Concentrated white fruit with a little greengage, perhaps a dab of iodine. This wine shows an attractive succulence in the mouth, with multiple layers of fruit, and a fine balance between the flesh and the bone structure.
Jasper Morris MW – Wine Buyer

Fine pale straw in colour, engagingly plump in the bouquet, with lovely pear fruit, but not over the top. Excellent weight and even some tannic structure continue behind.
Jasper Morris, MW - Wine Buyer

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Boudriotte offers a very fine, sensual nose of white flowers, leading to flavours that come dancing right across the palate. The fine, long mouthfeel concludes with a fresh, zesty finish.

Bright pale in colour, this has real intensity to the nose, even though it’s quite backward. The fruit dances across the palate, resulting in a beautiful Chassagne with energy and length. We are very happy with this.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director

Caroline Gagnard, who has been running her father’s domaine since 1989, is happier with the quality than the quantity in 2012. There will be no Hautes Côtes de Beaune for us this year and very little village Chassagne, but Caroline has been kind enough to look after us as much as possible in our favourite Premier Cru vineyards. Her red wines are also very attractive this year. She tends to make the reds for relatively early drinking, but Caroline’s whites have an excellent track record for ageing very well. These 2012s are chock full of energy, and reflect their different vineyard sites very clearly.

From one year-old barrel this shows some new wood but a very beautiful quality of fruit behind. Massive weight of fruit yet light on its feet, perfectly balanced acidity behind, long and lovely. A great result.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director

Having moved into their smart new cellar, enabling them to optimise the winemaking side, the Bachelet boys, Benoît and Jean- Baptiste, are evolving their viticultural techniques as well. The vineyards are all ploughed and are managed according to lutte raisonnée, but there are biodynamic experiments in Les Charmois, Les Blanchots Dessus and their Grand Cru. This domaine, which receives regular plaudits in France, deserves to be better known internationally. There are short rations this year, as for everybody: Overall their yields in 2012 are 25 hl/ha in white and 19 h/ha for the Pinot Noir vineyards.

Superb fruit emerges on the palate of this sumptuous wine. Dancing and generous, displaying notes of ripe plums, with some apples behind, exquisite balance and stupendous length. An excellent result indeed, it has just a little touch of honey to enrich the finish.
Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director

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