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Wine Advocate (94)
The 2018 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux Première Trie is deep and intense yet pure and chalky on the distinctive, slightly flinty and yeasty nougat-scented nose. Vital, vibrantly fresh and tight yet fine and pure on the playful palate, this is an intense, sweet and impressively rich Chenin with tension, salt and finesse as well as fine but grippy tannins. This is an exciting Haut-Lieu that is already dangerously ready to drink but will become even more complex and dimensioned with bottle age. Definitely the Haut-Lieu of the vintage! Tasted in May 2019.Inc. VAT£88.13 -
Vinous (96)
The 2020 Le Haut Lieu Moelleux Première Trie is pretty gorgeous with its sweet embrace (71g/L residual sugar) caressing the palate like a silky-smooth velouté. It sits calmly in the mouth, showing the typical fruit-forward character of the site, all oranges, chamomile and violets. The deeply satisfying finish provides the merest of grips, and fresh acid makes your mouth water. Already delicious in its youth, this wine has the concentration, acidity and sweetness to age gracefully, as Huet fans will know well.Inc. VAT£708.41 -
(1x75cl) 2011Inc. VAT£98.39 -
(12x75cl) 2012Wine Advocate (92)
A brilliant straw-yellow, almost golden color dresses the precisely clear, deep and elegantly aromatic 2012 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Sec, which indicates a perfect ripeness and finesse of fruit along with some oriental spice aromas. Intense and very mineral on the palate, this highly elegant, finesse-full, dense, tightly woven and clearly chalky Chenin reveals a concentrated, powerful and thrilling finish with a long and complex, very stimulating salinity. This is a great Haut-Lieu for the next ten, maybe 50 years.Inc. VAT£494.81 -
(12x75cl) 2002Vinous (92)
Bright gold. Talc, orange zest, pear and white flowers on the nose, along with a touch of pungent herbs. Tangy, finely wrought citrus flavors are given depth and texture by notes of floral honey and bitter pear skin, with a hint of tarragon emerging on the back of the palate. Slow to unfold, but finishes with excellent clarity, lift and persistence. Like 2009 and 2005, 2002 is one of the great vintages here—a year when it was possible to produce all styles at a high level of quality.Inc. VAT£767.21 -
(12x75cl) 2016Wine Spectator (95)
Gorgeous, with creamy-edged nectarine, yellow and green apple, pear and quince flavors that are brightly defined from start to finish, flecked with verbena and honeysuckle hints and backed by a off-dry edge on the finish. Stays fresh and pure throughout. Tempting now but there’s no rush. Drink now through 2032.Inc. VAT£605.38 -
Wine Advocate (95)
The 2017 Vouvray Le Mont Demi-Sec displays a beautifully pure, precise, flinty and crunchy bouquet of perfectly ripe and healthy fruits. Round, lush and precise on the crystalline palate, this is a highly refined, elegant, enormously lush and sexy Vouvray with great finesse but also tension and lingering salinity. Tightly structured and full of terroir expression, this is the 2017 you shouldn't miss. A great wine! Tasted in March 2019.Inc. VAT£88.92 -
Wine Advocate (90)
The 1997 Vouvray Moelleux Le Mont reveals a touch of gold to its otherwise straw color. It offers a nose of deeply honeyed chalk with hints of botrytis as well as a complex, quince, candied almond, and acacia blossom-flavored personality. Medium-bodied and exceptionally pure, this wine is rich, flavorful, and simply gorgeous. Drink it over the next 15 years.Inc. VAT£163.73 -
(1x75cl) 2017
Wine Spectator (96)
A beauty, with an inviting display of succulent yellow apple, green plum, pear, persimmon and quince flavors that ripples through the long finish, while light verbena, ginger and honeysuckle notes dart around. A long green tea echo runs through the finish. Shows terrific range and purity, with the sweetness easily harnessed for balance. Best from 2019 through 2040. 500 cases made.Inc. VAT£92.11 -
Wine Advocate (95)
The 2018 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux is clear, deep, pure and flinty on the intense but fine and coolish-mineral nose. Very distinctive! Lush and intense but also pure, vital and tensioned on the palate, this elegant and seductive Le Mont offers a straightforward drive and a highly complex and energetic finish with grip and great mineral tension. A gorgeous, crystalline, persistently salty and tightly woven Chenin with great complexity and energy. Very attractive already today! Tasted in May 2019.Inc. VAT£100.13 -
Wine Advocate (94)
According to Sarah Hwang, 2022 marked “the earliest harvest—we started on the 7th of September and finished on the 17th of October.” Indeed, the 2022 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux reflects the vintage’s warm conditions with a ripe, complex bouquet of pear, white peach, exotic fruits, kumquat and floral notes. Medium- to full-bodied, it is concentrated and structured yet retains a sense of poise and lift. A delicately fleshy core of fruit is framed by bright acidity, leading to a long, ethereal finish. This is an exquisite and precise wine, particularly impressive given the solar nature of the vintage. Residual sugar: 51 grams per liter.Inc. VAT£207.20 -
Wine Advocate (98)
The 2015 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux Première Trie is super clear, ripe and aromatic on the nose, highly elegant and with lovely flinty flavors. Intense and concentrated, with great finesse and vitality, this is a highly elegant and perfectly balanced wine with a persistent grip and salinity. Great balance and harmony.Inc. VAT£86.00 -
Wine Spectator (97)
This sports a flamboyant edge, with apple crumble, ginger cream, quince paste, green tea and honeysuckle notes forming a wide panoply of aromas and flavors, while sweet and racy accents contrast, creating a lengthy finish where everything hangs in harmony. A stunning show of fruit and precision. Drink now through 2040. 160 cases made.Inc. VAT£104.11 -
Wine Advocate (95+)
The 2018 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux Première Trie is pure, deep and flinty on the concentrated nose, with very fine oak, toffee and potted ginger aromas. Lush, sweet and generous yet precise and crystalline on the palate, it features very fine tannins, lingering salinity and positive energy. This is a compact, persistent, tightly woven and stimulating Chenin from the Le Mont terroir that reveals firm, tensioned structure and a young finish with potential to improve and refine. Tasted in May 2019.Inc. VAT£800.81 -
Wine Advocate (95+)
The 2018 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux Première Trie is pure, deep and flinty on the concentrated nose, with very fine oak, toffee and potted ginger aromas. Lush, sweet and generous yet precise and crystalline on the palate, it features very fine tannins, lingering salinity and positive energy. This is a compact, persistent, tightly woven and stimulating Chenin from the Le Mont terroir that reveals firm, tensioned structure and a young finish with potential to improve and refine. Tasted in May 2019.Inc. VAT£414.26 -
Inc. VAT£407.89 -
(6x75cl) 2005Wine Advocate (97)
In its very early days, Hugel’s 2005 Gewurztraminer Selection de Grains Nobles is already truly noble! Orange marmalade, caramelized peach, spiced pear and yellow plum preserves, cinnamon and mint candies, roses, and honey and white raisin fill the nose. Spectacularly luscious and expansive on the palate, honeyed, silken-textured, and loaded with primary, vividly juicy fruit such as one seldom encounters in this grape variety much less at stratospheric ripeness, this fills ones head with sweet perfume and dreams of future vinous glory – if only you can give it at least twenty years. And if one must drink it today, despite considerable sweetness, this amazing Gewurztraminer already displays not just prodigious length and profundity of flavor – saline chalky mineral suggestions and deep smoked meat pungency lending a darker side to its performance – but elegance, poise, refinement, and remarkable lift and refreshment.Inc. VAT£579.20 -
(6x75cl) 2022Inc. VAT£221.09 -
(6x75cl) 2012Inc. VAT£400.46 -
(6x75cl) 2014Vinous (96)
The 2014 Riesling Grossi Laüe is harvested from four parcels across the midslope of the marls of the Schoenenbourg Grand Cru. From a cool vintage, with a cool, rainy summer where the autumn made the vintage. This sends out only gentle notions of chamomile tincture with emerging highlights of clear honey but with an ethereal lift and a lovely smokiness that allows you to stash this way. The palate is serene, gorgeously smooth and emollient with its cooling, soothing, chamomile-scented, fresh gentleness. This is a Riesling like a caress, like a balm, while cooling, healing and soothing. The 2014 is long and understated, just about opening up but perfectly equipped to go the distance, a wine of equanimity and class. (Bone-Dry)Inc. VAT£466.84 -
James Suckling (96)
Decadent and rich with mango, papaya, citrus, and mineral. Slate too. Full-bodied, dry and fruity. It really shows great length and complexity. First vintage of this single vineyard wine from the best parcel of the Schonenberg. Contrasty. Drink now.Inc. VAT£1,431.49 -
James Suckling (96)
A very complex rose petal and herbal riesling that is ridiculously fresh for almost a decade of age. Very muscular and concentrated, but still cool and fresh with enormous mineral depth at the finish. Just coming to its peak, but decades of aging potential!Inc. VAT£620.66 -
Decanter (97)
The crown in the Hugel jewels, Schoelhammer comes from 30 rows in the core of Grand Cru Shoenenbourg, high above Riquewihr. An intense, dry and mineral-charged Riesling with floral aromas and concentrated lime/lemon zest flavours. Fermented in neutral oak, this retains absolute purity and clarity of flavour. Bottled in Spring 2012, this vintage was first released in 2018. Still very youthful and with decades ahead.Inc. VAT£784.78 -
Wine Advocate (98)
Hugel's 2014 Riesling Schoelhammer opens with a clear and remarkably fine and herbal bouquet that indicates perfectly ripe and concentrated fruit that is reminiscent of ripe mirabelles. On the palate, this is a rich and textural, very elegant and refined yet highly complex and long-lasting Schoenenbourg that combines power with incredible finesse. The finish is very long, stimulating and complex due to the remarkably fine saline acidity. This is a stellar Riesling from Alsace, and although I didn't taste it along with the great 2010, I dare say this is possibly the finest Schoelhammer Hugel has produced so far. 13.5% stated alcohol. Diam cork. Tasted at the domaine in April 2024.Inc. VAT£347.95 -
(6x75cl) 2014Wine Advocate (98)
Hugel's 2014 Riesling Schoelhammer opens with a clear and remarkably fine and herbal bouquet that indicates perfectly ripe and concentrated fruit that is reminiscent of ripe mirabelles. On the palate, this is a rich and textural, very elegant and refined yet highly complex and long-lasting Schoenenbourg that combines power with incredible finesse. The finish is very long, stimulating and complex due to the remarkably fine saline acidity. This is a stellar Riesling from Alsace, and although I didn't taste it along with the great 2010, I dare say this is possibly the finest Schoelhammer Hugel has produced so far. 13.5% stated alcohol. Diam cork. Tasted at the domaine in April 2024.Inc. VAT£711.49 -
(1x75cl) 1989Experience the epitome of wine elegance with the Huguenot Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru 1989. From the renowned Huguenot estate in Gevrey-Chambertin, Burgundy, France, this red wine offers an unparalleled Burgundy experience. Hand-harvested from the famous estate's oldest vines, this Pinot Noir is meticulously aged in French oak barrels, creating a richly flavoured, full-bodied wine. The Huguenot Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru 1989 is a stunning reflection of the estate's ancestral winemaking ethos, combining over four centuries of tradition with modern, sophisticated techniques. The wine aromas feature raspberries and sumptuous truffles while the palate delivers a powerful, complex blend of spices and dark fruit. Its persistent finish is both elegant and racy, with velvety tannins that promise excellent ageing potential. This vintage, highly desirable amongst connoisseurs, encapsulates the essence of its prestigious Grand Cru classification. Enjoy the Huguenot Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru 1989; a French masterpiece and a testament to distinguished winemaking.
Inc. VAT£271.73 -
Jancis Robinson (17.5)
Really dark! (the first wine to be so) Some mossy elements. Lots of freshness too, Luscious but needs time to settle down, The oak tannins seem very slightly intrusive.Inc. VAT£192.53 -
Vinous (93)
Very ripe if youthfully subdued aromas of black raspberry, licorice and bitter chocolate. Rich, lush and sweet, boasting terrific density to its flavors of blueberry, black raspberry and tropical dark chocolate. Finishes dry, broad and firm, with substantial fine-grained, ripe tannins and a healthy edge of acidity.Inc. VAT£932.00 -
Vinous (91-93)
(the Humberts' vines are situated on rocky soil in the northern section of Mazoyères-Chambertin): Slightly high-toned aromas of black raspberry, currant, rocks and licorice pastille, plus a sexy note of smoky oak. The fattest and sweetest of this 2013 collection, already showing a lot of early personality to its dark fruit and licorice flavors. Turns tougher and stonier on the rather powerful, tannic back end. I can certainly envision this wine shutting down in the bottle.Inc. VAT£196.13 -
(6x75cl) 2017Impeccably crafted, the Humbert Freres Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru 2017 is produced in the famed vineyards of Gevrey-Chambertin in Burgundy, France. Humbert Freres, a family-owned winery, has been associated with fine craftsmanship and stellar vinification for four generations, making the Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru a testament to their dedication towards quality.
The 2017 vintage varietal is particularly distinguished. The hand-picked Pinot Noir grapes underwent fully adjusted fermentation, including cold maceration, to enhance aromatic complexity. The wine then matured in oak barrels for 15 long months,
The result? A sublime and elegantly structured wine, offering a harmony of ripe red fruit, delicate spices, and a delicate mineral finish. Its bright ruby hue is as much a treat to the eyes as it is to the palate, with its elegant balance of finesse and intensity.
Each exquisite sip of Humbert Freres Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru 2017 further establishes the Humbert Freres's reputation for producing Burgundy's most distinguished wines.
Inc. VAT£1,002.29
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Wine Advocate (94)
The 2018 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux Première Trie is deep and intense yet pure and chalky on the distinctive, slightly flinty and yeasty nougat-scented nose. Vital, vibrantly fresh and tight yet fine and pure on the playful palate, this is an intense, sweet and impressively rich Chenin with tension, salt and finesse as well as fine but grippy tannins. This is an exciting Haut-Lieu that is already dangerously ready to drink but will become even more complex and dimensioned with bottle age. Definitely the Haut-Lieu of the vintage! Tasted in May 2019.In Bond£70.00 -
Vinous (96)
The 2020 Le Haut Lieu Moelleux Première Trie is pretty gorgeous with its sweet embrace (71g/L residual sugar) caressing the palate like a silky-smooth velouté. It sits calmly in the mouth, showing the typical fruit-forward character of the site, all oranges, chamomile and violets. The deeply satisfying finish provides the merest of grips, and fresh acid makes your mouth water. Already delicious in its youth, this wine has the concentration, acidity and sweetness to age gracefully, as Huet fans will know well.In Bond£549.00 -
(1x75cl) 2011In Bond£79.00
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(12x75cl) 2012
Wine Advocate (92)
A brilliant straw-yellow, almost golden color dresses the precisely clear, deep and elegantly aromatic 2012 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Sec, which indicates a perfect ripeness and finesse of fruit along with some oriental spice aromas. Intense and very mineral on the palate, this highly elegant, finesse-full, dense, tightly woven and clearly chalky Chenin reveals a concentrated, powerful and thrilling finish with a long and complex, very stimulating salinity. This is a great Haut-Lieu for the next ten, maybe 50 years.In Bond£371.00 -
(12x75cl) 2002
Vinous (92)
Bright gold. Talc, orange zest, pear and white flowers on the nose, along with a touch of pungent herbs. Tangy, finely wrought citrus flavors are given depth and texture by notes of floral honey and bitter pear skin, with a hint of tarragon emerging on the back of the palate. Slow to unfold, but finishes with excellent clarity, lift and persistence. Like 2009 and 2005, 2002 is one of the great vintages here—a year when it was possible to produce all styles at a high level of quality.In Bond£598.00 -
(12x75cl) 2016
Wine Spectator (95)
Gorgeous, with creamy-edged nectarine, yellow and green apple, pear and quince flavors that are brightly defined from start to finish, flecked with verbena and honeysuckle hints and backed by a off-dry edge on the finish. Stays fresh and pure throughout. Tempting now but there’s no rush. Drink now through 2032.In Bond£466.00 -
Wine Advocate (95)
The 2017 Vouvray Le Mont Demi-Sec displays a beautifully pure, precise, flinty and crunchy bouquet of perfectly ripe and healthy fruits. Round, lush and precise on the crystalline palate, this is a highly refined, elegant, enormously lush and sexy Vouvray with great finesse but also tension and lingering salinity. Tightly structured and full of terroir expression, this is the 2017 you shouldn't miss. A great wine! Tasted in March 2019.In Bond£71.00 -
Wine Advocate (90)
The 1997 Vouvray Moelleux Le Mont reveals a touch of gold to its otherwise straw color. It offers a nose of deeply honeyed chalk with hints of botrytis as well as a complex, quince, candied almond, and acacia blossom-flavored personality. Medium-bodied and exceptionally pure, this wine is rich, flavorful, and simply gorgeous. Drink it over the next 15 years.Inc. VAT£159.60 -
(1x75cl) 2017
Wine Spectator (96)
A beauty, with an inviting display of succulent yellow apple, green plum, pear, persimmon and quince flavors that ripples through the long finish, while light verbena, ginger and honeysuckle notes dart around. A long green tea echo runs through the finish. Shows terrific range and purity, with the sweetness easily harnessed for balance. Best from 2019 through 2040. 500 cases made.In Bond£74.00 -
Wine Advocate (95)
The 2018 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux is clear, deep, pure and flinty on the intense but fine and coolish-mineral nose. Very distinctive! Lush and intense but also pure, vital and tensioned on the palate, this elegant and seductive Le Mont offers a straightforward drive and a highly complex and energetic finish with grip and great mineral tension. A gorgeous, crystalline, persistently salty and tightly woven Chenin with great complexity and energy. Very attractive already today! Tasted in May 2019.In Bond£80.00 -
Wine Advocate (94)
According to Sarah Hwang, 2022 marked “the earliest harvest—we started on the 7th of September and finished on the 17th of October.” Indeed, the 2022 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux reflects the vintage’s warm conditions with a ripe, complex bouquet of pear, white peach, exotic fruits, kumquat and floral notes. Medium- to full-bodied, it is concentrated and structured yet retains a sense of poise and lift. A delicately fleshy core of fruit is framed by bright acidity, leading to a long, ethereal finish. This is an exquisite and precise wine, particularly impressive given the solar nature of the vintage. Residual sugar: 51 grams per liter.In Bond£152.00 -
Wine Advocate (98)
The 2015 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux Première Trie is super clear, ripe and aromatic on the nose, highly elegant and with lovely flinty flavors. Intense and concentrated, with great finesse and vitality, this is a highly elegant and perfectly balanced wine with a persistent grip and salinity. Great balance and harmony.In Bond£69.00 -
Wine Spectator (97)
This sports a flamboyant edge, with apple crumble, ginger cream, quince paste, green tea and honeysuckle notes forming a wide panoply of aromas and flavors, while sweet and racy accents contrast, creating a lengthy finish where everything hangs in harmony. A stunning show of fruit and precision. Drink now through 2040. 160 cases made.In Bond£84.00 -
Wine Advocate (95+)
The 2018 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux Première Trie is pure, deep and flinty on the concentrated nose, with very fine oak, toffee and potted ginger aromas. Lush, sweet and generous yet precise and crystalline on the palate, it features very fine tannins, lingering salinity and positive energy. This is a compact, persistent, tightly woven and stimulating Chenin from the Le Mont terroir that reveals firm, tensioned structure and a young finish with potential to improve and refine. Tasted in May 2019.In Bond£626.00 -
Wine Advocate (95+)
The 2018 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux Première Trie is pure, deep and flinty on the concentrated nose, with very fine oak, toffee and potted ginger aromas. Lush, sweet and generous yet precise and crystalline on the palate, it features very fine tannins, lingering salinity and positive energy. This is a compact, persistent, tightly woven and stimulating Chenin from the Le Mont terroir that reveals firm, tensioned structure and a young finish with potential to improve and refine. Tasted in May 2019.In Bond£328.00 -
In Bond£322.00
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(6x75cl) 2005
Wine Advocate (97)
In its very early days, Hugel’s 2005 Gewurztraminer Selection de Grains Nobles is already truly noble! Orange marmalade, caramelized peach, spiced pear and yellow plum preserves, cinnamon and mint candies, roses, and honey and white raisin fill the nose. Spectacularly luscious and expansive on the palate, honeyed, silken-textured, and loaded with primary, vividly juicy fruit such as one seldom encounters in this grape variety much less at stratospheric ripeness, this fills ones head with sweet perfume and dreams of future vinous glory – if only you can give it at least twenty years. And if one must drink it today, despite considerable sweetness, this amazing Gewurztraminer already displays not just prodigious length and profundity of flavor – saline chalky mineral suggestions and deep smoked meat pungency lending a darker side to its performance – but elegance, poise, refinement, and remarkable lift and refreshment.In Bond£462.00 -
(6x75cl) 2022In Bond£165.00
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(6x75cl) 2012In Bond£314.43
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(6x75cl) 2014
Vinous (96)
The 2014 Riesling Grossi Laüe is harvested from four parcels across the midslope of the marls of the Schoenenbourg Grand Cru. From a cool vintage, with a cool, rainy summer where the autumn made the vintage. This sends out only gentle notions of chamomile tincture with emerging highlights of clear honey but with an ethereal lift and a lovely smokiness that allows you to stash this way. The palate is serene, gorgeously smooth and emollient with its cooling, soothing, chamomile-scented, fresh gentleness. This is a Riesling like a caress, like a balm, while cooling, healing and soothing. The 2014 is long and understated, just about opening up but perfectly equipped to go the distance, a wine of equanimity and class. (Bone-Dry)In Bond£373.00 -
James Suckling (96)
Decadent and rich with mango, papaya, citrus, and mineral. Slate too. Full-bodied, dry and fruity. It really shows great length and complexity. First vintage of this single vineyard wine from the best parcel of the Schonenberg. Contrasty. Drink now.In Bond£1,175.00 -
James Suckling (96)
A very complex rose petal and herbal riesling that is ridiculously fresh for almost a decade of age. Very muscular and concentrated, but still cool and fresh with enormous mineral depth at the finish. Just coming to its peak, but decades of aging potential!In Bond£500.00 -
Decanter (97)
The crown in the Hugel jewels, Schoelhammer comes from 30 rows in the core of Grand Cru Shoenenbourg, high above Riquewihr. An intense, dry and mineral-charged Riesling with floral aromas and concentrated lime/lemon zest flavours. Fermented in neutral oak, this retains absolute purity and clarity of flavour. Bottled in Spring 2012, this vintage was first released in 2018. Still very youthful and with decades ahead.In Bond£634.00 -
Wine Advocate (98)
Hugel's 2014 Riesling Schoelhammer opens with a clear and remarkably fine and herbal bouquet that indicates perfectly ripe and concentrated fruit that is reminiscent of ripe mirabelles. On the palate, this is a rich and textural, very elegant and refined yet highly complex and long-lasting Schoenenbourg that combines power with incredible finesse. The finish is very long, stimulating and complex due to the remarkably fine saline acidity. This is a stellar Riesling from Alsace, and although I didn't taste it along with the great 2010, I dare say this is possibly the finest Schoelhammer Hugel has produced so far. 13.5% stated alcohol. Diam cork. Tasted at the domaine in April 2024.In Bond£281.00 -
(6x75cl) 2014
Wine Advocate (98)
Hugel's 2014 Riesling Schoelhammer opens with a clear and remarkably fine and herbal bouquet that indicates perfectly ripe and concentrated fruit that is reminiscent of ripe mirabelles. On the palate, this is a rich and textural, very elegant and refined yet highly complex and long-lasting Schoenenbourg that combines power with incredible finesse. The finish is very long, stimulating and complex due to the remarkably fine saline acidity. This is a stellar Riesling from Alsace, and although I didn't taste it along with the great 2010, I dare say this is possibly the finest Schoelhammer Hugel has produced so far. 13.5% stated alcohol. Diam cork. Tasted at the domaine in April 2024.In Bond£575.00 -
(1x75cl) 1989
Experience the epitome of wine elegance with the Huguenot Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru 1989. From the renowned Huguenot estate in Gevrey-Chambertin, Burgundy, France, this red wine offers an unparalleled Burgundy experience. Hand-harvested from the famous estate's oldest vines, this Pinot Noir is meticulously aged in French oak barrels, creating a richly flavoured, full-bodied wine. The Huguenot Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru 1989 is a stunning reflection of the estate's ancestral winemaking ethos, combining over four centuries of tradition with modern, sophisticated techniques. The wine aromas feature raspberries and sumptuous truffles while the palate delivers a powerful, complex blend of spices and dark fruit. Its persistent finish is both elegant and racy, with velvety tannins that promise excellent ageing potential. This vintage, highly desirable amongst connoisseurs, encapsulates the essence of its prestigious Grand Cru classification. Enjoy the Huguenot Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru 1989; a French masterpiece and a testament to distinguished winemaking.
In Bond£223.00 -
Jancis Robinson (17.5)
Really dark! (the first wine to be so) Some mossy elements. Lots of freshness too, Luscious but needs time to settle down, The oak tannins seem very slightly intrusive.In Bond£157.00 -
Vinous (93)
Very ripe if youthfully subdued aromas of black raspberry, licorice and bitter chocolate. Rich, lush and sweet, boasting terrific density to its flavors of blueberry, black raspberry and tropical dark chocolate. Finishes dry, broad and firm, with substantial fine-grained, ripe tannins and a healthy edge of acidity.In Bond£756.00 -
Vinous (91-93)
(the Humberts' vines are situated on rocky soil in the northern section of Mazoyères-Chambertin): Slightly high-toned aromas of black raspberry, currant, rocks and licorice pastille, plus a sexy note of smoky oak. The fattest and sweetest of this 2013 collection, already showing a lot of early personality to its dark fruit and licorice flavors. Turns tougher and stonier on the rather powerful, tannic back end. I can certainly envision this wine shutting down in the bottle.In Bond£160.00 -
(6x75cl) 2017
Impeccably crafted, the Humbert Freres Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru 2017 is produced in the famed vineyards of Gevrey-Chambertin in Burgundy, France. Humbert Freres, a family-owned winery, has been associated with fine craftsmanship and stellar vinification for four generations, making the Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru a testament to their dedication towards quality.
The 2017 vintage varietal is particularly distinguished. The hand-picked Pinot Noir grapes underwent fully adjusted fermentation, including cold maceration, to enhance aromatic complexity. The wine then matured in oak barrels for 15 long months,
The result? A sublime and elegantly structured wine, offering a harmony of ripe red fruit, delicate spices, and a delicate mineral finish. Its bright ruby hue is as much a treat to the eyes as it is to the palate, with its elegant balance of finesse and intensity.
Each exquisite sip of Humbert Freres Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru 2017 further establishes the Humbert Freres's reputation for producing Burgundy's most distinguished wines.
In Bond£816.00
There is a wealth of great French wine outside the ‘Big 4’ (Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and Rhone). The Languedoc Roussillon with it’s herby, robust Mediterranean reds, Provence with its pale, vinous roses, Loire with its flinty Sauvignons, crunchy Cabernet Francs, and endlessly fascinating Chenins, Jura with its old fashioned curiosities… the list goes on. Tradition and terroir are the veins running through them all, making French wines still the most emulated in the world.
