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Bourgogne Blanc
Mâconnais &
Bourgogne
Worth trying here are the superb
Mâcon-Prissé
from the
Caves du Prissé and
Beaujolais Blanc from Château de Pizay -
both
delicious lemon-fresh Chardonnays though the Beaujolais
has a richer finish. We
have a superb Pouilly-Fuissé
of real
elegance and complexity from Domaine Saumaise
- highly rated
by Jane MacQuitty - that has
a classic
mineral nose with wonderful underpinning honeysuckle.
2008
Mâcon-Prissé ‘les Clochettes’ Caves
de Prissé
Cost: £8.99
Bin No.
FY68
2008/09 Beaujolais
Blanc
Château de Pizay
Cost: £8.99
Bin No. FY61
2006/07
Pouilly-Fuissé ‘Vigne Blanche’ Domiane Saumaize
Cost: £18.98
Bin No. FY94
Chablis
La
Chablisienne make exemplary Chablis in a modern, squeaky
clean style. This wine
making philosophy creates wines full of fruit
with refreshing acidity.
2008
Petit-Chablis Vibrant
La
Chablisienne
Cost: £9.48
Bin No. FY81
2007/08
Chablis
‘Finage’ *
La Chablisienne
Cost: £10.49
Bin No. FY70
2006
Chablis 1er Cru
La
Chablisienne
Cost: £13.98
Bin No.
FY73
2006
Chablis
‘la Pierrellee’ Magnum
La Chablisienne
Cost: £29.95
Bin No. FY75
Samuel Billaud
has propelled this domaine to
the
forefront of Chablis production. Huge investment in a new winery,
coupled
with some of the oldest and best-sited parcels of Chablis,
Chablis 1er Cru and
Chablis Grand Cru vineyards has resulted in a
surge of quality since Samuel took
over the wine making in 1992.
Today, low yields as a result of strict winter
pruning and
ébourgeonnage
each spring give an
intensity to their wines rarely found in Chablis.
2007/08
Chablis
Domaine
Billaud-Simon
Cost: £12.98
Bin No. FY80
2004/05
Chablis 1er Cru ‘Vaillons’
Domaine Billaud - Simon
Cost: £19.95
Bin No. FY79
Côte Chalonnaise
A delightful wine here from
Château de la Saule, owned by
Alain Roy,
that displays the classic minerality, combined with the citrus zest
that
epitomises top quality white burgundy. The voluptuous
Rully ‘Gresigny’
from Michel Briday is the match of many a top Côte d’Or white.
2006/07
Montagny ler Cru
Château de la Sauel
Cost: £13.99
Bin No.
FY90
2008
Rully 1er Cru ‘Gresigny’
Domaine Michel Briday
Cost
£16.99
Bin No.FY67
Côte d'Or
Michel
Bouzereau's Mersault is benchmark white
burgundy with rich
oak flavours and good peachy fruit. The
Puligny-Montrachet from Chavy
has a delicious minerality and real
finesse: a wine for drinking young that will also age.
2006 Santenay
1er cru
‘Clos des Tavannes’ Vincent Girardin
Cost: £22.95
Bin No.
FY06
2007 Meursault ‘lesGrands
Charrons’
Domaine Michel Bouzereau
Cost: £26.95
Bin No.
FY99
2007 Puligny-Montrachet
Domaine Alain Chavey
Cost: £26.95
Bin No.
FY85
2006
Puligny-Montrachet 1er cru 'Clavoillons'
Domaine Gérard Chavey/Champs Gains
Cost: £34.95
Bin No.
FY74
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