St Aubin 1 Cru

Domaine Larue SUR le SENTIER du CLOS St Aubin 1er Cru Rouge from France, Burgundy, St Aubin by Domaine Larue Gamay St Aubin (6 x 75 cl)

With its prestigious Premiers Crus, Saint-Aubin in the Côte de Beaune holds a place among the great wines. No fewer than 65ha of its vineyards are rated as Premier Cru. The vines are mainly planted on the right side of the wide coomb that snakes its way up towards La Rochepot. The appellation area is spread over two different hill ranges: one is the Montagne de Savoie, which delimits the end of the Côte d'Or, and the other is the Montagne du Ban, which is perpendicular to it. It is on the second of these hills that 'Sur Gamay' sits. Patriat feels that wines from this lieu-dit are very close in quality to a Puligny or a Chassagne. Parcel-based selection and vineyard management was used. The vineyard soil was worked in order to encourage the microbacterial activity required for the terroir to express itself. The yield is 40 hl/ha. The grapes were hand picked at optimum maturity and put into small perforated boxes. Patriat has two sorting tables, with 10 people per table, looking out for any grapes that aren't fit to go into the fermenting vat. The wine was barrel fermented using natural yeasts . Patriat eschews battonage as he doesn't like the fatness it lends to wines, preferring instead to allow the inherent elegance and minerality of the wine to shine through unhindered. The malolactic fermentation took place in barrel. The wine was matured for 15 months and underwent a very light filtration before bottling. (6 x 75 cl)

Jean Claude Bachelet is one of the regions best producers and this red St Aubin has delicious wild strawberry fruit with a light but fragrant style. (12 x 75 cl)

This wine is aged in barrique for 12 to 18 months, giving creamy weight but with the typical mineral character of the area. Well balanced with a long finish.

The Larue brothers have only recently started to bottle a significant proportion of their production and are now building a new ageing cellar and bottling facility. They make beautifully clean uncomplicated wines from St. Aubin Murgers des Dents de Chien and Puligny-Montrachet Garenne in regrettably small quantities (6 x 75 cl)

The Larue brothers have only recently started to bottle a significant proportion of their production and are now building a new ageing cellar and bottling facility. They make beautifully clean uncomplicated wines from St. Aubin Murgers des Dents de Chien and Puligny-Montrachet Garenne in regrettably small quantities. (6 x 75 cl)

Hubert Lamy 1er Cru LES CASTETS Rouge St Aubin from France, Burgundy, St Aubin by Domaine Hubert Lamy (12 x 75 cl)

Domaine Marc Colin et Fils 1er Cru MONTCEAU St Aubin from France, Burgundy, St Aubin by Domaine Marc Colin et Fils (12 x 75 cl)

Paul Pillot 1ER CRU LES CHARMOIS Chardonnay St Aubin France from France, Burgundy, St Aubin by Paul Pillot (12 x 75 cl)

Domaine Gilles Bouton 1er Cru EN CREOT Rouge St Aubin from France, Burgundy, St Aubin by Domaine Gilles Bouton (6 x 75 cl)