France

Burgundy, France. This Puligny-Montrachet reveals a nice yellow colour with green glints. On the nose he reveals floral notes and almond paste. On the palate, it is opulent, aromas of vanilla with a mentholated and iodized touch. Beautiful freshness on the finish...

 

Burgundy, France. Deep ruby red, with garnet hues, the Savigny-lès-Beaune has an intense nose reminiscent of wild strawberry, cherry, coffee and spices aromas. The mouth is powerful with a certain freshness with notes of licorice and cassis. Superb tannic finish...

Languedoc-Rousillon, France. Deep almost black colour. On the nose intense violet rose, fruity and spicy against a background of vanilla. The palate is opulent, vinous and balanced; 2-3 years to peak.

Sancerre, Loire, France. Clear, pale yellow in colour with green highlights. Notes of citrus, white blossoms, white-fleshed fruit such as peach and pear on the nose. Beautiful, pure, fruity attack echoing the expressions perceived on the nose. Lovely length with mineral flavours.

Burgundy, France.  North of the Village, Clos Faubard sits up high, where the slope climbs into scrubland. The soil here, has the same Bajocian marl limestone that is found in the Côte de Nuits and not found elsewhere in the Côte de Beaune, giving Faubard’s wine a distinct spicy minerality. The domaine, one of only three owners of this vineyard, has 1.47 hectares here and makes roughly 750 cases each year. 40% whole bunch followed by 12 months elevage in 30% new barriques. Vibrant red fruit leads to a densely packed, mineral inflected palate of great purity and terrific length...

Burgundy, France. Maladière takes its name from malady, or illness. The hill of Maladière rises steeply up behind the lower village and gets bathed in sunshine, thus long ago this hillside was considered a healthy place to house the leper colony. Maladière has some of the same Côte de Nuits limestone as Faubard, contributing to the minerality that underpins the wine. This is from 4.35 hectares of 35+ year old vines here and the fruit is hand-picked, sorted, 100% destemmed but not crushed and then cold-soaked for a few days. Wild-yeast fermented and gently plunged for 12-15 days, then pressed to 33% new French oak barriques for 12 months maturation...

Burgundy, France. From 3ha of vines with an average age of 50+ years, spread over 3 parcels: one in the north near Chassagne, one in the centre near the village and one in the south near Maranges. Hand-picked and sorted, the fruit is 60% destemmed-but-not-crushed and 40% whole bunches, wild-yeast fermented. Gently plunged for 15-20 days, then pressed to 30% new French oak barriques for 12 months maturation...

Cotes Du Rhone, France. Lunar Apogé is made in Roquemaure, France, where the Leperchois family has been making wine for centuries. In 1977, Christian Leperchois became a pioneer in his region by converting the estate to a fully organic/biodynamic process...

Alsace, France. The 2023 Gewurztraminer is sourced in the higher altitudes of Hunawihr from clay and limestone soils. It has a clear and fresh, pretty, precise and aromatic bouquet with some smoky aromas...

Alsace, France. ‘The 2019 Grand Cru Rosacker Gewurztraminer is clear and smoky on the nose, fresh and nicely spicy. On the palate this is a very elegant, finessed and salty Gewurz with a nice tannin grip and structure. The finish is long and complex, well structured, and, although it is quite sweet, is a persistent and expressive Gewurz that is nicely discreet...