No other wine region in the world has risen to such commercial and qualitative heights over the last twenty five years as Burgundy. Once viewed as hugely inconsistent, with swings of style from vintage to vintage, Burgundy is now a much better understood and trusted wine region thanks both to a plethora of established Domaines at the top of their game and the crop of exciting, young, wine-making talent who have joined them.
Always the same intense stony and salty character, this is habitually a wine of such strong terroir character; concentrated, very mineral, explosive with touches of hazelnut, pain grille and Sicilian lemon flavours. Friendlier than 07 or 08 but racy nonetheless.
Vivid and precise nose, wild pure forest fruits, juicy and focused small currant and berry fruit flavours overlaying suave tannins. Incredibly polished for a Bourgogne.
A harmonious and well-balanced wine, vinified without oak for a fresh character. A subtle wine with finesse and a good length.
Floral, lush and opulent stone fruits. A rich wine, on the attack, at least and with a creamy texture, but the tightening finish brings the flavours together and gives this a lovely definition.
Generous kirsch aromas initially but quite a lithe, fine tuned and stream lined palate. Fine grained salted red cherry fruit, full of Pinot Noir brightness and grippy but finely-etched tannins.
A vintage full of jewel-like wines that have emerged from a growing season that was never plain sailing. After a devastating early spring frost, growers had to work harder than ever, all the while bringing in some of their smallest crops on record.
Sylvain Cathiard continues to produce wines in the same style, a de-stalked crop aged, unracked, for 18 months in barrel to yield pure, sophisticated and polished Burgundies that are bottled without fining or filtration.
Owner Julien Brocard manipulates vines around the village of Préhy planted on a mixture of the unique kimmeridgean and portlandian clay soils that lend such complexity and minerality to his wines.
Ghislaine has made this a benchmark for Chambolle growers and lovers alike. Terroir and grape variety are respected in the winemaking process, vineyard work is hard, intervention minimal and new oak kept to an average of 30%.
Rising star Cécile Tremblay, Henri Jayer’s grand-niece, took the reins of her family domaine in 2003, working a total of three hectares of the family’s six hectares. As with all top growers the attention to detail here is in the vineyards. Cécile tends her vines with the utmost care and respect for terroir and the environment, practicing organic and biodynamic farming.
With some of the greatest terroir in the world, Burgundy is an oenophiles haven. Complex, challenging, rewarding, fascinating, beguiling – these are all words that could be used to describe the wines that come from this part of the world. Suffice it to say, when it comes to wine, there’s really nowhere else quite like Burgundy.
Second only to Bordeaux (arguably) in terms of wine-world prestige and notoriety, Burgundy produces world-famous highly sought after expressions of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Other grapes can be found here – Aligoté, Gamay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Meunier – but it’s really all about The Big Two.
Since our inception in St James’s in 1749, Justerini & Brooks has always looked to push boundaries and explore new territories in the world of fine wine.
Since our inception in St James’s in 1749, Justerini & Brooks has always looked to push boundaries and explore new territories in the world of fine wine.
Since our inception in St James’s in 1749, Justerini & Brooks has always looked to push boundaries and explore new territories in the world of fine wine.
Since our inception in St James’s in 1749, Justerini & Brooks has always looked to push boundaries and explore new territories in the world of fine wine.