Only six barrels this year, not much from half a hectare. The grapes were exceptionally small as well as the loss of volume from hail. It is heady and concentrated on the nose, though it’s in the mouth that one sees the real quality, while an exceptionally fine thread of acidity carries through to the lacy finish.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director

Jacques Lardière is now in charge of a new project in Oregon, after 40 years at Louis Jadot, and Frédéric Barnier is fully installed in Beaune in his place. In principal, however, there are not expected to be any changes to the winemaking. Frédéric describes 2012 as a superb vintage for reds with very healthy grapes, despite the difficult growing season. He notes the exceptionally concentrated fruit coupled with good acidity. He just had to take care to avoid over firm tannins. The whites were more difficult but their practice of retaining a proportion of the malic acid has been useful this year. All the whites are now bottled with DIAM corks.

Very poised and close-knit at the beginning it opens in the glass with an explosion of flavours; white flowers, white apples and an crysteline wet stone minerality. Wow! The finish has a never-ending persistence (I stopped counting at 86 seconds). Truly impressive.

Another lively primrose colour with faint green tints, the nose is very expressive, with flowers, verbena and a sense of concentration. This is very high class with several waves of flavour on the palate: lemon notes, white fruit and just a little flesh behind. Long and lovely. Drink 2021-2028.
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer

Picking began on 28th August and the whites were brought in across just three days. “It was such a beautiful quality of fruit,” says Jean-Baptiste, “that I couldn't stop eating the grapes.” Good sugar levels have brought alcohols ranging from 12.6 to 13.2 percent and the wines have been elegant right from the start.

Jean-Baptiste is fortunate to have a small holding of this top Puligny Premier Cru which he has transformed into a brilliant wine. Fine bright light colour, with a very chiselled nose, quite intense, building to a lemon finish, very pure and intense, superb persistence. With intensity more than weight, blindingly bright starry wine. 
Jasper Morris, MW - Wine Buyer

Jean-Baptiste reports hardly any hail damage in 2013 but the crop was nonetheless limited by cold damp weather at the flowering. He began picking on 26th September, with all the whites picked before the wet weekend. Malolactic fermentation took a little longer than usual but no real problems in the cellar. The wines will be bottled in December, or January for the Premiers Crus.

Showing a full pale yellow colour, this has a rich and exotic nose that includes some nuttiness and coconut notes. The fruit is superbly expressive on the palate, multi-layered and backed by the vital fresh acidity of the vintage.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Director

The old order changeth slowly at Maison Louis Jadot. Veteran winemaker Jacques Lardire is still very much in charge, but his eventual successor Frdric is starting to play a more prominent role. Dont expect a revolution, but a little evolution is doubtless possible. The acidity of 2010 very much suits the Jadot white wine style, while their fullish extraction of Pinot Noir has worked notably well in several red cuves such as the Volnay, Clos de la Barre which we have selected for the first time this year. Where the wines come from one of the various Jadot domaines we supply the relevant information in brackets.

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Le Cailleret is fresh and appealing from the floral bouquet onwards. A fully ripe wine with a beautiful broad palate and plenty of flesh. Very distinguished, this is likely to be accessible early.

lively, stimulating, mineral bouquet: very stylish, with superb backbone through the middle, long and fine, accompanying a mix of different fruits, which are more white than yellow.

Jean-Baptiste liked the fruit and the flesh of his 2014s from the start, but since October he feels that the structure and sense of class have become apparent. He was happily surprised to find such regular, healthy fruit despite the hail, and, apart from the size of the crop, there was no discernible difference between the hailed vineyards and the others. Overall his crop was 40 percent below a normal year, and 10 percent below 2013, so his pricing this year is eminently fair.