Easy-drinking and fruit-forward Burgundian Chardonnay. This wine actually comes from a vineyard called Les Grands Prés on lower-lying ground just 700 metres below grand cru B tard-Montrachet. Obviously the soil is not the same or it would not be classified as simply Bourgogne but it’s a great dinner party story! It’s a well-made Chardonnay with good weight of fruit in an excellent easy-drinking style.

Classy and elegant Chassagne-Montrachet. This is a classic Montrachet with mineral and citrus flavours, good weight and a nice, lingering finish. About 40% of the grapes are actually from premier cru vineyards adding extra depth and finesse to this delightful Burgundian Chardonnay.

Excellent pure and crisp Puligny-Montrachet. Quintessential Puligny, this delightful Chardonnay is a floral and mineral wine with a slight honeyed streak. Jean-Louis produces around 140 barrels of wine from 6.5 hectares of vines – all tended by himself with just one part-time worker!

Full, fat and mouth-watering Chardonnay from Louis Jadot. A must for Meursault fans, this absolutely delicious premier cru white Burgundy really lives up to its name - Gouttes d’Or (drops of gold). It’s full, fat and rich showing mouth-watering fruit and a lovely intensity.

Delightful Meursault with depth and finesse. This is archetypal Meursault – creamy citrus fruit with hints of hazelnuts and lots of depth and character. A touch of new oak (30%) gives this wine polish and finesse.

Enjoy with poultry or meaty fish dishes.

A refined white Burgundy showing fresh peachy fruit. Pernand-Vergelesses is often overlooked, perhaps because the name doesn’t roll off the tongue as easily as Meursault or Puligny. The Sous Frétilles vineyard overlooks that of Corton-Charlemange, yet the wine is quite different in style.

There is a purity and minerality, almost a porcelain quality, but it doesn’t have as much weight as a white Corton – like comparing bone china with a marble statue. This is a refined, lovely example with fresh, peachy fruit lingering in the mouth.

White Côte de Nuits – a delicious and rare find! Rare and interesting, white wines in the Côte de Nuits are few and far in between. Made from Chardonnay grapes, this wine is fermented and aged in oak just like a Meursault or a Puligny. The character is different though: there is less overt, ripe citrus and more of a subtle peach-kernel aroma with a meatiness and fat, silky texture.

It will accompany heavier sauces and soft cheese.

A fantastic premier cru red burgundy showing great perfume and finesse. Jean-Jacques is a charming man and he makes gorgeously refined wines of great perfume, freshness and finesse. This wine comes from the east-facing premier cru vineyard of Les Peuillets, where the delicate red-fruited Savigny aromas are allied with greater power from the sandy limestone soil.

A very good quality and excellent value Nuits-Saint-Georges. Although not stated on the label, this is actually a single-vineyard wine from a walled vineyard called Le Clos des Amandieres. The wall on one side has fallen down and the name has fallen into disuse.

The vines are mostly 45-45 years old and this shows in the concentrated, mineral style and lovely length of flavour.

Velvety and soft Burgundian Pinot Noir. This Côte de Beuane-Villages is medium-bodied with a velvety red-fruit bouquet and perfect for those who would like and introduction to the Pinot Noir wines of burgundy.