This makes these premier cru wines some of the best value in Burgundy. This wine belies its humble Bourgogne Rouge tag. This is one of the benefits of his retirement. © of photos and all the content of Cuvée 3000. (See our Email Privacy Policy for details.) It is a beautifully structured wine showing notes of red berries and cherries with finely integrated tannins. Called Dr’ain Dr’ain, it’s a juicy blend, mainly of Grenache with a little Syrah. This wine is an. vintage manual, direct pressing, alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks with indigenous yeasts, 100% Aligoté of vineyards of 40 years. If you drive south out of Beaune on the D973 you very soon pass through the famous wine villages of Pommard and Volnay and then arrive at Meursault on the left side of the road and Monthélie on the right. manual vintage, soft pneumatic pressing, slow alcoholic fermentation (4 to 6 months) with autochthonous yeasts and temperature control, without sulfur added. It was bottled with residual sugar to allow the fermentation to continue to produce a nicely sparkling pet nat! The grapes (50% destemmed and 50% whole bunches) were crushed and then, instead of the juice being run off, it was left in contact with the skins for a ten day period allowing the anthocyanins and other polyphenols in the skins and pips to leach into the juice. This is a wine for contemplating. Lou Amdur from Lou Wine Shop in Los Angeles put this wine in a tasting recently because, as he said: nothing fancy pants or extortionate, just beautifully grown, traditional wines from the heartland of chardonnay. The 2010 reflected the vintage which was not as hot as 2009 but which encouraged slow but steady growth in the vineyard leading to wines with good structure and length. In this region some of the most famous white wines in the world are produced. (See our Email Privacy Policy for details.) Although it is labelled as a humble Bourgogne Blanc, the vineyards that Julien maintains around Saint Aubin and in the Cote Chalonnaise (near the village of Montbellet, are on very good terroir, similar to the nearby Puligny Montrachet where outstanding white wines are produced. It is lip-smackingly delicious. You guessed, they add 300 grams of apricots for every one litre of beer and leave it to macerate for 5 weeks. Sorry, this product is not currently available. Every year Julien Altaber seems to find new things to invent, depending upon the grapes that his biodynamic friends have to sell him. After the maceration 75% was transferred to a 15 hectolitre wooden foudre and the rest was stored in oak barrels that were between 5 to 10 years old. The wine was matured for 8 months in these vessels before being bottled. The older labels reference ‘Catherine & Dominique Derain’ and the new wines are labelled ‘Domaine Derain’. The wine is made from the wonderful Aligoté grape variety from a north-facing vineyard in excellent terroir near the famous village of Pommard. Open: By appointment. Gevrey-Chambertin is well known for the intense, structured red wines produced around this village which lies on the Cote d’Or just south of the city of Dijon. Despite the fact that it is a drink-now style it has incredible complexity and very good length. Therefore there is structure and depth of flavour coming from them. He just gave us one of his cheeky smiles! The yield is relatively low at 38 hectolitres per hectare. The alcohol level is delightfully low at 11%. Plus thanks to his freedom to travel more, we have the occasional unique cuvée from somewhere else where he has been making wine – last year it was Chile and this year it is the south of France. Dominique agreed and he travelled to the vineyard in the Casablanca region where the vineyards benefit from proximity to the ocean and also an altitude of 350 metres. But this struggle produces what many claim are the best wines from Saint-Aubin. elaborated with the traditional method, Chardonnay (90%) from a young vineyard and Pinot Blanc (10%). He went on to explain that he purchases the Gamay from two parcels of his friend Patrick Besson. Cuvée 2020 © All rights reserved. We love Aligoté, especially when it is grown in great terroir. The very old vines for this wine are on the Puligny-Montrachet plains. It is definitely an appellation to watch. The 2013 was a tough year but the wines that were produced from a smaller harvest were very good. The soils are excellent, the exposure good and the proximity to the other fine appellations means that great wines are possible here. The first bottle of this 100% Chardonnay was alive and vibrant. direct pressing, alcoholic fermentation with autochthonous yeasts in 5-10 year oak barrels, Sextant Bourgogne La Fleur au Verre Chardonnay, 100% Chardonnay. He has recently handed over much of the work to Julien Altaber and Carole Schwab from Sextant. The result is an extraordinary wine where the two grape varieties sing together to present an harmonious wine that provides great drinking pleasure. This is a very fresh and lively wine with good tannin structure, lively acidity and flavours of cherries and red berries. This is a superb wine of considerable complexity and great elegance. Julien is a thoughtful person who has absorbed the art and the science of winemaking and decided to branch out with his own wines made from grapes sourced from some very good terroirs in the area. The grapes are harvested from the tiny Les Riaux vineyard which is close to the village of Saint-Aubin which lies just south of the central city of Beaune. The yields here are painfully low at only 30 hectolitres per hectare so expect this red to have good fruit flavours and good structure. The grapes are picked by hand and placed carefully in small boxes to avoid crushing the fruit. Aligoté being roughly homonymous with ‘allez, goutons’, translating to something like ‘go on, taste’. 80% whole grape, 15 days maceration, alcoholic fermentation with autochthonous yeasts in 5-10 year oak barrels, Viognier (75%) and Gamay (25%). The vines from which this wine is made have an excellent pedigree. Dominique destems most of the grapes with just a few whole bunches thrown in. manual harvesting, destemming, alcoholic fermentation in used barrels with autochthonous yeasts, MLF, Derain Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Combes Au Sud, Derain Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Sur le Sentier du Clou, Derain Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Meurgers des Dents de Chien, 100% Chardonnay of 35 years. The Monthélie vineyards are, in fact, very close to some of the finest vineyards of Volnay! This delightful Pinot Noir is a village level appellation wine from the northern part of the Cote d’Or. direct pressing, alcoholic fermentation with autochthonous yeasts in a large oak foudre, Sextant Bourgogne La Fleur au Verre Pinot Noir, 100% Pinot Noir from Côte Chalonnaise. Organic wines, Biodynamic wines and Natural wines, A brief history of the term “natural wine”, 30 Salamanca Sq, Battery Point, Hobart, Tas, La Cadette, La Soeur Cadette and Montanet-Thoden, Domaine Le Temps Retrouvé – Michaël Georget, Les Cigales dans la Fourmilière: Ivo and Julie, Mataburro – Laurent Roger and Melissa Ingrand. This has freed him up to engage in other projects. Dominique Derain has been making wine in Burgundy for almost thirty years. This is a very complex wine that is only available in tiny quantities, but we have been lucky enough to obtain a few cases for the Australian market. It is a bright, lively and delicious (and very smashable) wine at a very good price for such a thrilling wine. This is a lovely wine with an appealing cherry and strawberry fruit flavour, a core of acidity, great freshness, an underlying spiciness and perfect balance. Sextant – Julien Altaber Vin de France Po à Po 2018, Sextant – Julien Altaber – Vin de France Métisse 2018. is a stunner – it is one of the best examples of Gamay that we have ever tried!!! Remember that the Cote d’Or is divided into the Cote de Nuits in the north running from just below the outskirts of Dijon down to, but not including the village of Pernand-Verglesses. Living Wines is an Australian importer of delicious natural wines - wines made from grapes that have not been sprayed with systemic sprays, that have been fermented using only the natural yeasts from the vineyard, that have had no additions in the winery except for a little sulphur. The result is an orange beauty which has lots of personality. For a person under the age of 18 years to purchase liquor. The juice fermented in steel tanks and was bottled without fining or filtration. 80% whole grape, 15 days maceration, alcoholic fermentation with autochthonous yeasts in a 15 -hl foudre (75%) and in 5-10 year old barrels (25%), 100% Chardonnay. Unfortunately in Burgundy this grape is often relegated to lesser areas and Chardonnay is given priority. The Les Riaux is back with a stunning label and even a second name just to confuse everyone! But don’t spend too long admiring the colour as it is the mouth-enveloping flavour that will really impress you. We use our own and third-party cookies to improve our services and show you advertising related to your preferences by analyzing your browsing habits. This wine is an entry level Bourgogne red with the vines thriving on the Puligny-Montrachet plains quite close to the Aligoté vines. Once the wine is pressed the wine is transferred into two old wooden barrels where it is left to mature until bottling. It once again shows that the Saint Aubin appellation is capable of producing outstanding white wines due to the quality of the limestone soils here. It was therefore inevitable that he would make a skin contact wine using white grapes to produce an orange wine as they are known. The wine is not fined or filtered before bottling. Please do not use without permission. The vines for this lovely Chardonnay are located close to the village of Puligny-Montrachet where there is deep brown soil which is managed biodynamically. Once you do, you’ll understand how great it tastes and you too will be grateful a wine made it in such small quantities made it to Australian shores.“. The grapes for this wine are harvested by hand and the wine is fermented in wooden vats before being transferred to old wooden barrels for 18 months. The juice is matured in fibreglass vats and the resultant wine is a stunner – it is one of the best examples of Gamay that we have ever tried!!! If you are a fan of this grape variety then you certainly should give this wine a try. The Saint-Aubin appellation is one of the hidden secrets of Burgundy because the vineyards border those of the premier crus of Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet but do not command anywhere near their price.