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94 Points! A Pauillac that has been over-delivering from some time now, the 2020 Château Fonbadet reveals a healthy ruby/purple hue as well as textbook aromatics of blackcurrants, cassis, graphite, tobacco, and a kiss of background oak. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it's balanced, has the vintage's straight, focused style, and enough tannins to warrant 4-6 years of bottle age. It will keep for two decades. - Jeb Dunnuck

93 Points! Succulent and grippy, with a cool blue fruit and chalky mineral edge, wet stones, slate and saltiness then coming through alongside blackcurrant and black cherries. This has soft muscles, gently flexing, giving a push to the fruit as well as supplying overall definition. Tannins are there but are fine and crisp. Power here, confidence as well; it's not too much with tension and focus. Pauillac-might but delicate. - Decanter Magazine

93 Points! One of the few independent Pauillac estates that has enough production to have visibility in the international market, and they have been focusing in recent years on really smoothing out the flavour profile and adding depth through the mid palate. Good floral edge, jasmine and raspberry leaf, alongside cassis and bilberry fruit. Plenty of appellation character, this is good stuff. 12ha, 60 year old vines, Pascale Peyronie owner and winemaker, 40% new oak. - Jane Anson

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The oldest among the family’s Cotes du Rhone vines are assembled to produce this cuvée of Grenache (70%), Syrah and Mourvedre. Bursting with ripe, red fruit, aromatically, the Domaine Jaume Côtes du Rhône 2022 is powerfully fruity with hints of spice, cocoa and licorice. Supple and rich, this is a splendid example of a superb vintage. Learn More

The Romain Collet Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons 2021 receives enviable large contributions from lieu-dits Châtains and Mélinots with smaller contributions from Epinottes, Roncières and Vaillons proper. Between them, their ages average 40+ years, and since 2018 they have been certified organic. The soils across the whole Vaillons vineyards are composed of the very special aggregate of marine fossils called Kimmeridgian, which are part of what makes the Chardonnay of Chablis distinct from Chardonnay grown anywhere else. Romain raises the wine of each parcel in stainless steel tank, large neutral oak barrel or used Burgundy barrels depending on his appraisal of each. In 2021 the ratio is approximately 1/3 to each type of vessel.

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Romain Collet Chablis 1er Cru Montmains 2021 comes from a block just above Forêts called Perrières. Collet’s other 1er Cru wines see some wood, but not this one; it’s fermented and aged in 100% thermoregulated stainless steel tanks. Romain likes to showcase the tension of Perrières and the wizardry of its older vines (~40 years). No lees stirring. Allen Meadows had this to say about this bottling: “A much more floral nose expresses nuances of citrus confit and spice if more moderate amounts of Chablis character. There is however both better volume and refinement to the medium-bodied flavors that offer a lovely minerality on the lingering, balanced and delicious finale.”

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Cinsault, Grenache, Syrah. Blending and ageing in stainless steel vats on fine lees. Organic wine made from Demeter-certified grapes Learn More

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‘Champs Perdrix’ touches premier cru vineyards to the north, and grand crus La Tâche and Romanée-Conti to the east. Soils echo the rockiness of La Tâche, with more sand. AGE OF VINES: 30-50 years WINEMAKING: Hand-harvested. Destemmed. Fermented on indigenous yeasts in tank. Aged in clay amphora and clay eggs, and older French oak barrels. Unfined and unfiltered. 

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An exciting new source! Proprietor Remy Graillot is completely committed to making some of the finest wines of the region from his old vineyards in the heart of Sancerre. 

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