CHÂTEAU DE SANTENAY, Santenay
RH: Reliable and enjoyable, if not thrilling.
Juicy and crisp on the palate with a simple, fresh style giving...
Spicier than their Hautes-Côtes de Beaune, with pithy green...
Rich spices and creamy texture with reasonably full body and...
Candied blackberry fruit, light acidity, smoky notes and pliable...
Something a bit chemical about this nose, and there's a bitter...
DOMAINE SAUMAIZE-MICHELIN, Vergisson
JH: Great range of distinctive, terroir-driven wines that combine bright fruit with invitingly rich texture.
Oak shows on the nose here in gentle mealy spice. Lovely creamy...
Less expressive on the nose than Sur La Roche Mâcon-Vergisson...
Cool, herbal freshness. Stony and dusty. Excellent combination...
Smells as if there is more deliberate oak influence here than in...
Firm and intense with the rounded richness in the texture as a...
Riper fruit on the nose – there’s citrus but also some just-ripe...
That rounded character of discreet oak influence and just a...
Clay soil.
Ripe, creamy citrus aroma but still has a dusty...
Calcareous with very shallow topsoil.
More obviously stony on...
Pale gold. Very rich with a classic, broad Pouilly-Fuissé nose...
ÉTIENNE SAUZET, Puligny-Montrachet
JR: A very competent set of wines with lots of easy appeal but good crispness too.
Very pale. Lightly toasty but distinctly sweet too. Easy to...
Light nose and then good tension underneath. But overall just a...
Round and a little rich. Halfway to JM Boillot style?! Easy to...
Hint of steel and liquorice on the nose. Some green-fruit...
Light nose. Sleek and neat – bit of a civil servant of a wine...
DOMAINE SEGUIN-MANUEL, Beaune
RH: Rather wild and raw – perhaps in need of bottle age?
Compact and fruit-driven nose with rich, black-cherry fruit that...
Rather farmy on the nose, with aggressive tannic grip and a thin...
Cask sample. High oak scent on the nose, but there is fruit to...
Cask sample. Loads of spicy oak on the nose – this has been...
Cask sample. Enjoyable fruit complexity on the nose with strong...
DOMAINE SÉGUINOT-BORDET, Maligny
Light citrus, not particularly expressive. Very crisp, light...
Screwcap. Dusty/stony nose. Bright, fresh, zesty. Mouth-watering...
Screwcap. Even more stony in aroma than the Petit Chablis. Lemon...
More expressive on the nose, with a gentle woody spice...
Unoaked. Gently creamy/leesy nose, stony citrus. Subtle and...
Aged in 500-litre oak.
More mealy on the nose than the Preuses...
DOMAINE SÉRAFIN PÈRE ET FILS, Gevrey-Chambertin
JR: Fair quality and notable density.
Light, easy nose. Something a little lolly about the fruit...
Much more intense and vibrant than the regular bottling...
Rich and winning – transparent and rather charming though with a...
A bit reduced (unusual). Good fragrant fruit on the palate with...
Juicy fruit initially and then some structure. Grainy texture...
Deep crimson, deeper than Clos des Lambrays. Very intense with...
DOMAINE ANNE ET HERVÉ SIGAUT...
