One of the Grande Marques of Champagne, Bollinger has a long history in Aÿ dating back to 1829 when it was founded by Athanase de Villermont, Joseph Bollinger, and Paul Renaudin. The House makes some of the most full-bodied, rich and powerful style Champagne, with a Pinot-dominant style, use of barrel aging and being slightly oxidative. Their champagnes strike a beautiful balance between the intensity from Pinot Noirs and the freshness of Chardonnays. They have an impressive range to offer from their portfolio and the La Grande Annee is one of the more widely popular from the selection. The La Grande Annee is a blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, sourced only...

Prieure Roch was created in 1988 which extends over 14 ha along the Côte de Nuits with high climate variation from year to year. Directed by Henry-Frédéric Roch  who passed away in 2018, grandson of Henry Leroy (founder of Maison Leroy, co-owner of DRC), nephew of Lalou Bize Leroy. Domaine.. Prieure Roch is a non-influential follower who always includes the stems in fermentation, hard work has been paid in the vineyard and no sulphur is used. The wines are of great finesse, and as closely as possible to reflect their respective climates.  Above the town of Beaune, just on the slopes...

Being one of the most respected names that people searching in these week, Jean-Marie Guffens setup a maison business in 1991 and Verget produces excellent value wines by sourcing high-quality grapes in Chablis and Cote d’Or. From time to time,  Jean-Marie Guffens works with reliable partners and grapes are picked by himself and the team in Verget as he insists on harvesting the grapes at the point of optimum ripeness. The wines are fruity and expressive, nowadays they remain at very approachable prices for people who look at superb value burgundies. Verget Chablis Vaillons 1er Cru 2009HK$450,12 available90pts Allen Meadows Verget Chablis Vaillons 1er Cru 2015HK$450...

A traditional and small domaine with just 5.5ha of vineyards, Jean Tardy owns a fascinating plot of Les Tres in Echezeaux Grand Cru, a comparatively premier plot adjacent to the Grand-Echezeaux, I find this is a fantastic option to consider today. The domaine is run by Guillaume Tardy nowadays and in Vintage 2005, he already worked with his father Jean Tardy and described the Vintage 2005 ” giving us grapes with superb maturity and perfect health”, which enables him to produce excellent and very high quality wines. Putting Tardy’s Echezeaux with the legend producer Domaine de la Romanee Conti’s Echezeaux Grand Cru 2005, there is just a...

Being one of the most extravagance estates in Vosne-Romanee it owns some nice Grand Cru and Premier Cru vineyards such as La Grande Rue, Grands Echezeaux, Vosne Romanee Les Malconsorts, and Les Suchots, the qualities from Domaine Lamarche (and now Domaine Nicole Lamarche) has been sufficiently improved after Nicole Lamarche took over the management. The wines are very fine indeed, lots of improvements started from the vineyards such as organic and biodynamic measures, the vines are trained higher and to apply softer and more used oak barrels with the wines. Some wines are still at approachable prices and are excellent options for...