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- ULIZ, ANTOINE PETITPREZ, Beaune – Biodynamic
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- CHAMPAGNE JEAN-PAUL DEVILLE, Reims
LES VIGNES DE PARADIS, DOMINIQUE LUCAS, Beaune – Biodynamic So very impressed with the Burgundies from this domaine, shyly masquerading under Vin de France. To be fair the Heritage Mes Ancetres white and red and En Passant Devant Le Chateau are no-one’s idea what Burgundy should taste like. Which is not such a bad thing. For starters, the fruit for the Pinot is throbbingly purple rather than Burgundy-hued and the wines possess a thrilling stony austerity that would bring a smile to the equally stony face of Hubert de Montille (he who loved “chiselled wines.”) The 50- year-old Pinot vines for the En Passant are planted on slopes underneath the Château de Pommard on the outer edge of the village of Pommard on clay-limestone. Farming is biodynamic (certified since 2009). Yields are a mere 20 hl/ha and after a selective manual harvest the grapes are 90% de-stemmed after which Dominique adds a further 10%-20% of the stems back into the must. Wild ferment takes place for one month in large fibre-glass vat. After malo the wine is transferred into demi-muid for seven months’ ageing, filtered (but not fined) and given a tiny dash of SO2 before bottling. All the reds have an intensely saline, crushed stony quality. Dominique uses a variety of vessels to house his wines – small barrels, foudres, cement eggs and amphorae. He’s even got a cement pyramid! . 2015
HERITAGE MES ANCETRES BLANC W
2015 FACE AU LEVANT ALIGOTE CENTENAIRES - 2017 W
HERITAGE MES ANCETRES ROUGE R
2014 EN PASSANT DEVANT LE CHATEAU ROUGE R
NECTAR PINOT CENTENAIRE R
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Antoine’s philosophy is to “express the terroir and respect the vintage”. He develops mutually beneficial partnerships by consulting with organic farmers in exchange for their agreement to sell him grapes. His strategic networking allows him to acquire superior fruit contracts with growers and to consult with them on their vineyard practices throughout every aspect of harvest. All of Antoine’s farmers plough for good biological activity in the soil and use organic and biodynamic farming methods. No chemical products are used . The Santenay is sourced entirely from the Les Cornieres’ vineyard, which is a large parcel (over 10 ha) that is eastern-facing and due west from the village. The vineyard is named for the trees that grow there, which bear small, reddish pears. The wine is unfined and bottled with zero sulphur .
2014 AUXEY-DURESSES 1ER CRU “LE VAL” W
2014 SANTENAY CLOS CORNIERES R
2014 COTES DE NUITS VILLAGES “LE MONTAGNE” R
“Don’t drink Burgundy in a boat.”
- Bernard, Black Books COTE DE NUITS
DOMAINE HERESZTYN, Gevrey-Chambertin
“The First Duty of wine is to be Red … the second is to be a Burgundy” An estate founded by a former Polish vineyard worker of Louis Trapet. Domaine Heresztyn has been one of the consistently fine producers in Gevrey Chambertin. However, as Florence Heresztyn increasingly takes the reins, they have clearly reached another level of quality. The vineyard is now undergoing conversion to biodynamic viticulture. As Clive Coates remarks: “Now they are amongst the top in the village: elegant, composed, full of fruit, full of definition. A major address these days.”
a certain stoniness that betokens good ageing potential. Plenty of energy, vinosity and concentration here. The 2001 and 2002s are rich and forward and an hour or two in a carafe eases out spectacular violet aromas and warm toasty fruit. We have a range of vintages now for those of you who like to get vertical. The Bourgogne Pinot Noir comes from vines grown on sand, clay and stony chalk, a terroir that confers elegance and fruit. Both the soil and the vineyard are worked to ensure high quality fruit: leaf-thinning, green harvesting and 182ira raisonnée. The grapes undergo a prefermentation maceration in stainless steel and concrete for eight days, then a further five days alcoholic fermentation before being aged in futs de chêne for sixteen months. The Gevrey-Chambertin vieilles vignes from 50-year-old parcels planted on deep limestone-clay soils is a firm favourite. It is aged in Allier and Tronçais barrels (40% new) for up to eighteen months. The nose is expansive, yielding aromas of strawberry, blackcurrant and violet and the mouth is sensual with pure fruit flavours lingering on the tongue. The luminous, lacy Chambolle-Musigny, from two lieux-dits (aux Echanges and aux Badoits) and 65-year-old low-yielding parcels, could be described as à pointThis would go well with braised duck in red wine, navarin of spring lamb and cheese such as Brillat-Savarin and Citeaux. Gevrey-Chambertin Les Goulots is a premier cru parcel located on limestone-rich soils on the border of a forest. Undergoing a similar upbringing to the other wines it is marked by strong mineral flavours and a certain vivacity, while the La Perrière is the more obviously charming with cherry-fruit aromas and harmonious tannins. The Morey-Saint-Denis 1er cru Les Millandes is one of the best we have tasted. From 65-year-old vines and low yields (37hl/ha) this vivid ruby- red wine has a stunning bouquet of myrtle, blackberries, sloes and bramble not to mention floral notes of violets and jasmine, a sustained palate with exquisite finesse and length. One to age and to drink with guinea fowl with cabbage, rabbit in mustard sauce and cheese (Epoisses, Munster, Livarot etc.) Clos Saint-Denis is situated in Morey-Saint-Denis between Clos de la Roche and Clos des Lambrays. The vineyard is planted on Liassic and Triassic limestone, a terrain that allows the roots of the vines to delve deep for mineral nourishment. Heresztyn’s wine is delightful; the subtle weaving of fragrances (black fruits, gingerbread, prunes, musk) hints at a Grand Cru with nuance rather than sheer power, a point reinforced by the tender fruity palate, aromatic, pretty, oozing finesse. The tannins, nevertheless, remind you that this is a true vin de garde. Gird your best loin of venison or saddle up your meanest hare. 2014
BOURGOGNE PINOT NOIR HERESZTYN-MAZZINI R
2007/08 CHAMBOLLE MUSIGNY R
GEVERY-CHAMBERTIN 1er cru “CORBEAUX” R
2006/07 GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN EN BILLARD VIEILLES VIGNES R
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 1 er CRU “LES CHAMPONNETS” R
2013 GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 1 er CRU “LES GOULOTS” R
2007/8 GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 1er CRU “LA PERRIERE” R
2000-7 MOREY SAINT-DENIS 1 er CRU “LES MILLANDES” R
2004-6 CLOS ST DENIS GRAND CRU R
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Her Dad still opens Chambertin As the candle burns away It was the favourite of Napoleon That’s what he liked to say. And all that he said All of us there were tasting history And all through the night In glass-filtered light, tasting history
Al Stewart – Down In The Cellar
DOMAINE AURELIEN VERDET, Hautes Cotes de Nuits – Organic Burgundy was the winiest wine, the central, essential, and typical wine, the soul and greatest common measure of all the kindly wines of the earth.
Georges and renowned for its southern exposure and high limestone content Alain Verdet, one of the very first growers in Burgundy to go organic in 1971, has passed on to his son the valuable lessons of raising vines in balance with nature. Aurélien, eager to carry on the philosophy, does everything by feel, by taste, by intuition, by the phases of the moon and as the wines from each parcel and from each vintage demand. Aurélien keeps yields in the vineyard low, dropping fruit during the summer and resulting in a final harvest ranging from 35 – 40 hl/ha. A cold pre-fermentation of five to six days is followed by temperature controlled fermentations in stainless steel, lasting approximately 15 days and includes daily pigeage and remontage. No more than 30% new wood is employed in the ageing, which normally is approximately 14 months. The timing of vineyard and cellar operations is governed by the phases of the moon: for example, a waning moon for pruning the vines in order to support the natural movement of sap back to the base of the plant and toward its roots and racking of wines when the gravitational forces of the lunar cycle favour a more unagitated period for the wine that is being clarified. … This wine has an impeccable silky texture balancing weight and concentration with brightness and acidity in a long, graceful finish. The basket of flavours here is of red cherry leading to black fruits interlaced with seductive suggestions of herbal potpourri.
2015 BOURGOGNE HAUTES COTES DE NUITS « LE PRIEURE » R
2011 NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES R
DOMAINE GILLES BALLORIN, Morey-Saint-Denis – Biodynamic Setting up a new wine domain represents a challenge in Burgundy, there are so many well-established names producing great wines. Gilles and Fabienne Ballorin were not perturbed, however, at the thought of competition, they started in Brochon, moving to Morey-St-Denis in 2007 in the Côte de Nuits and already they are carving out a good reputation for themselves with their biodynamic wines. In Burgundy, a map of who owns what in the vineyards is like a mosaic, there are many small scale producers with small sections in different vineyards. In the Côte de Nuits, Domaine Ballorin & F has vines all along the strip from Chenôve to Comblanchien: 23 ares of vines in Fixin (les Chenevières), 10 ares in Nuits St. Georges (les Damodes), 80 ares in Chenôve, 25 ares Marsanny Rose, one hectare in Marsannay (Les Echezots) for example. They have holdings in eleven different vineyards in all, the most recent acquisitions being Très Girard in Morey and Clos du Roy in Marsannay. The production reads like a restaurant wine list with red, white and rosé including Bourgogne Aligoté (Le Hardi), Bourgogne Pinot Noir (Le Bon), Bourgogne Passetoutgrain (Le Téméraire) and Bourgogne Blanc They work hard all year round to produce mature grapes so that nothing extra is needed during vinification. The answer lies in the soil: ‘The grapes are good if the soil is healthy’ says Fabienne, ‘sometimes you can smell the life in the soil.’ The wines are natural – ambient ferments with indigenous yeasts in resin-coated vats and stainless steel tanks resulting in a natural malo, no filtration, no fining, and less than 30 mg/l of sulphur. The Aligoté, named in recognition of Philippe Le Hardi who prohibited planting of Gamay in Burgundy (nobody’s perfect), is golden yellow with greenish glints, has a buttery texture with delicate aromas of ripe citrus and warm pear-skin .
comes from the Old French word for Cotton Fields, to which once, centuries ago, this low-lying vineyard may have been planted. The soil here is a mixture of soil and gravel, and the character of fruit tends towards that harder character Fixin has been known to embody. Highly aware of this fact, Gilles tends to treat this cuvee particularly gently, as well as using canopy management and careful control of temperature at fermentation to ensure a gentler extraction. It is more structured than the Marsannays, with bright minerality following on the heels of the rich entry, with rounder fruit from the heavier clays in this soil.
2015
MARSANNAY BLANC « AU LARREY » W
2015 MARSANNAY ROUGE « LES AMOUREUX » R
FIXIN « LES CHENEVRIERES » R
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DOMAINE BART, Marsannay Bart: Oh, I’m starving! Mom, can we go Catholic so we can get communion wafers and booze? Marge: No, no one’s going Catholic. Three children are enough, thank you. It’s good to show some Burgundies from these vintages. Starting with Marsannay Les Finottes we have an engaging little wine that “plays the flute rather than the trumpet” as the saying goes. Fruity and forward it conveys a delicious fruit medley of 184lumies cherries, strawberries and rhubarb with a bit of pruney development. Les Champs Salomon, a healthy Marsannay with sweet currant, black cherry and saturated plum fruit; conveys also notes of cinnamon, ginger and candied oranges. On the mid-palate there are more stone, straw and hay aspects interspersed with spices. Clive Coates, in his article on Best-Value Red Burgundy Producers mentions Marsannay as the source for good medium-structured, unextracted Pinot Noir and cites Bart as one of the growers to look out for. The Bonnes-Mares, a Grand Cru with the bones to last, from average age 40 year old vines and matured in new oak barrels and bottled without filtration or fining, is a grand wine revealing ripe aromas of brown spice, smoke, mint, menthol and earth. Dense and spicy it issues forth promises of raspberries, exotic spice, caraway and sous-bois. Try with Charollais beef, rich stews, game birds, otherwise consume it à la Bart with a short side order of your shorts. 2014
MARSANNAY ROUGE “LES FINOTTES” R
2014 MARSANNAY ROUGE “LES CHAMPS SALOMON” R
SANTENAY « EN BIEVAU » R
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CHAMPAGNE Come quickly – I am tasting stars! Dom Perignon (wouldn’t it be great if he really said that?) Garçon! A bottle of your second cheapest champagne! – Homer (Simpson) BETTER THE DEVILLE YOU KNOW
Notice to all customers. Battery acid containing bubbles is not worth listing as house champagne. As Aldous Huxley described it: “The taste of an apple peeled with a steel knife”. We should discard the security blanket of branding – that way madness, badness and Liebfraumilch lies – and search vigorously for examples made with craft and care. What is in the bottle should matter more than the label and its attestation of provenance. That may sound trite, but there is a cultural conservatism which not only allows, but also actively conspires with the con tricks that go on in the name of brand recognition.
charmless and green wines in the last few years – presumably to cash in on extra demand. Twas ever thus, twill ever be so. We believe in growers’ champagnes from vineyards that have been properly farmed, where the quality of grapes is paramount. The majority of artisan growers work in the Côte des Bars in the south of the region, nearer to Chablis than the heart of champagne. The fruit from these well-tended vineyards is richer and riper on the golden-toned end of the spectrum. The resultant wines are that much more vinous – try Marie-Courtin for their richness and purity, Val Frison’s Goustan, a brut nature style with nutty oxidative notes, or the various cuvées from Aurelien Gerbais with their edgy minerality. Once you have at least tried a good grower’s champagne you are unlikely ever again to be seduced by the ephemeral promise of the emperor’s new bubbles.
Champagne Nomenclatura A good mousse – bubbles the size of tennis balls A fine mousse – bubbles the size of ping pong balls Gentle mousse – one bubble the size of a football A Nice Moose – a bubbling caribou who’ll stand you a bloody good glass of champagne Our house champagne for a many a moon. Lush wines with a relatively high proportion of Pinot Noir and a fair amount of bottle age for depth. The vintage 2002 is for those who like their champagne as snug as a bug in a bottle of Krug. NV
JEAN-PAUL DEVILLE CARTE NOIRE NV Sp
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JEAN-PAUL DEVILLE CARTE D’OR NV Sp
NV
JEAN-PAUL DEVILLE CARTE D’OR – ½ bottle Sp
NV
JEAN-PAUL DEVILLE CUVEE SELECTION – magnum Sp
NV
JEAN-PAUL DEVILLE CUVEE SELECTION – jeroboam Sp
NV
JEAN-PAUL DEVILLE BLANC DE BLANCS Sp
2005
JEAN-PAUL DEVILLE VINTAGE BRUT Sp
NV
JEAN-PAUL DEVILLE SAPPHEIROS ROSE Sp/Ro
CHAMPAGNE LAURENT PERRIER NV
LAURENT PERRIER LA CUVEE BRUT Sp
NV
LAURENT PERRIER ROSE Sp/Ro
[The three musketeers and D’Artagnan are escaping from the Cardinal’s men in his own coach] Porthos: Champagne? Athos: We’re in the middle of a chase, Porthos. Porthos: You’re right – something red.
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Champagne Cocktails
4 cockerels 1 bottle Krug champagne
Nail the cockerels to your worktops, ensuring that they are facing the wall. Shake the bottle vigorously and then uncork it. Immediately thrust the foaming neck of the bottle up the rear of each cockerel in turn. Seal each rear with time-delay window putty. Now retire to a safe distance before the whole thing blows. Have a small sherry at your local inn.
John Henry Dixon – How To Peel An Otter
CHAMPAGNE RUINART In the champagne world where quantity precedes quality Ruinart stands for exclusiveness, elegance and savoir-faire. “R” de Ruinart is a fine introduction to this classic range of champagnes. A blend of 40% Chardonnay and 60% Pinot Noir (of which 25% is reserve wine) it has a golden yellow colour with a beautiful brilliance, a very beady mousse with fine bubbles, a delicate fresh and fruity nose showing notes of white fruits (mainly pear) and a harmonious, lively and vivacious palate, full and well-balanced with aromas of ripe fruits (greengage). Made in the pure Ruinart tradition exclusively from the Chardonnay grape, Ruinart Blanc de Blancs reflects perfect harmony. The clear glass bottle, a replica from an 18 th Century model, further enhances its striking luminosity. Most recent in a line of blends from chardonnay grapes, this harmonious wine will envelop palates with its warm fruity flavours. Suave, delicate this Blanc de Blancs describes the word finesse. A blend of 100% Premier Cru Chardonnay from different years it has a very beautiful pale golden yellow colour with beautiful luminosity and striking brilliance. An intense nose with notes of fresh citrus fruit, mainly lime, greets you
Good vinosity. Notes of nectarine, apricot and cherry-plum dominate a pleasingly long finish. The Ruinart Vintage is a blend of 47% Chardonnay and 53% Premier Cru Pinot Noir. It reveals a pale golden yellow colour with a fine sustained mousse forming a beautiful stream of beads around the glass. The light and very delicate nose develops in the glass hinting at exotic citrus fruits with slight trace of brioche and yellow fruits such as peach. Ruinart Rosé, as with all Ruinart champagnes, is made with a high proportion of Chardonnay giving great finesse and elegance. The actual blend is 45 % Premier Cru Chardonnay and 55 % Premier Cru Pinot Noir. Orange-yellow, rose petal in colour it shows a subtle fruity nose: small red berries such as redcurrant and blackberry. Vigorous and rich with a well-balanced palate this is a fine, smooth, and supple wine with notes of 186lumies cherry. Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs is100% Grand Cru Chardonnay. A fine, fresh and delicate nose with a beautiful intensity. Notes of fresh almonds, toasted brioche, citrus fruits and dried fruits. A beautiful, fine and delicate sensation on the palate. Exotic fruits, mango and passion fruit. A finish suggestive of fresh citrus fruit notes and coffee. A great wine.
fabulous orange colour with a copperish tinge veering towards the colour of cognac and exhibits beautiful clarity and striking brilliance. The initial nose is dominated by hints of soft and cooked fruits; followed by smoky notes, Virginia tobacco and tanned leather. Those rich and complex aromas on the nose are confirmed in the mouth with a perfect balance between fruit, tobacco and spices. A wine to drink throughout the meal. NV
“R” DE RUINART Sp
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“R” DE RUINART – ½ bottle Sp
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“R” DE RUINART – magnum Sp
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RUINART BLANC DE BLANCS Sp
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RUINART BLANC DE BLANCS – ½ bottle Sp
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RUINART BLANC DE BLANCS – magnum Sp
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RUINART ROSE Sp/P
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RUINART ROSE – ½ bottle Sp/P
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RUINART ROSE – magnum Sp/P
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DOM RUINART BLANC DE BLANCS Sp
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DOM RUINART ROSE Sp/P
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