Red Wine

Stephen George is an expert on Pinot Noir clones. He's been working with 25 different clones for the last 40 years, but it's just fruit from four favoured ones for the Estate wine: 57% from D5V12, 23% from Martini, 13% from 777, and 7% from MV6. This makes for a powerful Pinot Noir, with enticingly aromatic fruit perfectly supported by high quality French oak. A very fine wine indeed.

A blend of both estate fruit and some fruit purchased from their good friends and neighbours, this is designed as a medium bodied, juicy, earlier drinking style, but still with the silky texture and fine tannins typcial of the Ashton Hills estate.

Elegant, fresh cherry and red berry nose with undergrowth melange. The palate is pure with lovely texture and sweet cherry fruit dominates with spicy undertones. The wine is fresh and intense with real vibrancy.

A great introduction to serious Burgundy. The palate is ample and delicious with spicy aromas of licorice and vanilla. The tannins are in harmony and the finish has a nice sweetness.

Black fruits on the nose. Blackberry and blueberry are followed by liquorice and cocoa. On the palate, one find sices on an elegant an refined toast. The supple and dense tannins go along with the fruits.

Remi Jeanniard’s neighbours say that he and his wife are always in the vineyards; even on 2nd January, they were seen out pruning the vines. Remi has just over 7 hectares of vines in and around Morey-St-Denis. The vines are much older than average, with all of his Vieilles Vignes village bottlings being at least 50 years old. This gives a natural concentration to the wines which are both well structured and elegant.

Really delightful wine from a top vineyard site in Santenay village.

Lightly purple. Bright fresh fruit, good concentration. Red cherry, raspberry, herbs, baking spices. Creamy, toasty oak. Well structured, moderately rich dark tannins, clear acidity. Good potential to evolve.

94 points Decanter Magazine "La Comme sits at around 250 metres of altitude, right up against the commune of Chassagne-Montrachet on a a clay-limestone plateau. It's a plush, layered, concentrated wine that is more Côte de Nuits than Côte de Beaune, with ample concentration and intensity, a patina of toasty 30% new wood and the tannic structure to age further in bottle."

Made with incredible craft and passion by owner Byron Dooley, this wine is made from 100% Luminous Hills fruit and is built for early approachability as a richer wine, but with backbone and vibrancy.

OK it's red rather than white Chassagne Montrachet but I've got a real soft spot for this generous, raspberry and blackberry laden Pinot Noir from the superb Legros family estate. A steal, honestly.

Remi Jeanniard is a new find and makes delicate and scintillating wines from 8 hectares of prime 'dirt' in the Cotes de Nuits. His Morey St Denis Villages red is just great, and you can enjoy it straight away. Ripe, bright fruit; almost confected, but in a good way. Concentrated blue and red fruits on the palate, a touch of liquorice and tapenade, spicy tannin, and creamy oak (overt at the moment, but will certainly settle). Balanced, long, textured and supple. Tasted at the Domaine, January 2020

Remi Jeanniard’s neighbours say that he and his wife are always in the vineyards; even on 2nd January, they were seen out pruning the vines. Remi has just over 7 hectares of vines in and around Morey-St-Denis. The vines are much older than average, with all of his Vieilles Vignes village bottlings being at least 50 years old. This gives a natural concentration to the wines which are both well structured and elegant. Dried fruits, figs, cherries, currants, and violets. Exciting. Less plush than the jeunes vignes, but more vibrant and intense. Supple tannins. Tasted at the Domaine, January 2020

Remi Jeanniard is the 'real deal' and a treasure for the Burgundy lover. An undeer-the-radar producer making fantastic wines in the heart of Burgundy's greatest vineyards. And they are affordable. We found a bit more in the cellar to offer as most of it is snapped up by private clients before it is bottled.

Remi Jeanniard is a hands on grower working just over 7 hectares of vines in and around Morey-St Denis. When asked who helps him at harvest time, the answer is simple: he does. The vines are much older than average, with all of his Vieilles Vignes village bottlings being at least 50 years old. This gives a natural concentration to the wines which are both well structured and elegant. Remi is a firm believer that wines are made in the vineyard and this shows through in the pure, concentrated style of the wines and the cautious use of new oak. Remi practices partial whole bunch fermentation, keeping 20% of the stems for Villages wines, 30% for 1er Cru wines, and 50% for Grand Cru. Red fruits and undergrowth. Less dense than Les Ruchots, but well formed nevertheless with some attractive spicy tannins, and clean fresh acidity. Tasted at the Domaine, January 2020

Berry Bros website case price for this wine is £25 (different, young vintage), see link. Tollot-Beaut is without doubt one of the most-respected family estates in Burgundy. Chorey-les-Beaune is their base and their flagship wine (retail c. £35) and the grapes for this Bourgogne Rouge grow just metres outside the Chorey appellation. The wine has evolved nicely, an orange brick-red, with notes of cedar, sandalwood, nutmeg, red Vermouth, and a hearty woody tannin. It’s still very vital, still packing a punch. Such a treat to find a Bourgogne Rouge from a top estate with 9 years age. Give it a few hours to breathe. https://www.bbr.com/products-20171058392-2017-bourgogne-rouge-domaine-tollot-beaut-burgundy

The Premier Cru wines from this estate normally retail around £40, see the link below. Our price is £25.99. We also offer 10% off a case of 6. No other discounts apply. Auxey-Duresses is oddly undervalued at the best of times, the vines being only a few hundred metres from Volnay. It is a sleepy village, with no Grands Crus, surrounded by more famous neighbours. This single vineyard Premier Cru is a perfect south-facing slope, the 5th generation family grower, based in Meursault, is well-respected and famed for delivering great value wines. An archetype of good village Burgundy, the pleasure is all up front, no need to decant, starting with a sweet wild strawberry nose, all sorts of Asian spices like a Christmas cake with orange peel, some lovely woody notes like a Provence forest in summer. Best of all the texture, so silky, as smooth as milk chocolate. An utter joy. No need to cellar it any further. https://www.davywine.co.uk/product/auxey-duresses-1er-cru-prunier-bonheur/

Grape growing is in essence a prolonged process of gambling with nature. No matter how good one gets at it, misfortune is sometimes unavoidable. Hamilton Russell estate suffered a devastating fire in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley on January 11th, 2019, fanned by winds of up to 94 kilometres per hour. Their most important Pinot noir vineyards were directly in the path of the blaze. Although only around 10% of the crop was last completely to scorching of the canopies and bunches, they were forced to reject the majority of the Pinot Noir made from the remaining 90%, due to levels of smoke taint they were not comfortable with. This is a wine which for the first time ever, reflects the different personalities of the 3 Hemel-en-Aarde appellations in a single blend. Friends came together and the Hamilton Russels were able to purcashe good fruit from elsewhere in the valley. The elegant, softer, more open red fruit profile of the Upper Hemel-en-Aarde, combines with the lifted, darker blue fruit of the Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge to create unusually complex fruit aromas, while the more muscular, structured, dark spice and tension of the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley adds an additional layer of complexity to the wine. This is a wine of great personality and interest. 95 pts, Tim Atkin (September 2020) Made with 84% purchased fruit because of the fire in Hamilton Russell's own vineyards, this is a cuvée of the three Hemel-en-Aarde Valley sub-regions, and all the better for it. A one-off it may be, but it's less earthy and backward than the estate's normal style, combining fragrance elegance with racy red berry fruit, some clove spice, supporting tannins and stylish oak. 2021-29 4.5 stars, Platter's 2021 South African Wine Guide - "A first for HRV: as precaution to avoid smoke taint after wildfires, only 16% of estate grapes used in 2019; merger of the 3 Hemel-en-Aarfe appellations (WO Walker Bay) gives softer tannins & fruit weight than usual but a broad appeal & charming personality."

Without doubt one of the most-respected family estates in Burgundy. Super-Rare to find mature examples at these bargain prices. Silky, fine, gorgeous. Normally £47

Without doubt one of the most-respected family estates in Burgundy. Super-Rare to find mature examples at these bargain prices. Silky, fine, gorgeous.

Without doubt one of the most-respected family estates in Burgundy. Super-Rare to find mature examples at these bargain prices. Silky, fine, gorgeous.

Without doubt one of the most-respected family estates in Burgundy. Super-Rare to find mature examples at these bargain prices. Silky, fine, gorgeous. Normally over £50

Without doubt one of the most-respected family estates in Burgundy. Super-Rare to find mature examples at these bargain prices. Silky, fine, gorgeous. Normally over £50

Without doubt one of the most-respected family estates in Burgundy. Super-Rare to find mature examples at these bargain prices. Silky, fine, gorgeous. Normally over £50

This first rate grower long-established grower had a great year in 2013. Big-boned, serious and luxurious wines. Organic Domaine Christophe Vaudoisey 200-year old 8th generation estate in Volnay, with small but impressively high quality land holdings in Volnay's Premier Crus plus in Pommard, Meursault and Monthélie. Jancis Robinson MW 16.5/20 "Bright cherry red. Very pretty development on the nose. Nice breadth of sweet fruit on the palate. Already deep flavoured and giving pleasure. Very pure. Very Good Value" (and that observation was based on the original price!).

Fruity and powerful, deeply coloured. Red ‘confit’ fruits, raspberries, strawberries, and cherries. Moderate tannin, low acidity, a bit rustic but enjoyable.. Stephane Ponsard has wine in his blood. His father also has an estate in Santenay, but he and his wife now look after his father-in-law’s estate, Claude Nouveau. With a large vineyard holding in Santenay 1er Cru Grand Clos Rousseau, old vine plots in Maranges 1er Cru, and plenty of villages vines from both, Stephane has crafted hefty, rich, hedonistic wines in 2018.

Pretty, plummy nose. Ripe red fruit, oak, and baking spices. Very fruity on the palate, with great acidity, more robust tannin, and a lingering mineral finish. Stephane Ponsard has wine in his blood. His father also has an estate in Santenay, but he and his wife now look after his father-in-law’s estate, Claude Nouveau. With a large vineyard holding in Santenay 1er Cru Grand Clos Rousseau, old vine plots in Maranges 1er Cru, and plenty of villages vines from both, Stephane has crafted hefty, rich, hedonistic wines in 2018.

new oak evident. Well structured with weight, body, and integrated oak. Vanilla, cherries, currants. Intense. Spicy acidity, charming silky tannin, persistent finish. Stephane Ponsard has wine in his blood. His father also has an estate in Santenay, but he and his wife now look after his father-in-law’s estate, Claude Nouveau. With a large vineyard holding in Santenay 1er Cru Grand Clos Rousseau, old vine plots in Maranges 1er Cru, and plenty of villages vines from both, Stephane has crafted hefty, rich, hedonistic wines in 2018.

Without doubt one of the most-respected family estates in Burgundy. Super-Rare to find mature examples at these bargain prices. Silky, fine, gorgeous. Normally £100

Without doubt one of the most-respected family estates in Burgundy. Super-Rare to find mature examples at these bargain prices. Silky, fine, gorgeous. Normally £100

Several vineyards planted between 1974 and 1980. One of the most exceptional, exciting (yet reliable) rising stars of Burgundy. Allocations are tight, as ever. The 2018s are beautiful, as ever. Yet the wines are still remarkably affordable, and for the same old reason: he's based in the Côte Chalonnaise. As one local vigneron put is "you'd think these vines were on another planet, not 8km from those of Puligny". The vineyards of the Chalonnaise will always suffer, reputationally, from being in the 'wrong' department: Saone-et-Loire rather than Cote d'Or (the border is 2.5km south of Puligny) Anyhow, neither nature nor winemaking genius respect political boundaries - good news for us.

The vines, which average 40 years old, are situated half in the commune of Puligny and half in Premeaux. One of the most exceptional, exciting (yet reliable) rising stars of Burgundy. Allocations are tight, as ever. The 2018s are beautiful, as ever. Yet the wines are still remarkably affordable, and for the same old reason: he's based in the Côte Chalonnaise. As one local vigneron put is "you'd think these vines were on another planet, not 8km from those of Puligny". The vineyards of the Chalonnaise will always suffer, reputationally, from being in the 'wrong' department: Saone-et-Loire rather than Cote d'Or (the border is 2.5km south of Puligny) Anyhow, neither nature nor winemaking genius respect political boundaries - good news for us.

Great Pinot Noir from Sancerre. Lovely cherry aroma, along with light oak, has a vibrant fruity palate and soft finish. Delicious on its own and with lamb.

Gilles Remoriquet makes great Nuits St Georges and this wine, from a vineyard located the other side of the Cotes de Nuits bears a great resemblance to his more prized wines. A real gem. Plenty of concentration and finesse; ripe red cherries and marzipan. Moderate acidity, ripe tannin

Quite serious. 30% whole bunch fermented. Herbal and floral, with clearly defined fruit, a myrtle character, and a stony edge. Plenty of extraction with silky tannins and moderate power. Gilles Remoriquet is not a winemaker who rests on his laurels. He is forever looking for ways to improve his wines. Most recently he has been to the Jura to see a specialist about selecting the right blend of manure and has bought a second sorting table which eliminates under-ripe berries by flotation! Cuvaisons are long, giving a light colour yet concentrated, intense fruit flavours. Remoriquet is one of the top estates in Nuits but the prices have yet to catch up. At the top of the range the Vosne-Romannée 1er Cru au dessous des Malconsorts is situated next to La Tâche and tastes like it is!

Famed organic Meursault grower. Jancis of the 2013 "Quite dark crimson. Lots of fruit and jolliness. A little dry on the end but full of effort and ambition. And a proper expression of the climat. Very long." 2014 is bigger, still dense, so complex and classy, normally retails £50+

Remarkable deft, silky Pinot from this premier cru vineyard high up above the beautiful Mosel. Much-acclaimed 500 year-old family estate. Super food wine for game, rare meat etc. Elegant fruit and focus, with layers of food friendly savouriness and texture. Let it breathe a few hours. Stunning dinner wine and great, great value.

This single vineyard Pinot Noir is bright, aromatic and fresh with subtle oak playing a supporting role. The emphasis on the delicious red fruit flavours, drinkability and enjoyment. A seriously cool Pinot. Between the mountains and the sea, Espinos y Cardos looks to craft subtle, pure expressions of classic international varieties from their two ranges. Focused on vineyards in Casablanca and Curico, Los Espinos combines cutting edge winemaking with regional typicity to provide a range that is at the beating heart of the country. Santa Macarena is a testament to the individuality and intrigue that so many Chilean wine drinkers are yet to discover. Amazing fruit, grown in the Leyda region 5km from the ocean, so close you can smell it, crafted into a unique expression of the enigmatic Pinot Noir that clearly demonstrates the real quality that lives in this land. Viticulture A single vineyard Pinot Noir from one of the most coastal vineyards in Chile in San Antonioi just 5 km from the ocean, within a small vineyard region 55 miles west of central Santiago and just south of Casablanca Valley. Morning mists and spring frosts, often associated with the Napa Valley and Bordeaux are brought from the west coast by the Humboldt current. Winemaking Grapes are carefully selected and picked manually early in the morning . Cold maceration prior to alcoholic fermentation at 10C during 3- 4 days in order increase skin components extraction. Alcoholic fermentation was carried out at low controlled temperature ( Maximum 25C), which avoids the loss of volatile compounds (aromatic compounds). Regular pumping over to facilitate colour extraction and skin components. Aging in tank with oak to add complexity and oaky character to final wines. Final wines have a deep red- purple colour with delicate sweet red fruit flavours and aromas. Oak Treatment Time: 6 Months Type: French Oak % wine oaked: 100 % new oak: None