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Domaine Jean Pillot MORGEOT 1er Cru Chassagne Montrachet |
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Where it's from:
France, Burgundy, Chassagne-Montrachet
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£316.17
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6 x 75 cl |
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Rich Dry Whites |
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Jean-Marc Pillot has recently taken over from his father, Jean, at the family owned domaine. While able to draw on the experience and advice of his father he has made changes to the estate, including a new cave, that have propelled the domaine up the league of premiere producers of wine in Burgundy. Equally capable of producing great white or red wine the style is always intensely fruity, graceful, and precise. With white wines dominating the 10 hectare domaine the vineyard holdings are spread throughout the village of Chassagne with subsidiary parcels in Puligny, Santenay, and Remigny . The vines in most parcels are between 25 and 50 years old. Traditional viticultural practices are used in the vineyards where, Cordon de Royat and Guyot Simple pruning and training systems are employed. The whites are fermented 12 to 18 months in barrel, never using no more than 25% new wood so as not to overwhelm the intensity of fruit and sense of terroir specific to each wine. Bâtonnage is practiced to enrich the whites but is not exaggerated while the wines are manipulated as little as possible and are bottled unfiltered to preserve their purity. This 1er Cru wine comes from a vineyard below Ruchottes with a great clay and chalk terrior that is reflected in this lovely Chardonnay. The 2000 vintage is full of fat flavours wth an almost tannic grip. The lively finish gives expression to the butter, nut, and citrus flavours. (6 x 75 cl)
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France, Burgundy, Chassagne-Montrachet |
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Domaine Jean Pillot |
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44877 |
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Domaine Jean Pillot MORGEOT 1er Cru Chassagne Montrachet
Description: Jean-Marc Pillot has recently taken over from his father, Jean, at the family owned domaine. While able to draw on the experience and advice of his father he has made changes to the estate, including a new cave, that have propelled the domaine up the league of premiere producers of wine in Burgundy. Equally capable of producing great white or red wine the style is always intensely fruity, graceful, and precise. With white wines dominating the 10 hectare domaine the vineyard holdings are spread throughout the village of Chassagne with subsidiary parcels in Puligny, Santenay, and Remigny . The vines in most parcels are between 25 and 50 years old. Traditional viticultural practices are used in the vineyards where, Cordon de Royat and Guyot Simple pruning and training systems are employed. The whites are fermented 12 to 18 months in barrel, never using no more than 25% new wood so as not to overwhelm the intensity of fruit and sense of terroir specific to each wine. Bâtonnage is practiced to enrich the whites but is not exaggerated while the wines are manipulated as little as possible and are bottled unfiltered to preserve their purity. This 1er Cru wine comes from a vineyard below Ruchottes with a great clay and chalk terrior that is reflected in this lovely Chardonnay. The 2001 vintage is a big powerful wine with lots of presence on the palate; a big bold wine with a brisk acidity to the finish that lends elegance & class to this enjoyable wine. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £316.17
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Louis Latour Santenay 1er Cru La Comme
Description: Santenay is the Côte d'Or's last important wine growing region, lying adjacent to and south of Chassagne Montrachet. There are around 1,270 acres under vine, of which 99% is Pinot Noir. One third of the land is entitled to Premier Cru status. Typically the Santenay 1er Cru possess strawberry and cherry fruit, with a pronounced mineral like, stony, earthy character along with the scent of almonds, and good body. The wine is also capable of long ageing. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £215.49
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Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret 1er Cru LES NARBANTONS Savigny-les-Beaune
Description: Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru Les Narbantons reds have an intense colour which is more vivid than that of the 'Villages' appellations. Their bouquet is elegant and powerful, dominated by red fruits. A premiers cru this Pinot Noir is concentrated and full of tannins, combining character, finesse and elegance. These wines are noted for their finesse and can be drunk while still very young. The Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret, renamed since 1945, now operates, in the purist of the burgundy tradition, a large vineyard, from the Cote de Nuits to the Cote de Beaune, from Marsannay to the south of Dijon to Puligny-Montrachet, including all the most prestigious villages of the Cote : Gevrey-Chambertin, Vougeot, Nuits Saint Georges and Savigny les Beaune. Today, the property accounts today for approximately 30 hectares, spread on 33 different appellations. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £339.76
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Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1er Cru Classe Pauillac
Description: Wonderfully rich and still holding back. Beautiful plum, toasted oak, berry and tobacco character. Firm with a full body. In 1855, when the original classification was made, it had to be satisfied with the top placing in the second crus. This was probably due to the fact that the property had been bought in a relatively neglected state by Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild two years before the classification took place. This meant he had no opportunity to make the estate and the vineyard respectable. Mouton was then no more than a farmhouse and it was not until 1880 that James Rothschild built the elegant dwelling now known as Petit-Mouton. The property continued in the family of Rothschild and Baron Philippe took over the running of the property in 1922. He was determined to raise Mouton to a premier grand cru. One of the first things that he did was to introduce mandatory chateau bottling (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £1076.36
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Domaine Jean-Marc Bouley 1er Cru REVERSEES Beaune
Description: Bouley's Beaune 1er Cru les Reversees come from a vineyard next to Les Teurons, in the heart of the band of Beaune Premiere Crus. It is a generously juicy and grapey wine, with plum and red currant flavours. Jean-Marc Bouley's domaine, which has been in his family for three generations, now consists of 12 hectares in Volnay, Pommard and Beaune. The winery is located underneath his house on a steep narrow street in the village of Volnay. The house was originally built by a retired railroad engineer, and the cellars resemble train tunnels. Jean-Marc took over the domaine in 1985 and significantly expanded the holdings, buying choice parcels in Volnay and Pommard. He immediately attained international acclaim for his exciting, dramatic Pinot Noirs. Today, he makes wines from 11 different appellations. Bouley aims for maximum extraction of colour, flavour and aromas to yield wines that are lushly fruity, yet balanced and complex. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £293.46
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Domaine Jean-Marc Bouley 1er Cru REVERSEES Beaune
Description: Bouley's Beaune 1er Cru les Reversees come from a vineyard next to Les Teurons, in the heart of the band of Beaune Premiere Crus. It is a generously juicy and grapey wine, with plum and red currant flavours. Jean-Marc Bouley's domaine, which has been in his family for three generations, now consists of 12 hectares in Volnay, Pommard and Beaune. The winery is located underneath his house on a steep narrow street in the village of Volnay. The house was originally built by a retired railroad engineer, and the cellars resemble train tunnels. Jean-Marc took over the domaine in 1985 and significantly expanded the holdings, buying choice parcels in Volnay and Pommard. He immediately attained international acclaim for his exciting, dramatic Pinot Noirs. Today, he makes wines from 11 different appellations. Bouley aims for maximum extraction of colour, flavour and aromas to yield wines that are lushly fruity, yet balanced and complex. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £309.32
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Domaine Jean-Marc Bouley 1er Cru REVERSEES Beaune
Description: Bouley's Beaune 1er Cru les Reversees come from a vineyard next to Les Teurons, in the heart of the band of Beaune Premiere Crus. It is a generously juicy and grapey wine, with plum and red currant flavours. Jean-Marc Bouley's domaine, which has been in his family for three generations, now consists of 12 hectares in Volnay, Pommard and Beaune. The winery is located underneath his house on a steep narrow street in the village of Volnay. The house was originally built by a retired railroad engineer, and the cellars resemble train tunnels. Jean-Marc took over the domaine in 1985 and significantly expanded the holdings, buying choice parcels in Volnay and Pommard. He immediately attained international acclaim for his exciting, dramatic Pinot Noirs. Today, he makes wines from 11 different appellations. Bouley aims for maximum extraction of colour, flavour and aromas to yield wines that are lushly fruity, yet balanced and complex. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £298.22
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Louis Latour Beaune 1er Cru Rouge
Description: Domaine Louis Latour produces this wine from the two Premier Cru vineyards of Perrieres and Clos du Roi. The clay and limestone soils and the ideal aspect of these vineyards consistently produce an excellent wine year after year. The vines in these vineyards have an average age of over 40 years old which combined with the unique terroir which produces a delicately cherry scented and berry flavoured wine with a luscious palate and an ability to develop with age. Soil: Chalk-clay soil. Vinification: Open vat fermentation followed by 18 months in oak casks. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £299.66
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Maison Albert Bichot Clos des Marechaudes Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru
Description: This vineyard is owned exclusively by Bichot . It is approximately 2 hectares in size of which two thirds is Premier Cru and one third Grand Cru. The divide initially seems to be arbitrary 15 with just three feet dividing Grand Cru from Premie (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £388.79
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Domaine Fernand Lecheneaut LES PRULIERS 1er Cru Nuits Saint Georges
Description: In the early 1960's, this 22 acre estate was created by Fernand Lecheneaut while he worked for a négociant in Beaune. He took advantage of opportunities to buy parcels of various vineyards, and finally quit the shipper trade when he had acquired enough. Based mainly in the Côte de Nuits, spread through the appellations of Nuit-St-Georges, Morey-St-Denis, Vosne Romanée and Chambolle Musigny, where it is planted with 90% Pinot Noir. In addition the Domaine have a small vineyard in the grand cru Clos de la Roche in Morey-St-Denis. The remaining 10% of grapes produced are evenly divided between Chardonnay and Aligote. Their annual production of 2,500 cases comes in 13 different bottlings and availability is strictly limited. Domaine Fernand Lecheneaut has been run since 1985 by brothers Vincent and Philippe Lecheneaut. The Estate in Nuits St Georges is considered one of the finest in Burgundy and tradition is the by-word for the wines made here. Once harvested the wine spends 18 months in barrique without any fining or filtration. The wines produced are superbly crafted, concentrated yet forward and elegant with well integrated oak. This Premier Cru wine is a medium dark ruby colour with a spicey nose. The 2000 vintage is a silky textured, medium-bodied wine with a diverse range of dark fruit flavours filling the mouth leading to a long finish. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £366.90
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Etienne Boileau VAILLONS 1er Cru Chablis
Description: Over the years, Etienne Boileau has established himself as one of the most serious growers in Chablis; he produces a Chablis for every occasion, from Petit Chablis to premier cru. Vaillons is entirely unoaked and due to the age of the vines yields are reducing producing wines of great complexity. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £219.03
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Domaine du Clos Frantin Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru LES MALCONSORTS
Description: Founded by Antoine-Vincent Legrand, Field Marshall to Napoleon. The Clos Frantin is situated in the "Grand Crus" region of the Cote D'Or. Bordering the famous "La Tache" vineyard, the Clos Frantin is the proud owner of almost two hectares of premier cru "Les Malconsorts" in Vosne-Romanee (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £662.75
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Jean-Claude Boisset St Aubin 1er Cru Sur Gamay Unoaked Chardonnay
Description: 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)
Price: £146.93
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J Moreau et Fils Chablis 1er Cru Montmain
Description: The long, narrow vineyard of Montmain is situated on an ideal south-east slope, ensuring the grapes achieve full ripeness. A reliable and popular Premier Cru. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £266.86
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Domaine Henri Gouges LES VAUCRAINS 1er Cru Nuits-Saint-Georges
Description: The Henri Gouges domain was established in Nuits Saint Georges at the very beginning of this century. Founded by Henri Gouges, it was subsequently developed by his two sons, Michel and Marcel. In the last 15 years Pierre and Christian, the grandsons, have carried on the traditions of the estate by continuing the quest for excellence in everything they do both in the vineyards and in the cellars, they produce wines considered to be the benchmark for Nuits. The wines are produced on 14.5 hectares of vineyards and includes holdings in 6 Nuits St. Georges 1er Crus. Uncompromising about quality and respectful of the typicity of the different vintages, the harvest is entirely destemmed and vinification takes place in lined cement vats for approximately fifteen days, depending on the vintage. After cuvaison, the wine is transferred to small oak barrels and after 18 months ageing in oak barrels, using a maximum of 20 % new oak in the final blending, the wines are fined with egg whites and given a light filtration before bottling. This Premier Cru (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £311.24
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Domaine Henri Gouges CLOS DES PORRETS 1er Cru Nuits-Saint-Georges
Description: The Henri Gouges domain was established in Nuits Saint Georges at the very beginning of this century. Founded by Henri Gouges, it was subsequently developed by his two sons, Michel and Marcel. In the last 15 years Pierre and Christian, the grandsons, have carried on the traditions of the estate by continuing the quest for excellence in everything they do both in the vineyards and in the cellars, they produce wines considered to be the benchmark for Nuits. The wines are produced on 14.5 hectares of vineyards and includes holdings in 6 Nuits St. Georges 1er Crus. Uncompromising about quality and respectful of the typicity of the different vintages, the harvest is entirely destemmed and vinification takes place in lined cement vats for approximately fifteen days, depending on the vintage. After cuvaison, the wine is transferred to small oak barrels and after 18 months ageing in oak barrels, using a maximum of 20 % new oak in the final blending, the wines are fined with egg whites and given a light filtration before bottling. This Premier Cru (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £397.64
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Bersan et Fils Chablis 1er Cru Montmains
Description: Just over a quarter of Chablis vineyards are designated Premier Cru. The wines produced are bigger and more intense than Chablis AC and give a massive presence in the glass. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £217.53
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Domaine Jean Pillot LES MACHERELLES 1er Cru Chassagne Montrachet
Description: Jean-Marc Pillot has recently taken over from his father, Jean, at the family owned domaine. While able to draw on the experience and advice of his father he has made changes to the estate, including a new cave, that have propelled the domaine up the league of premiere producers of wine in Burgundy. Equally capable of producing great white or red wine the syle is always intensely fruity, graceful, and precise. With white wines dominating the 10 hectare domaine the vineyard holdings are spread throughout the village of Chassagne with subsidiary parcels in Puligny, Santenay, and Remigny . The vines in most parcels are between 25 and 50 years old. Traditional viticultural practices are used in the vineyards where, Cordon de Royat and Guyot Simple pruning and training systems are employed. The whites are fermented 12 to 18 months in barrel, never using no more than 25% new wood so as not to overwhelm the intensity of fruit and sense of terroir specific to each wine. Bâtonnage is practiced to enrich the whites but is not exaggerated while the wines are manipulated as little as possible and are bottled unfiltered to preserve their purity. A fine and complex Chardonnay with intense aromas of kirsch, the 2000 vintage is a typical Chassagne-Montrachet with good acidity, medium to full bodied with a long finish. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £292.85
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