18 ha in Mazoyères)

24% Chardonnay grown in a single West Sussex vineyard

Readers will have to be patient with the 2016

the 2015 will drink well right out of the gate

There is excellent richness to the concentrated and beautifully textured broad-shouldered flavors that possess focused power and a subtle minerality that really comes up on the youthfully austere and strikingly long finish

Patrick & Christophe Bonnefond, Cote Rotie Roziers other_regions_italy 18 ha in Mazoyères)Nice black pepper and leather notes alongside the fresh black plum character. A well structured and rather elegant Cote Rotie that is still rather young, the impressive tannins at the generous finish needing a bit of time to mellow. Drinkable now, but best from 2024.