2022 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée de l’Héronde, Domaine de Vavril

I could almost fall for Cuvée de l’Héronde’s glistening purple-ruby colour alone, but it’s the violet, strawberry and spice aromas, the sappy freshness and succulent palate of dark hedgerow berries and cherries, graphite and wet-rocks minerality, silky tannins and final pin-prick of orange zest that really do it. Joanna Simon, www.joannasimon.com, 29th Feb 2024

2022 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée de l’Héronde, Domaine de Vavril

I have just returned from my annual pilgrimage to Piemonte, in North-West Italy, to taste every elite bottle I could find to finish my 2023 Piemonte Report. The weather was unseasonably warm, so every red wine I ordered in restaurants would have been ruined at 35C air temperature were it not for the ever-excellent bar […]

Jancis Robinson reviews…

Ch Coustolle 2016 Canon-Fronsac Full bottle just 1,203 g. 70% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Malbec. Fronsac owner Alain Roux’s flagship property. Pale garnet. Some attractive evolution on the nose. Gentle (in terms of structure) but not simple and still with admirable Fronsac freshness. Not a blockbuster but really beautifully fresh. You want more! Quite […]

2021 Mâcon-Fuissé Les Bruyères, Domaine Dominique Cornin

Full bottle 1,327 g. Certified organic. From vines planted between 2011 and 2015. Unoaked and aged for 12 months on fine lees. Unfined. Light nose – more discreet than the 2021 Mâcon-Chaintré. Excellent acidity that’s already well integrated with the ripe-enough fruit. I’d hold this for a few months before enjoying it but it’s very […]

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