Puligny-Montrachet Les Charmes 2018/2020, Alain Chavy89. 95 per bottle Alain Chavy has been joined by his son Corentin at this splendid Puligny domaine, created in 2003 when Alain and his brother Jean Louis went their separate ways. All the wines are fermented and aged for twelve months in barrel followed by six months in stainless steel vats in one of the few underground cellars in Puligny. Alain prefers crisp, mineral wines with pure fruit flavours and less obvious oak.

Savoury flavours of tilled earth

but there is good substance and “solidity” to this Bernadotte

10% Chenin Blanc

The first winery in South Africa to convert to organic viticulture in the early 2000s

“Sacha Lichine has cracked it”

25% in concrete eggs and 25% in stainless steel

Born from the idea that a whole can be greater than the sum of its parts

this Chablis boasts bright

which is indiscernible in the grand vin

95 is excellent value for money

but you can entirely forgive it given its finesse combined with a swirl of cinnamon and a lick of fun

salted plums