"This ‘baby Corton’ is a perfect expression of the terroir of the hill of Corton with its deep colour, grippy tannins, and expressive blackberry fruit with savoury, almost animal notes and a hint of earthy minerality. The 0.43-hectare parcel is located down-slope from grand cru Corton Vergennes. Despite the Aloxe appellation, it is located in the finage of Ladoix. The...

"The 2020 Ladoix Les Buis offers red cherry and raspberry on the nose. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, fine acidity, taut and fresh with a touch of black pepper on the finish. A well-crafted straightforward Ladoix." Neal Martin, Vinous

"The 2020 Chorey-lès-Beaune les Beaumonts is lively on the nose with brambly red fruit laced with blackcurrant pastilles, well defined and focused. The palate is taut and fresh on the entry, fine acidity, cohesive with vivid, vibrant tart red fruit on the finish. Don’t ignore this excellent Chorey-les-Beaune." 90-92, Neal Martin, Vinous

"Lush blackberry fruit shines through, with limpid floral notes and a firm mineral underpinning. The texture is silky and dense, the tannins substantial but finely-grained; a delightful wine. Mallard is the largest owner here, with several parcels totaling 1.27ha exposed mainly to the southeast in the centre of the slope. Extraction is meticulous and the grapes are vinified without sulphur...