The Maladiere climat is located mid-slope, between 300 and 320 metres altitude, with the domaine's 5ha of vines including some vines older than 50 years. The mix of browner, clay based soils on the western side and the higher limestone content in the east results in well-structured and appealing wines with complex aromas from long oak ageing.
Here the nose if quite firmly reduced and revealing basically nothing today. This equally broad-shouldered flavors aren't quite as dense but they're certainly finer with good minerality and lift on the palate coating, balanced and beautifully persistent f...
A markedly more floral-suffused nose features notes of black pinot fruit, exotic tea and a whiff of oak toast. Once again I very much like the texture of the sleeker and finer medium weight flavors that exude a subtle minerality on the firm but refined fi...
Here too the cool and elegant nose of dark raspberry, forest floor and plethora of floral notes is markedly restrained. The super-sleek, intense and delicious medium-bodied flavors brim with minerality if not dry extract on the youthfully austere, chisele...
The 2021 Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru has a delightful bouquet with red cherries and white tipped strawberry, fine delineation and more vigour than Horiot's Pommards. The palate is medium-bodied with crunchy red fruit, fine acidity, quite saline an...
The 2020 Pommard Les Chaponnières 1er Cru has a lovely nose with fresh cranberry, wild strawberry and is almost pastille-like in terms of its purity. The palate has a fleshy and quite concentrated opening, very harmonious with Volnay-like density and s...