La Bourgogne en feu




Lately we did intense research on Burgundy, due to the value of this region becoming very expansive. We research new producers and old friends, and also wines made in part of this region less know or less attractive by the big money, but with awesome terroir.

Oronce de Beler from La Maison Romane arrived in Burgundy in 2004. He did a degree in winemaking in Beaune settled in this old Roman house in the village of Vosne Romanee with the help of two horses Prosper and Quarto they working together in a different parts of Burgundy. Oronce he does not use chemicals and follows the principles of biodynamics to respect and farm his terroir. He vinifies following the phases of the moon and working by gravity at all times, without any mechanical pumping.

The wine we choose from Maison Romane
2016 Marsannay “Longeroies” 
Beautiful translucent color with soft red fruit and floral touches. Spicy notes ginger and star anise,
toasted almond with slightly balsamic touches. On the palate, it is soft and fresh, with pleasant tannins and a discrete long finish, lots of energy with a savoury touch, slightly floral, mineral and bitter finish.
2016 Macon “Chateau de Berze”  

Aromas of golden apple and nashi pear, together with crust cheese and  herbaceous touches. On the palate, it is voluminous with a tension slimmer acidity.



François de Nicolay in Burgundy he manages Domaine Chandon de Briailles with his sister Claude. In 2000 he decided to start a small-scale, high-quality negoce business producing 15,000 bottles in Savigny-Lès-Beaune.
Having seen the benefits of biodynamic viticulture at his family Domaine, François only sources organic or biodynamic grapes from trusted friends amongst the best growers, who are sometimes famed producers themselves. The optimal quality of the grapes means he can create several cuvées without added sulfites or chaptalization; other cuvées experience an extremely low dose of sulfur as the only addition. François lets the terroir express itself with this minimal intervention, use of natural yeasts, and neutral barrels. The wines receive the utmost care: they do not undergo either pumping or filtration and they are hand bottled with a "Chèvre a Deux Becs" directly from the barrel.
The wine we choose from Francois de Nicolay

2017 La Grande Chatelaine Cote de Beaune
Gloden color, mineral notes as wet rocks, flaky salt element, hints of white buttons mushroom. Great energy and richness on the palate. Quite a long finish 

Jean Philippe Fichet in Mersault is devoted, farmer, He is known to be the expert of bringing out the very best from village level ‘Lieux Dits’; with his meticulous viticulture and mastery of long élévage, he is able to fashion complex, age-worthy wines from these sites that put most people premier cru wines to shame. Fichet has 7 hectares of vines, split across 18 different parcels. The majority are in Meursault, but there are smallholdings in Monthelie, Auxey-Duresses and Puligny-Montrachet. With a small winery, he used a mix of barrels of 500 liter demi-muids and 225 liter barriques, and 30% new oak is used each year. The wines initially spend a year in oak and then they are given another 6 months on top of this after racking. Every single wine is treated the same.
Jean Philippe is a belief in severe winter pruning rather than green harvesting.
The wine we choose from Jean Philippe Fichet is

2014 Auxey Duresses
A very focus wine Lively, fresh crispy acidity, minerally, citrusy nose orange peel, and lime zest. Refined, elegant with lots of finesse. The palate is fresh and minerally with tight acidity. Really expressive with a toasty edge.  

The small Domaine Clair Obscur is located in Corpeau, a town bordering Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet, in the Côte de Beaune.
The connection between the Clair family and the wine began in 1962, the year in which the first vines were planted; in 2006 then, Viviane and Guy Clair took over the family production and, also on the advice of their son Pierre, a leading figure of the famous Domaine De Montille, they decided to relaunch the Domaine and focusing on natural wines.
Today they work with aligoté, pinot noir and chardonnay and the production philosophy are based on the respect for nature; viticulture is in fact natural, does not involve the use of synthetic chemicals and the vinification, is carried out without any treatment.
They aim for the maximum purity of aromatic expression and try to give voice to the terroir.
The wine we choose from Domain Clair Obscur
2017 Maranges Sur le Bois Sud
 Great impact on the nose with red fruit as raspberry, cherry, and underripe strawberry. Very savory palate with tension and hints of spicy from the oak usage. Almost Volnay in style. 

Maison en Belles Lies by Pierre Fenals, the name derives from a practice developed by 17th century monks who would dry their barrels and rub them with the lees from the vintage.
Pierre makes pure, traditional sense of place wines, located in Saint-Aubin and he now also rents and owns vines in Santenay, Monthelie, and Corton including a plot of Le Corton itself. Also, some negociants grape are chosen but only in natural farming from his friends. He start In 2002 and he purchased his first 2.5 hectares of vines in Maranges and in the Haute Côtes de Beaune.
The wine we choose from Pierre

2017 Beaujolais village
this a truly glou glou "Vin de Soif" 

Vini Viti Vinci by Nicolas Vauthier, he has been on the forefront of promoting the wines he loves for many years. He had a long career working in wine, starting at retail wine in France, where he soon discovered the wines that would become his real passion. After that he helped open Aux Crieurs de Vins, a natural wine bar in Troyes in Champagne. He worked with Philippe Pacalet, he start his own micro-negociant winery in 2009.
Today Kikro works exclusively with the less desired appellations of Northern Burgundy, including Chitry, Irancy, and Epineuil, working with Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Aligoté. The reds are made entirely with whole bunches and carbonic maceration followed by brief elevage times for softening in barrique, like he learned to work with Pacalet. The result is extremely quaffable and delicious pinot noir, with a lot of finesse. 
The wine we choose from Nicolas

2017 Aligote Breau
Mineral, drinkability with great tension ...

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