1981 Chablis

The nose may be somewhat restrained here but the palate is unexpectedly lush, with notes of crème patissière and an attractive apple-tinged acidity which maintains balance.

Arnaud’s Clos des Ambres is fine, pure and fresh on the nose, developing a little butteriness after a few moments in line with a typical Meursault. Yields were especially low after spring hail, and this consequently has exceptional weight on the palate. Fabulous.

There is exceptional weight to the nose of this majestic Montrachet; the fruit absolutely dances in the glass, keeping the wood in check. With massive weight, real elegance and perfect balance, this is a winner!

Most Exciting Value White
Camille-Giroud's Meursault En La Barre is a serious contender for the best value wine of 2008. This vineyard, within the village itself, produces classic Meursault, rich yet focussed and beautifully balanced. Tempting to drink young, this will only improve over the next two to three years.
(Chris Pollington, Fine Wine Sales Advisor)

This Meursault wine is pretty, elegant and stylish, while showing great length of flavour on the palate. Charming, this represents excellent value in 2008.
(Jasper Morris MW, BBR Burgundy Buyer)

White Wine Of The Vintage
Caroline Lestimé's wines really stood out this year for their excellence across the board. The pick of her superb range of Premier Crus was the Caillerets: classy and complex with great concentration of minerally fruit and tremendous elegance. My tasting note finishes wow!.
(Chris Pollington Fine Wine Sales Advisor)

Full, pure and powerful, this really shows its class from the outset, building several layers of flavour on the palate. It has a great feeling of luminosity and a fabulous finish. Brilliant! Magnums and Jeroboams are packed in wooden boxes.
(Jasper Morris MW, BBR Burgundy Buyer)

White Wine Of The Vintage
In the last three years this has been outstanding, and in this vintage it is of Grand Cru quality. On the palate it is pure Puligny, exploding with rich but perfectly focussed ripe, slightly exotic fruit. This is a wine of great style. (David Jones, Fine Wine Sales Advisor)

This Puligny-Montrachet wine was one of the stars of Berrys’ tasting trip to Burgundy in November. De Montille’s Caillerets has some quite exotic flavours at the front but still maintains its sense of refinement in combination with an amazingly intense middle palate and a scintillating finish. This is very complete and should age very well indeed.
(Jasper Morris MW, BBR Burgundy Buyer)