Place: Burgundy, FRA

Variety: Pinot Noir

Farming: Sustainable

These wines are brilliant in every sense. Classic and reduced Burgundies that reveal incredible purity, energy and perfume in the glass. Justine, Christian’s daughter, now looks after the commercial side of the business.

This is surprisingly elegant with its perfumed and very pretty essence of red currant and a whiff of Maraschino cherry. The attractively textured if not especially dense medium weight flavours possess fine length on the mildly austere finale. Words from Allen meadows, The Burghound