This was outstanding in 2009 and delivers again so brilliantly in 2010, that we secured all of the wine available. A sublime, elegant and charming bouquet is followed by explosive fruit within a medium weight framework and a really suave and stylish finish.
Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director

Maison Roche de Bellene Production has recently moved to a new facility on the outskirts of Beaune, which is making life much easier for the Roche de Bellene team. The philosophy stays the same: work with excellent grape sources and get the wines out into the market at competitive prices. The reds have had an excellent following for many a year now, while recently the whites have shown the same impressive price to quality ratio that makes this such a good address.

Medium purple, displaying a really brilliant, lively red fruit nose that is explosive and exciting. On the palate this is a middleweight Corton, with more elegance than the chunkier style which some offer.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director

Nicolas Potel has retained the majority of his regular contracts in 2012, though a couple are missing after the hail. Like everybody else, he has had to pay more for his grapes though, especially at the top end of the hierarchy. But as ever there are some delicious wines in the range, and at the lower end the prices are thoroughly competitive.