All wines are sold En Primeur and prices are quoted In Bond.

White

Bourgogne Aligoté 2007

£100.00 per 12 (IB) – add to basket

Jean-Marc makes quite the best Aligoté that we taste anywhere and if there is a more perfect, refreshing and elegantly simple aperitif, we would really like to see it! Fresh, floral and fragrant with silky textures and easy charm, this is ready to drink from release.

Monthélie 1er Cru Champs Fuillots 2007

£280.00 per 12 (IB) – SOLD OUT

Vibrant and vigorous but without the amplitude of the Meursaults, this is nonetheless a delightful wine with plenty of finesse and zippy, lively notes of cut flowers and citric fruits. There is no discord here, just considered accomplishment and an easy, natural style. Drink from release.

Interestingly, for two vineyards that abut, this is quite different from the Meix Chavaux with a classic Meursault nose of hazelnut, pear and white peach that precedes very fresh, intense, delineated and palate staining flavors that are wonderfully pure and transparent on the driving and linear finish. This too is absolutely lovely. 2011+ - 89 points, Allen Meadows, Burghound Issue #35

Meursault Les Vireuils 2007

£415.00 per 12 (IB) – SOLD OUT

This is racy and serious with beautiful glossy textures and immediate minerality. Notes of stonefruit and summer flowers appear on the palate but the wine is rapier-like in its precision. Really impressive. Drink from 2011.

(from a 600-liter barrel) Stone and ginger on the spicy nose. Tightly wound and taut, with some SO2 currently drying the fruit. Another barrel was similarly steely but showed clearer lemon and floral flavors. - 86-88 points, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Sep/Oct 08

Fine, strongly mineral and a little reductive, attractively so. Taut, fresh and at the moment quite austere but not lean. Drink 2010-14 – 16.5 points, Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com, 30th January 2009

Meursault Les Luchets 2007

£450.00 per 12 (IB) – SOLD OUT

There is greater volume here with a stronger perfume and a note of banana skin and fruit oils. The palate is ample and fleshy but never plump and the pure, clean finish immediate corrects any sense of imprecision. Drink from 2011.

(from rockier soil than the Meix Chavaux) Ripe but reduced aromas of vineyard peach and spices. Ripe but quite dry and stony, with orange and mineral flavors dominating. I find this a bit less vibrant than the Meix Chavaux. - 87-89 points, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Sep/Oct 08

Richer and more toasty than the Vireuils but with a fine lime-citrus aroma. Polished, pure and great precision and a mouthwatering finish. Drink 2010-14 – 17 points, Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com, 30th January 2009

Meursault Tessons Clos Mon Plaisir 2007

£500.00 per 12 (IB) – SOLD OUT

This is very complete, combining the intensity and nervy elements of the Vireuils but with some of the weight and headiness of the Luchets. This has an extra degree of clarity and no lack of confidence. Grand and still developing. Drink from 2012.

Subdued aromas of stone and gingery spices. Dense, complex and vibrant, with racy acidity framing the flavors of orange, hazelnut and spices. Nuanced and long on the aftertaste. - 89-92 points, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Sep/Oct 08

Meursault 1er Cru Charmes 2007

£425.00 per 6 (IB) – SOLD OUT

This is sort of wine that puts the hairs up on the back of your neck – it just effortlessly hits all of the right notes. Expressive, generous and inviting but also able to maintain this from beginning to end, this has abundant charm and a flattering side but also rigour and wit. A totally compelling glass of wine. Drink from 2012.

Lemon, hazelnut and vanilla on the nose. The roundest and fattest of these 2007s by far, with solid underlying minerality supporting its opulent texture and rich lemon and vanilla flavors. This still has a bit of sugar left to ferment. Offers excellent potential. - 90-93 points, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Sep/Oct 08

Meursault 1er Cru Bouchères 2007

£450.00 per 6 (IB) – SOLD OUT

Apricot and peach notes combine with almond and cinnamon in a plush, inviting attack. The palate is round and soft with good intensity and an excellent long finish. Understated and lovely for it. Drink from 2012.

Rather exotic aromas of soft citrus fruits, hazelnut and nut oil. Fat, sweet and a bit chunky; less precise than most of the foregoing lieux-dits Shows a candied quality in the middle palate and finishes with a slightly hard-edged, metallic character. These vines can produce flaccid wine if harvested too late, but was this picked too early? - 87-90 points, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Sep/Oct 08

Meursault 1er Cru Perrières 2007

£525.00 per 6 (IB) – SOLD OUT

What the Charmes shows in openness and expressiveness, the Perrières prefers to communicate by reserve. There is tremendous depth and density of matter here and quite awesome length but not the willingness to put it all on show right now. No matter, the harmony alone dictates that all is more than well and in 5 years or so, this should be simply wonderful and a worthy successor to all of the great Perrières that Jean-Marc has crafted over the years. Drink from 2012.

Sexy aromas of orange, toasted bread and truffle. Silky and suave on entry, then fine-grained and aromatic in the mouth, with its opulent texture leavened by vibrant minerality. The baked bread note carries through on the palate, and the long, mounting finish saturates the palate with minerality. - 90-93 points, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Sep/Oct 08

Red

Auxey Duresses 1er Cru Les Duresses 2007

£200 per 12 (IB) – add to basket

This is a pretty serious Auxey but one that can now add style and refinement to its attributes. Dark plum fruit but with plenty of lift and a nice earthy edge, this is lively with a little spice and a good grippy finish that reminds you that this is something that deserves a little respect too. Drink from 2011.

Peppery but otherwise rather closed, pretty dry on the palate, with a little more structure than flesh in the middle but there's some nice dark juicy fruit on the finish, suggesting it will come into better balance with a little time. Drink 11-14 – 16 points, Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com, 30th January 2009

2007 vintage report

Perhaps it was that understanding that allowed the relaxed atmosphere that prevailed around this hallowed address: Jean-Marc and his team are excited by acidity rather than scared by it as it allows the laser-precise wines here to be at their most detailed.

Harvesting began on 1st September and took 10 days, with even quality reported and normal volumes. From Aligoté to Perrières, there is tingling, nervy, mineral thread running through the wines. This is once again a fabulous set of wines.