- Juliénas 'Cote de Bessay' - 2017

Juliénas 'Cote de Bessay' 2017

Truly beautiful wine from the son of chef Alain Chapel and his wife Michele, ex somm at Thomas Keller's Per Se. From a south-east-facing 2.2ha parcel of 65 year-old vines on granite and schist at 400m. The cool weather in September meant that fermentation lasted more than 20 days. Ripe fruit but overall refreshingly irresistible. For drinking with or without food. Brilliantly smooth texture with no sacrifice of flavour.

November 2018


About Jancis Robinson

Described by Decanter magazine as 'the most respected wine critic and journalist in the world', Jancis writes daily for JancisRobinson.com (voted first-ever Wine Website of the Year in the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers Awards 2010), weekly for The Financial Times, and bi-monthly for a column that is syndicated around the world. She is also editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine, co-author with Hugh Johnson ofThe World Atlas of Wine and co-author of Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours, each of these books recognised as a standard reference worldwide.