The term En Primeur refers to the process of buying wine that is still in barrel and yet to be bottled, before being released by the Château/Domaine owner onto the global wine market. The wine is usually delivered 2 years after the vintage.
En Primeur is often seen as a way of investing to make money. However, our view of En Primeur is slightly different, in that we see the primary reason as being that of securing your supply of highly sought after wines at the lowest possible price. The wine can be stored in our bonded warehouse in Melton, or you can store it in your own cellar when it arrives into the UK.
When a wine is ready for drinking it is often hard to find on the open market and you end up paying a hefty price for it. Buying En Primeur solves that problem and, more importantly, you are fully convinced of the wine’s provenance.
Produced from vines that are planted in both Chamilly and Buxy. This variety must incise the tongue, awaken the taste buds and make you salivate. This is a perfect example!
Produced from south facing vineyards situated just outside the boundary with Pommard, this is a really interesting wine. 3 parcels, the oldest of...
Produced from vines planted very close to the village of Meursault with an average age of 70 years. Aged in oak for 11 months. Fresh and lively ...
This is a super, and also very impressive, property run by Arnaud Desfontaine and his brother Xavier. The vineyards are perfectly positioned on a grey clay ...
Flavie was Fabrice Amiot’s Great Grandmother! Fortunately, the vineyards are less affected by any late frosts, being lower in front of the village and being more Nort...
This family estate, run now by brother and sister Martial and Gaëtane Carré is in its third year of transition to organic farming and is really mak...
Martial and Gaetane Carré continue to produce some sensational wines at their domaine in Meloisey. This is a ‘smiley’ mid-week Red Burgundy, that oo...
Produced from vineyards to the west of the village of Chorey, this vintage was vinified in 20% new oak, a high percentage being Hungarian which adds a spici...
This superb 12ha domaine was created in the 1980’s by Fernand, father of Philippe and Vincent who now run the domaine. Produced from 2 separate parcels of vines ranging...
Harvested from 10 separate plots, totalling 3.8ha, that surround the Village and border the main road. Fermented in tank, then 70/30 transferred into a mixtu...
Produced from 75 year old vines in Puligny with one small plot in Meursault and another near the road close to the domain, this is a terrific Bourgogne Chardonnay. Lips...
Produced from 3 plots, Les Long Bois and Les Grandes Terres, covering approximately 1.3 hectares, the vineyards are situated on the lower slopes in the village of Volnay, with vin...
This finely situated plot of only 0.3ha touches the Pommard 1er Cru Epenots at the southern limit of the appellation. Seductive, fresh and laden with intense red berry fruits, su...
La Rochelle is one of the outstanding terroirs of Moulin à Vent. Olivier Merlin’s holding was mostly planted in 1937, with a small section dating back to 1955. The vines ...
Natalie was very pleased with the 2022 vintage, saying it was almost perfect in its balance of heat, water, minimal stress and disease, as well as ripe fruit and lots of it! E...
Samuel produces his Chablis from three separate plots all with different exposures totalling 5.5Ha – Les Pargues, towards the village of Préhy, Les Cartes between t...
Produced from vines aged between 35 and 40 years old, planted in the villages of Chasselas and Solutré-Pouilly. Traditional vinification in stainless steel tanks, preservi...
From one of our favourite producers, Olivier Merlin is undoubtedly one of the most progressive winemakers in the Maconnais, now joined by his 2 sons. In 2022 Merlin yielded ...
Produced from four small separate parcels of vines and vinified in a mixture of 4-5 year old barrels and large foudres, in 2022 the yield was 55hl/ha, which was a we...
'Un Petit Volnay' as Pascal Prunier Bonheur says!! What a beautifully constructed wine.
This south-west facing, single plot of vines was planted in 1990 on a steep slope to the east of the village of Saint-Romain towards Auxey-Duresses. The soil i...
Produced from 50 year old vines, planted on south-east facing vineyards with iron rich soils. Yields of 48hl/ha in 2022 gave Arnauld something to smile about. T...
A perfectly sited vineyard that adjoins Pommard across the width of a road, with a near perfect S-SW exposure and steep incline.
Theo Merlin is now chief winemaker at this top family estate, and the wines continue to be made organically with little intervention. Decent yields in 2022 averaging 45-50 hl/ha were t...
Harvested from 2ha of vines from 12 different parcels, whose exposure varies from North East to South West, planted with vines that are between ...
The vineyard contains ancient vines, up to 90 years old on 1 parcel. Vinification sees 20% whole bunch ferment and aging in 25% new oak for one year. An explo...
This domaine is the dominant landowner (out of 3) of this lieu-dit with a 1.7 ha limestone plot of late ripening vines, some of which are 50 y...
Machard has just 0.4 ha of this rare white Nuits-St-Georges, the vineyard situated in the north of the Nuits appellation, high up in the upper slo...
Produced from 3ha of vineyards split into four separate parcels planted in 1922, 1932, 1949 and 1951 that average over 65 years of age. Long, complex, this i...
This small 0.3 ha plot produces only 9 barrels a year. A very seductive Gevrey-Chambertin, carefully yet robustly structured. A wonderful complex and...
Harvested from 2 parcels, a 0.33ha parcel of 48 year old vines named Pressonnier, which for 30 years, between 1956 and 1986, had the right to be sold as Gevrey-Chambertin.. There is a...
Produced from vines that average nearly 60 years old, situated in the Clos just in front of the church in the centre of the village of Fuissé. The church protects the ...