BURGUNDY

Legendary domaine made famous by Denis who passed away in 2006 since then his son Arnaud has taken over and refined the wines

Less new oak, less extraction, but wines that are incredibly elegant, aromatic, complex and juicy at the same time

Some of the most sought-after wines in Burgundy

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10.8 Ha

Created in the late 1960s, this is one of Burgundy’s most established superstars

A style that emphasizes whole cluster fermentation and high percentages of new oak

The wines here have gone from strength to strength over the last half century

An exemplary family-run domaine that sits at the very top of Burgundy’s qualitative pyramid

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17.5Ha

Mugnier is without doubt the finest contemporary producer of Chambolle-Musigny. Despite owning only 4 hectares in Chambolle and a much greater 10 hectares in Nuits-Saint-Georges, the highly distinctive style that Jacques-Frederic Mugnier produces here has won him countless fans all over the world. Every choice he makes in the vineyard and wine cellar must first pass the test of reason. No herbicides or pesticides are used; grapes are destemmed and fermented in big open vats; maturation lasts for about 16 months in mostly neutral oak barrels; no fining or filtration before bottling is done, aiming to preserve the purest natural expression in the wine and minimise technical intervention.

FrIJdIJric believes that winemaking is a natural process. When the grapes are of good quality, it can be just as simple as that. He is just in charge of providing the proper environment for the grapes to transform themselves into wine. On FrIJdIJric’s website, a quote summarised this idea: “Of all the vegetable kingdom, only the vine makes the true savour of the earth understandable to us.”

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14 Ha

A small domaine that has grown into one of Burgundy’s most celebrated

It is run today by Sebastien Cathiard. He is a no-nonsense vigneron who does everything in his power to produce wines that combine power and elegance year in year out

Over the past decade, he has reduced the amount of new oak used and refined the vinifications to a point that the wines are now very clearly among Burgundy’s very finest and consequently most difficult to get

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4 Ha

The greatest wine estate in the world

What Lalou Bize-Leroy has achieved here over the past 3 decades is nothing short of remarkable

Having been a trailblazer when it comes to biodynamic farming, viticulture and obsessively pushing the quality further and further

She is now finally getting the recognition she deserves as the wines made here are simply second to none

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21.9 Ha

A producer who in less than a decade’s time has become a cult superstar

The tiny estate covers the most important villages of the Cote de Nuits and the work in the vineyard here has been a constant progression to reach ever higher levels of quality

In the cellar too, there have been adjustments here and there to produce the finest wines yet made by Cecile in the 2018 and 2019 vintages

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12.5 Ha

After years of experience in both production and sales in Domaine de Bellene, Matt Chittick and Camille Thiriet founded their domaine. Despite the mostly fairly humble vineyard holdings, the vineyard and cellar practices are exemplary and the couple produce some of the most exciting artisanally-made wines in Burgundy.

Everything is done in as traditional a way as possible: in the cellar grapes are pressed with basked presses, any movement of the wine is done with buckets so as to avoid pumps wherever possible and Camille has the help of Bernard Noblet, the long-term former DRC winemaker. To show just how far her commitment goes, all of the bottles are labelled and waxed by hand.

The wines are pure, fresh, and penetrating with real energy. They only produce about 13,000 bottles per year at the moment making them incredibly hard to find.

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6 Ha

Having been called the next Henri Jayer by two of the most eminent wine critics in the world

Leroux has established himself as a masterful winemaker, producing a myriad of tiny batch wines from Gevrey-Chambertin in the north to Chassagne-Montrachet

The quality of what is in the bottle and the price the wines command make these some of the most incredible value for money you can find

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8 Ha

After working alongside his parents for 5 years, Pierrick Bouley took control of the family domaine in 2014, and quickly received praise from world-renowned wine critics and the media.

He works biodynamically in the vineyards, and works with tressage and higher canopies to obtain the best possible grapes.

The vinification here is based on very gentle extraction, little new oak and produces wines of great finesse and elegance.

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9 Ha

A producer making artisanal wines in a way that is almost entirely lost in the Cote de Beaune. Careful farming, long elevage in barrel before bottling (2 years)

These are wines that are textbook Meursault: concentrated, textural, leesy and yet with plenty of freshness and cut

They are unsurprisingly the favourite Meursaults of many Burgundian producers

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7 Ha

The Bachelet family has been making wine since the 17th century. In recent years, brothers Jean-Baptiste (first vintage 2005) and Benoît Bachelet (first vintage 2000) have taken this historic domaine to unprecedented heights.

Starting from 2016, all the domaine’s vineyards, located in Saint-Aubin, Chassagne-Montrachet, Puligny-Montrachet and Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet, have been managed following biodynamic principles.

White wines are pressed slowly and matured with plenty of lees in oak for 24 months to create precise, dense and layered mouthfeel; the style is old-school and classically balanced, combining tension and amplitude, reminiscent of 1970s’ white burgundies.

With their incredible attention to detail both in the cellar and vineyard, the Bachelet brothers have managed to raise the domaine’s profile and make it one of Burgundy’s finest estates.

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10Ha

A stalwart in Chassagne-Montrachet, Moreau is a domaine that excels at making both red and white wines, in a way that very few producers manage to do

Their impressive vineyard holdings are carefully looked after by Benoît, whilst his brother Alex is in charge of the cellar

Fans of old Ramonet wines, ought to find a lot of pleasure in what is being made here today, as these count among the finest whites made in Burgundy right now

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5.5 Ha

A family estate that had flown somewhat under the radar for years, has been given new life when Thierry Pillot took over a good 15 years ago

Owning land in Chassagne’s finest vineyards

The Pillot family now makes wines that have their very own stylistic: incredibly structured, textural and concentrated, they are however among the purest wines made in the village today as Thierry hardly uses new oak since 5-6 years

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13 Ha

Only created in 2005 by two brothers, this estate has rapidly established itself as a source of brilliant whites and delicious reds

Located in the Maranges, Marc and Alex Bachelet also own prime parcels in Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, St. Aubin and Chassagne-Montrachet

The wines they produce have an intensity and volume that defy modern preferences for more acidity and thinner textured wines

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20 Ha

A perfectionist if there ever was one. Bruno Lorenzon has pushed every detail of viticulture and winemaking to the extreme

High-density planting, old massale selections, Guyot Poussard pruning, higher trellising, rolled canopies are just some of the points that make his vineyard work first-rate

In the cellar he is incredibly precise when it comes to pressing, selects and dries the food for his own barrels that he makes himself, and is careful in very tiniest step of the winemaking process. The result are wines of incredible depth, complexity and a sense of harmony that is only very rarely seen in the region

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7 Ha

The ThIJvenet family has been making organic wines since decades. Inspired by Jules Chauvet, Jean ThIJvenet was a man ahead of his time in the way that he worked his vineyards, and his son Gautier continues this work

The wines produced here have changed very little in style over the years and are still among the Mâconnais’ greatest and longest-lived. Harvested very ripe (sometimes with a bit of botrytis, or entirely affect- ed by botrytis), they are then aged for around 2 years, yet are among the rare wines in Burgundy that don’t see any oak. The result are exot- ic, decadent wines that reflect a style of wine that has almost been lost

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15 Ha

If one had to choose a handful of top white winemakers in Burgundy, the Raveneau family would undoubtedly count among them. Whilst not a particularly old estate, this is THE quintessential Chablis producer

Careful viticulture provides the base material for old fashioned wine- making, which lets the wines age in barrel for 2 years before bottling, and then another year in the cellar before release. In an appellation that is now mostly concerned with high yields and a fast turnover, this is incredibly rare. We are very proud and honoured to represent these great wines in China

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9.5 Ha