Aurelien Verdet
2019 Aurelien Verdet, Morey-Saint-Denis, 1er Cru Aux Monts Luisants 6x75cl
"An even purple throughout, pleasing bouquet and a charming sweet fruit through the middle, elegance all the way, but without quite the depth of Aurélien Verdet’s other 1ers crus." Jasper Morris MW, 03/2021
£430.02 / Case£71.67 / BottleDuty Status: In BondAvailability: Immediate
2021 Aurelien Verdet, Morey-Saint-Denis Premier Cru, Monts Luisants 6x75cl
"Lovely juicy core of fruit, dense and powerful with broad shoulders and an understated yet firm structure, this is a broad-shouldered Morey St Denis from the rare 1er Cru Aux Monts Luisants vineyard... in Morey-St-Denis which boasts a superb position just above and as an enclave within the lauded Clos de la Roche Grand Cru. Spicy yet with a delicious core of juicy rich fruit, a lverlvety texture and a long, multi-layered finish, this is a very pleasant and complex 1er Cru." (Mr.Wheeler tasting note)
£515 / Case£85.83 / BottleDuty Status: In BondAvailability: En Primeur
2021 Aurelien Verdet, Vosne-Romanee, Vieilles Vignes 6x75cl
"Velvety raspberry coulis and white chocolate; a beautifully structured, textbook Vosne and one to again demonstrate Aurélien's deep understanding of terroir. A Vosne to age well." (Mr.Wheeler tasting note)
£340 / Case£56.67 / BottleDuty Status: In BondAvailability: En Primeur
2021 Aurelien Verdet, Cote de Nuits-Villages, La Pretiere 6x75cl
"From vines very near to Nuits-St-Georges, here is sheer pinot delight that sums up 2021: lively freshness, structure and elegance. Deep, bright aromatic intensity showing expressive, expansive, blackberry fruit purity. Delight that sums up why Aurélien is so highly regarded in this region." (Mr.Wheeler tasting note)
£145 / Case£24.17 / BottleDuty Status: In BondAvailability: En Primeur
2020 Aurelien Verdet, Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru, Aux Boudots 6x75cl
From his modest winery hidden off the beaten track in the little village of Arcenant in the Hautes Côtes de Nuits, Aurélien Verdet crafts wines of astonishing purity and precision. A highly... talented young winemaker whose following is growing steadily every year, Aurélien is no exception to the adage that “Great wine is created in the vineyard”. Indeed, he lavishes great care and attention on his 5.5 ha of vines, which he farms organically to produce fruit of superb quality. The winemaking is then all about respecting that fruit to bring the terroir through, which he does with great aplomb. A rising star to watch!
Over the past few years we have been waxing lyrical about those Nuits 1er Cru vineyards abutting to Vosne-Romanée (in this case, the famous Les Malconsorts) and the sublime balance of structured power, black-fruited intensity on one hand, and the velvety texture and lifted aromatics usually associated with Vosne. Aurélien's Les Boudots once again shows off this brilliant combination with its muscular tannins, brilliant energy and polished edges.
£450 / Case£75 / BottleDuty Status: In BondAvailability: Immediate
2020 Aurelien Verdet, Morey-Saint-Denis 6x75cl
From his modest winery hidden off the beaten track in the little village of Arcenant in the Hautes Côtes de Nuits, Aurélien Verdet crafts wines of astonishing purity and precision. A highly... talented young winemaker whose following is growing steadily every year, Aurélien is no exception to the adage that “Great wine is created in the vineyard”. Indeed, he lavishes great care and attention on his 5.5 ha of vines, which he farms organically to produce fruit of superb quality. The winemaking is then all about respecting that fruit to bring the terroir through, which he does with great aplomb. A rising star to watch!
Wonderfully expressive with notes of violets and white pepper, Aurélien's is a characterful, full-bodied and powerful Morey Villages. The warm conditions yielded a lovely opulence to the fruit, and it shows the typical spicy element one can expect of this commune's wines, with added aromatic flourish courtesy of Aurélien's careful winemaking. A very fine villages cuvée.
£245 / Case£40.83 / BottleDuty Status: In BondAvailability: Immediate
2020 Aurelien Verdet, Vosne-Romanee, Vieilles Vignes 6x75cl
Once again Aurélien demonstrates his superb understanding of terroirs, and handles the fruit in such a way as to produce a textbook Vosne, all velvet, raspberry coulis and white chocolate. There is excellent structure here, and it is built to age gracefully for the next decade easily.
£300 / Case£50 / BottleDuty Status: In BondAvailability: Immediate
2020 Aurelien Verdet, Morey-Saint-Denis Premier Cru, Monts Luisants 6x75cl
From his modest winery hidden off the beaten track in the little village of Arcenant in the Hautes Côtes de Nuits, Aurélien Verdet crafts wines of astonishing purity and precision. A highly... talented young winemaker whose following is growing steadily every year, Aurélien is no exception to the adage that “Great wine is created in the vineyard”. Indeed, he lavishes great care and attention on his 5.5 ha of vines, which he farms organically to produce fruit of superb quality. The winemaking is then all about respecting that fruit to bring the terroir through, which he does with great aplomb. A rising star to watch!
Just above Clos de la Roche (with a significant chunk included in the Grand Cru vineyard), les Monts Luisants benefits from a very impressive terroir. And there is no doubt that "impressive" doesn't begin to faithfully describe this cuvée. It is, quite simply, pure dynamite - bursting with flavour, super rich, and it keeps on delivering layer upon layer of flavour - fruit, spice, savoury notes, umami on this finish. Mind-blowing.
£460 / Case£76.67 / BottleDuty Status: In BondAvailability: Immediate
2020 Aurelien Verdet, Cote de Nuits-Villages, La Pretiere 6x75cl
From his modest winery hidden off the beaten track in the little village of Arcenant in the Hautes Côtes de Nuits, Aurélien Verdet crafts wines of astonishing purity and precision. A highly... talented young winemaker whose following is growing steadily every year, Aurélien is no exception to the adage that “Great wine is created in the vineyard”. Indeed, he lavishes great care and attention on his 5.5 ha of vines, which he farms organically to produce fruit of superb quality. The winemaking is then all about respecting that fruit to bring the terroir through, which he does with great aplomb. A rising star to watch!
From vines found in Comblachien, very close to Nuits-St-Georges, there is an unmistakable step up in quality here. Reflecting brilliantly why Aurélien Verdet is so highly regrded in the region, his Côte de Nuits Village La Prêtière offers supreme drinking pleasure with a deep and bright aromatic intensity allied to bold and expansive, pure black berry flavours. Like a "concentrate" of pinot noir, this cuvée is completed with lively freshness, structure and elegantly pure tannins.
£135 / Case£22.50 / BottleDuty Status: In BondAvailability: Immediate