2019 Chateau Bellefont Belcier St. Emilion

2020 Thierry Matrot Meursault

The 2020 Meursault Village comes from 12 parcels and sees no new oak (barrels one to five years old). Taken from tank, it has a taut, fresh, walnut and smoke-tinged bouquet that has a pleasing strictness. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of...

2022 Jean-Marc Boillot - Volnay

2019 Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot - St. Emilion

Rich plum colour. This takes its time to open, is pretty subtle at first, but then explodes in juicy fruit. Clear salinity where you can feel the slate scrape of the limestone terroir, alongside well expressed aromatics with touches of peony flowers. Eleg...

2021 Beaucastel - Cotes du Rhone Coudoulet de Beaucastel

A terrific vintage for this wine, which was bottled just a couple of weeks prior to my late June visit, the 2021 Cotes du Rhone Coudoulet de Beaucastel is a blend of 30% each Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah, plus 10% Cinsault. From a vineyard just outside t...