The 2020 Chablis Vaillons 1er Cru has a flinty, focused, energetic nose that feels more harmonious than the preceding Cote de Lechet. The palate is taut, fresh and saline in the mouth, showing great depth and concentration toward the finish. This will be ...
From the top of the slope, the 2019 Meursault Les Clous has a well defined bouquet of orange blossom, melon and praline scents that are focused and neatly enmeshed with the oak. The well-balanced palate offers orange peel on the entry. Good intensity here...
The 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet Virondot 1er Cru, which unlike the other Premier Crus was taken from barrel, has a lovely bouquet with hazelnut, orange rind, wet granite and just a touch of praline. The palate is very well balanced with an irresistible peac...
Aromas of pear, freshly baked bread, nutmeg and citrus zest preface the 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet Village, a medium to full-bodied, satiny and precise wine that's taut and chalky, with a pretty core of fruit and a long, saline finish. It's the domaine's b...
The 2023 Beaune 1er Cru Grèves Le Clos Blanc (Domaine Gagey) is richer and more unctuous than the Bressandes this year, offering up aromas of golden orchard fruit, toasted nuts and flowers. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and textural, it will offer a broad...
The 2022 Puligny-Montrachet Villages has a very capable nose, oering more complexity than its Chassagne counterpart, slightly more malic in style, with a sense of energy. The palate is fresh on the entry, wellbalanced with plenty of fruit: tangerine, hi...
A slightly fuller yellow... plumper, some vanilla, offering the expected Charmes amplitude, rounded, with pear and peach notes, not over exotic but a full mouthful nonetheless.
The 2022 Beaune 1er Cru Grèves Le Clos Blanc (Domaine Gagey) is one of the highlights of this year's range. Unfurling in the glass with notes of pear, confit citrus, toasted nuts and white flowers, it's medium to full-bodied, satiny and suave, its elegant...