Les Chaumes

Attractive mid-purple colour, with a beautiful, sensual perfume, the oak working well in support but not too much in evidence. A really classy nose and equally fine fruit on the palate completes the best Lamarche Chaumes to date. Nicole has discovered that the aromatics really come out at the end of the fermentation process and has adjusted her techniques accordingly.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director

Nathalie Lamarche recalls that the harvest began on 22nd September with acceptable yields in the Vosne-Romanée vineyards, about the same as for 2011. In vinification Nicole Lamarche uses a small proportion of whole bunches, while the amount of new wood in the barrel cellar has been reduced to a maximum of 50% for the Grands Crus. This is the best selection of wines that Nicole Lamarche has produced since taking control of the winemaking in 2007. In short, a really fine range.

Medium deep pink in colour, with a beautiful raspberry and alpine strawberry nose, this has good intensity, with fresh red fruit. The wine has a slightly firmer finish with some wood tannins but the fruit wins out. Nicole's elegant style shines through. Drink 2022-2030.
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer

The Lamarches began on 10th September, picking over six days and realising better yields than in 2014. This year Nicole Lamarche has been able to make exactly the wines which she wants to make, avoiding deep extraction while using around 30 percent whole bunches. Do not expect dark colours and overt concentration, but if your taste is for elegant, floral, eventually ethereal wines then this is the place to be.