronounced slope. This helps to keep the ground healthy, because there is no accumulation of water or frosts. The climate is mountainous, with a very wide temperature range, resulting in grapes with thicker skins.

Milan Nestarec is a young grower based in Moravia, a region in the Czech Republic that lies just 15km from the northern Austrian border. Milan’s father planted the 8 hectares of vines in 2001 across two wine growing municipalities: Moravský Žižkov and Velké Bílovice. This region has a lot in common with Austria, from the loess soils to the grape varieties that flourish here. Milan works with a host of varieties including Riesling, Neuburger, Welschriesling, Pinot Noir and the lesser known Hibernal. The yield is kept low in the vineyards and the focus is always on quality and expressing the full potential of each variety. Milan is a member of the ‘Autentisté’ group - a community of winemakers making authentic wines that strive to express the true character of the land. No herbicides are used in his vineyards and the vines are worked strictly organically. Milan also vinifies everything with indigenous yeasts and bottles without fining or filtration.

Thomas Bachelder will be known to many of our customers as the first winemaker at Le Clos Jordanne. He has now gone out on his own, together with his wife, Mary Delaney. In their first vintage in 2009, they made three Chardonnays from three different regions - Burgundy, Niagara and Oregon. Using the same winemaking techniques in each region (wild yeasts, minimal intervention and the same barrel makers), the difference in the wines is solely down to the vineyard which makes for some very interesting blind tasting results. The Oregon Chardonnay shows a more robust, honeyed character compared to the Niagara Chardonnay which is particularly fresh and lifted with aromas of white stone fruits.

Michel Gay began in 1992 after he and his brother split up their century old family estate and decided to go it alone. Beginning with a meager 6.5 hectares in 92, the domaine has grown a bit to just over 10 hectares today. In 2000, the fifth generation winemaker, Sébastien Gay returned to the domaine following his studies in Beaune and immediately set about improving things. This small estate in the Cote de Beaune is comprised of vines that average more than 40 years old with many parcels coming in over 60 years of age. Holdings include the always exceptional Chorey‐ les‐Beaune, Aloxe‐Corton, Savigny‐les‐Beaune 1er Crus Serpentières and Vergelesses, three premier crus in Beaune, Toussaints, Coucherias, and Greves, as well as a small plot of Corton in the Renardes vineyard. Recently, Sébastien planted a very small parcel in Coucherias to Chardonnay that has yielded very promising results already.

Maison Ambroise is a long-established, small négociant house, who operates on 21 hectares of their own vineyards and purchase grapes from another 3. They own vines in Prémeaux, Nuits-St-Georges, Ladoix, Meursault, the hill of Corton, Vosne-Romanée (with some Grand Cru Echezeaux!), Gevrey-Chambertin, Vougeot, Beaune and as far as Saint-Romain. As always with similarly parcelled estates in Burgundy, logistics is key. Bertrand Ambroise was recently joined by his son Francois and daughter Ludivine, they have just received their organic certification (2013). Ludivine explained the move to organic viticulture is one of true belief as she lost her grandfather due to illness caused by chemicals used in the fields. Harvested manually, neither filtered nor fined, the wines are classic and expressive with distinct terroir-influenced personalities.

Philippe Milan et Fils, Chassey-le-Camp Chassey-le-Camp is a tiny village located between Santenay and Rully. Karl-Philippe took over this 11-ha family estate in 2001. The estate works in lutte raisonnée and the style is for freshness and pure fruit expression. About 90% of the production is sold locally and exports only represent 10%.

A beautiful sparkling wine from Portugal by Folias de Baco. Using the Method Ancestral the wine is bottled during fermentation without any added yeasts or sugar. The resulting wine is dry and crisp yet full of character. Lemon and apple notes come through together with some buttery, toasty flavours. An excellent aperitif wine to sip in a warm day!

Intense nose, red fruits, berries, sour cherry. The palate is fresh and delicate with notes of cherries and bright acidity