Category: France

After tasting this 2020 Givry 1er Cru Pied de Chaumes, made by Jean-Baptiste Jessiaume, I understand why King Henry IV chose the Givry 1er Cru as his favourite wine! Well, he didn’t exactly taste this wine….

Ruby colour with slight violet reflexes. In the nose, red dark fruit – blueberry, plum, dark cherry. A touch of vanilla. On the palate, the wine is dry, round, with medium-low acidity and velvety tannins that are nicely integrated. Long and pleasant finish. A great, elegant wine. Ready to enjoy now, but certainly will improve even more over the next 5 to 10 years. Available in Brazil at @vinhos.primeur of @elainelencastre!

TBM 92 points.

The 2020 Bourgogne Pinot Noir of Jean-Baptiste Jessiaume is a wonderful Pinot Noir with an incredible quality-price relationship. A red wine of the basic category in Burgundy, this wine offers much more than a “simple” wine.

Purple colour with slight violet reflexes. In the nose, complex aromas of red fruit – cherry, blue plum, blueberry, with lovely vanilla notes (really remembers a wonderful plum cake, quite mouth watering). On the palate, the wine is dry, with medium acidity, tannins present but integrated, long finish. Quite a dangerous wine, you may wish to open the second bottle quickly! In Brazil, this wine is available at Primeur Vinhos of @elainelencastre and @vitorcnmoraes.

TBM 90 points.

2020 Bouzeron Aligoté is a white wine from this appellation which honours a specific grape: Aligoté. Bouzeron is close to Rully, but also to Chassagne-Montrachet. Its soil is limestone-dominated: it is white oxfordian marl (which was followed by kimmeridgian, the type of soil encountered in Chablis. Watch this video to get an impression of the terroir).  Jean-Baptiste Jessiaume uses the grapes from a small vineyard, only 0,4 hectares in size. The harvest is manual. After short settling of the must, the grapes are pressed, without destemming. Fermentation in vats, maturation takes place in barriques for 12 months (only 10-15% new). JB Jessiaume does not like to overly “oak” his white wines.

The colour is straw, with slight greenish reflexes. In the nose, you note white fruit, particularly white peach. Notes of acacia and white flowers, also a mineral touch. On the palate, the wine is dry, fresh, with hints of citric fruit in addition to the aromas found in the nose. Long and pleasant finish. This 2020 Bouzeron Aligoté really positively surprised me.

TBM 90-91 points