The 2019 Maranges comes from 30+ year old vines. It has an attractive and well defined bouquet. The palate is well balanced with a fresh opening, quite lithe and very harmonious, and a vibrant and tensile finish. This is an excellent Maranges.
I was blown away by the 2020 Chardonnay, a clean, crisp, vibrant expression of Chardonnay that has medium to full-bodied richness, wonderfully integrated acidity, and a distinct sense of minerality in its citrus, stone fruit, and white flower-driven aroma...
This possesses the spiciest nose in the range with its slightly riper array of kirsch, poached plum, red currant and soil tones. Like the Meursault villages, this isn't especially dense but the medium-bodied flavors possess a more sophisticated mouthfeel ...
The 2022 Bourgogne Blanc, mainly from Meursault and some declassified Hautes-Côtes plus 10% must from Chablis, was bottled in August and contains 20% new oak. It has a tight nose at first, a little backward, perhaps after bottling. The palate is quite con...
If the Santenots possesses the spiciest nose in the range, this possesses the most elegant with its layered combination of ultra-fresh essence of red berries that are trimmed in more discreet spice, floral and discreet jasmine tea wisps. The beautifully t...