From fruit grown on sandy clay soils, this is a vibrantly fruity wine with just enough of the savoury quality Syrah is known for that it could easily hold its own against any meat dish.
A blend of 50% Merlot balanced out by an even split of Cabernets Franc and Sauvignon. Crisp, refreshing, with enough tannin to match a meat skewer or two.
A wine with its fair share of prestige, from a vineyard founded centuries ago, and enjoyed in historical courts across all of Europe. Jean-Louis Chave L'Hermitage is Rhône Syrah at its apex, regardless of vintage. That said, 2020 betters most, no small thing.
Recchione's Pinot Noirs are powerful wines from some of the rustic villages at the northern end of the Cote de Nuits. This wine, already with six years of age to it, has smoothed out some of its rough edges and now shows incredible depth and strong tannin for a special dinner.
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.
The Hautes-Cotes de Nuits Pinot Noir from the village of Segrois is made in a lighter style, easier drinking at younger ages, and in the great vintages compares very well to more famous Burgundy villages.
A light bodied red with dark fruit flavours such as blackberry and cherry, with rosemary, pepper and pine flavours. Great paired with anything charcoal grilled.
