Vincent Royet – Beauregard 2020 – Santenay 1er Cru

Vincent Royet – Beauregard 2020 – Santenay 1er Cru

Nice racy nose, mineral, precise, frank, which offers a nice finesse of the grain. It reveals notes of fresh cherry, fresh/crunchy berries, and slight notes of fresh iris associated with touches of racy minerality, a discreet hint of nutmeg, and an imperceptible almost vanilla hint that coats/underlines the fruit. The palate is fruity and offers…

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Maison Chanzy – Les Cornières 2020 – Santenay

Maison Chanzy – Les Cornières 2020 – Santenay

The nose is fresh and offers a certain intensity as well as minerality. It reveals notes of racy minerality, fresh flowers, and more slightly – notes of crushed blackcurrant associated with slight touches of fleshy cherry as well as fine varietal hints. The palate is fruity and offers juiciness, a tangy/fresh frame, racy minerality, a…

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Maison Chanzy – Gravières 2018 – Santenay Premier Cru

Maison Chanzy – Gravières 2018 – Santenay Premier Cru

The nose is fruity and offers a good definition. It reveals notes of pulpy raspberry and fresh/bright blueberry and small notes of pulpy/fleshy cherries associated with touch of violet, cuben pepper, licorice, a discreet hint of pepper and bergamot. The palate is fruity and offers juiciness, minerality, an acidulous frame, pulpiness, gourmandize, a racy minerality,…

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Domaine Clos Saint Jean – En Charron 2019 – Santenay

Domaine Clos Saint Jean – En Charron 2019 – Santenay

The nose is fruity, racyand offers elegance, a certain richness as well as a small stretched side. It reveals notes of crushed blackberry, raspberry and small notes of pulpy plum associated with touch of cornflower, tonka beans, crushed sour cherry/red fruits as well as fine hint of racy minerality, a discreet hint of star anise…

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Camille Giroud – 2019 Santenay

Camille Giroud – 2019 Santenay

The nose is fruity, elegant and offers a certain pulpiness of the fruit, a small racy minerality, a racy grain, a well-mastered power as well as a nice stretched side and a velvety side. There are notes of cassis, small ripe berries and small notes of wild raspberry associated with touches of cuben pepper, nutmeg…

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Maison Chanzy – Les Cornières 2018 – Santenay

Maison Chanzy – Les Cornières 2018 – Santenay

The nose is fruity and racy. It reveals notes of bright cherry, small bright red berries and small notes of violet associated with small touches of nutmeg, gray pepper and fine hints of clove. The palate is fruity and offers juiciness, suavity, a small fat, minerality and a subtle tension. On the palate this wine expresses notes of…

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Domaine Clos Saint-Jean – En Charron 2018 – Santenay

Domaine Clos Saint-Jean – En Charron 2018 – Santenay

(organic) The nose is elegant, racy and offers power (well-controlled) as well as a certain richness (well-controlled / well-well-balanced). It reveals notes of crushed blackberry, fleshy cassis and small notes of fleshy strawberry associated with touches of rose, fresh lilac as well as small touches of Cuben pepper, acidulous Quetsche plum as well as hints…

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Les Héritiers Saint-Genys – La Maladière 2018 – Santenay 1er Cru

Les Héritiers Saint-Genys – La Maladière 2018 – Santenay 1er Cru

The nose is elegant, fruity, racy, beautifully defined and offers purity, a fine concentration as well as a discreet saline side. It reveals notes of bright cherry, bright Boysen berry, small notes of cassis associated with touches of small red berries, fresh flowers (rose, violet) as well as discreet hints of salinity and an imperceptible…

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Maison Champy 2017 – Volnay

Maison Champy 2017 – Volnay

The nose is elegant and offers richness (full of control), a small creaminess and a fine intensity. It reveals notes of creamy violet plum, crushed strawberry, small notes of small creamy blue fruits, violet as well as very fine hints of grey pepper, a subtle hint of mild tobacco and chocolate. The palate is fruity,…

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Lucien Muzard & Fils – Champs Claude 2018, Vieilles Vignes – 2018 – Santenay

Lucien Muzard & Fils – Champs Claude 2018, Vieilles Vignes – 2018 – Santenay

The nose is fruity, elegant, racy and offers deepness, a fine intensity as well as complexity. It reveals notes of fleshy/juicy blackberry, juicy cherry, small notes of rose associated with touches of blueberry, lily, violet as well as fine hints of nutmeg, pencil lead, spices and very fine hints of zan/toasted. The palate is fruity…

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