Made with whole cluster, spontaneous fermentation from grapes grown midway up the hill in the Champs Pimonts climat. A relative bargain for a Burgundy 1er Cru in these times of exceedingly high prices for the region. Available in Canada only at Ellement; talk about exclusive!
Dessus les Vermots refers to 1 of the 29 Lieux-dits of Savigny-lès-Beaune between the Hill of Corton and Beaune. Roundness, volume, power, and balance are all here, and in just the right proportions.
Handcrafted Grenache with the grape's signature combination of high-toned red fruit and floral notes and punchy high alcohol. This wine comes from Chateauneuf-du-Pape vineyards but is declassified to Vin de France because the appellation favours blended wines.
Corton is the only Grand Cru red in Beaune. The Chandon de Briailles' parcels are situated on the coveted mid-slope of the famed Corton hill. The wine is complex, textured, long. A treasure.
"One of the best domaines in all of Burgundy." - Dominique Lafon
"...for my money, these are among the small handful of wines that realize the true potential of the hill of Corton." - William Kelley
The quintessential "unicorn wine"; we're lucky to have it. The wines are complex, long, ethereal. An added attraction is the elegant label, made from cotten, linen, and hemp, handwritten and hand-drawn, into which wildflowers have been pressed.
Whole cluster fermented Syrah with almost two years in barrel before bottling. One of the absolute top expressions of Rhône Syrah in the world from a traditionalist family producer based in Côte-Rôtie.
A blend of three Carignans, from a worldclass winery lurking in the depths of one of the Old World's "wine lakes", the Matassa Rouge is a cellar-worthy red with complex earthiness and licorice underlying delectable fruit notes.
Harvelets is one of six premier cru climats in Fixin, and its soil has more marl than the mostly homogenous brown limestone soils of the rest. Steen Öman writes that this is one of the better, if not indeed one of the best, Fixin Premier Crus he tasted.
Jeremy Recchione is a young negociant winemaker in Burgundy working with fruit from all over the region but his cellar is in Gevrey-Chambertin, the village where this wine is grown and raised. For most of his wines only a barrel or two is made every year. This Pinot Noir, from the Creux Brouillard vineyard, is deep and intoxicating with black fruit, spice, and gamey aromas.
One of the top wines of Barret's Domaine de Coulet, this Syrah comes from 55 year old vines on decomposed granite soils and has a deep colour with dark black fruit and olive notes.
