From the family domaine of Aubert de Villaine who, in 2022, stepped down as co-manager of Domaine de la Romanée Conti after 48 years. In this 2021 vintage wine, instead of being sourced solely from Bouzeron, seven parcels...

This is a wine of true elegance, with a light ruby hue, bright, perfumed cherry fruit, fresh acidity, and tannins that seem slightly astringent. It is light in weight but very expressive. The wine is produced from a...

(90-93 points) Here too reduction blurs the detail on the ripe aromas of white orchard fruit and petrol. The racy and even more refined flavors are less generously proportioned though they do possess very good density...

The 2021 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée Zaccharie is a selection made in the winery, just after pressing and at bottling. It has a lovely bouquet, perhaps the most complete in this vintage. The energetic, harmonious red fruit is...

Stunning nose of licorice and ripe (but not overripe) plum. Very elegant and silky, this has so much mineral intensity and such fine tannins. The freshness at the finish could wake the dead! Hard to imagine how a wine...

Bursting with aromas of plums, orange zest and petals, Coche's 2021 Auxey-Duresses is medium-bodied, supple and lively, with a suave, melting profile that will be hard to resist on release.

Aromas of crisp orchard fruit, white flowers, hazelnuts and clear honey introduce Coche's 2021 Meursault Village, a medium to full-bodied, satiny and incisive wine with a pretty core of fruit girdled by tangy acids and...

The 2021 Puligny-Montrachet Enseignères has a lovely bouquet, showing more complexity than the Meursault Village, crushed rock commingling with apple blossom and freshly sliced pear. The palate is very well-balanced with...

(90-92 poins) The 2021 Marsannay Les Longeroies, matured with 60% new oak, is a little candied on the nose, pretty with a hint of cough candy. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, fine mineralité with a...

(90-92 points) 5 barrels in half a hectare, actually a good result for Blagny in 2021, mostly from the more backward older vines. Lemon and lime colour, quite austere, a minor reduction, but a suggestion of good fruit to...

In contrast to the preceding wines, a brooding nose only grudgingly gives up its aromas of essence of plum, red cherry, earth and background hint of oak where a lurking hint of crushed leaf character is also present...

Once again there is a plethora of spice elements adding breadth to the aromas of plum, red cherry, crushed leaf and jasmine tea. The rich, concentrated and even more powerful broad-shouldered flavors flash good minerality...