Henri Pruhdon LE BAN St Aubin Blanc

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)

Aujoux Chateau Philippe Le Hardi EN VESVAU St Aubin from France, Burgundy, St Aubin by Alliance des Vins Fins (12 x 75 cl)

Henri Prudhon LES FRIONNES 1er Cru Saint Aubin Rouge by Henri Prudhon & Fils

At Domaine Francoise et Denis Clair Jean-Baptiste now works alongside his father, Denis, and together the two of them are maintaining the progressive nature of this family domaine. They enjoy a good spread of vineyards across the appellations of Saint-Aubin and Santenay and make wines that display the best qualities of these often underrated villages. (12 x 75 cl)

Domaine Marc Colin et Fils FONTENOTTE St Aubin from France, Burgundy, St Aubin by Domaine Marc Colin et Fils (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)

Alex Moreau is building a fine reputation for himself at the resurgentDomaine Bernard Moreau. Assisted by father Bernard and younger brother Benoit, Alex has taken this family domaine to a new level. The wines show a lovely mixture of purity, definition, minerality and juicy fruit that is quite mouthwatering. (12 x 75 cl)

Alex Moreau is building a fine reputation for himself at the resurgentDomaine Bernard Moreau. Assisted by father Bernard and younger brother Benoit, Alex has taken this family domaine to a new level. The wines show a lovely mixture of purity, definition, minerality and juicy fruit that is quite mouthwatering. (12 x 75 cl)