New Purchases - Rousseau, Coche Dury, Truchot & mature Selosse
09/07/2025
I am pleased to offer an interesting selection of rare bottles - including a Coche Dury red from 1990 with a perfect ruby red colour, unicorn bottles of Jacky Truchot from 2004 & 2005, Mugnier Musigny from 2005 & 2008, Raveneau Clos 1999 in magnum, an incredibly hard to find bottle of very mature Selosse - that has been kept in one cellar since purchase from the Domaine - as well as some unique bottles of mature Barolo from the '60's & '70's.
Last but not least - a pristine case of the fantastic Cheval Blanc 1998 that we can offer well below market value.
Red Burgundy
1 x Armand Rousseau Charmes Chambertin 1996
£500 per bt In Bond
No tasting notes.
1 x Armand Rousseau Gevrey Chambertin 1997
£250 per bt In Bond
No tasting notes.
6 x Armand Rousseau Chambertin 2011
£11,400 per case of 6 bt in Original Case In Bond
97/100 John Gilman:With the addition of another parcel of Chambertin that arrived with the 2009 vintage (sufficient to provide another five piéces to the estate’s production), Domaine Rousseau now owns fully 2.55 hectares of vines in this magical grand cru, and I cannot think of better hands to have this much Chambertin in! The 2011 is utterly brilliant, soaring from the glass in a stunning blend of red plums, cherries, blood orange, cocoa powder, grilled meats, a gloriously complex base of soil and a suave framing of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, very pure and sappy at the core, with stunning transparency, great structural elegance, very suave tannins and superb length and grip on the focused and still very young finish. This is really not far off the magical quality of the 2010!
1 x Coche-Dury Auxey Duresses 1990
£375 per bt In Bond
No tasting notes.
1 x Hubert Lignier Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Combottes 1998
£200 per bt In Bond
No tasting notes.
1 x Hubert Lignier Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Combottes 2013
£135 per bt In Bond
93+/100 John Gilman:'The 2013 Combottes is equally outstanding and will make a lovely bookend with the Perrière in this vintage. The nose is pure, suave and already quite complex, delivering a fine blend of red and black cherries, plums, cocoa, gamebird, a fine base of soil and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and shows a nice touch of sappiness at the core, with impressive transparency, fine-grained tannins and a very long, vibrant and promising finish.'
1 x Jacky Truchot Morey St Denis 1er Cru Blanchards 2004
£1,250 per bt In Bond
90/100 John Gilman:'The 2004 Blanchards is another fine Truchot premier cru, and while it is a touch broader than the Clos Sorbés, it does not quite possess the nascent complexity of that wine. The bouquet is deep and pure, offering up notes of red berries, cherries, mustard seed, coffee, herbs and earth. On the palate the wine is medium-full, complex and balanced, with moderate tannins, sound acids, and good length on the fruit-driven finish. While there is plenty of terroir on display here, this is really a bit more of a fruit-forward wine than is customary chez Truchot. This is not to demean the wine, but for my palate, today it is the Clos Sorbés that really sings between these two Morey premier crus.'
1 x Jacky Truchot Morey St Denis 1er Cru Clos Sorbes 2005
£1,500 per bt In Bond
92+/100 John Gilman:'2005 was Jacky Truchot’ final vintage of a long and illustrious career. Since his official retirement and the sale of most of his domaine’s vineyards, he has only continued to make a bit of Morey premier cru les Sorbés for his own enjoyment, from a small plot of vines that he retained when he sold the rest of the estate. Les Sorbés lies next to his well-known bottling of Clos Sorbés, which was sold to David Durband along with the rest of his former estate vineyards. Jackie’s 2005 Clos Sorbés is excellent, but still youthful and moderately closed down, reluctantly offering up scents of red and black cherries, raw cocoa, gamebird, a lovely base of soil, woodsmoke, gentle spice tones and just a whisper of cedar. On the palate the wine is fullish, pure and reserved today, with good depth at the core, tangy acids, ripe tannins and lovely length and grip on the promising finish. This needs at least another four or five years to stir, and as it is Jacky’s last official vintage, there is no sense in rushing to drink it!'
1 x Jacques Frederic Mugnier Musigny 2005
£3,000 per bt Duty Paid
99/100 John Gilman:'Tasting the magical 2005 Burgundies for the first time out of barrel in November of 2006, the two wines that stood at my own personal hierarchy at that time were Romanée-Conti and the Mugnier Musigny. I was fully prepared for this wine to be hermetically sealed at this point in time, but it was not the case and this great young wine showed beautifully. The bouquet soars from the glass in a brilliant mélange of red and black cherries, blood orange, mustard seed, a great base of iron soil tones, woodsmoke, violets and raw cocoa. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very, very pure, with a rock solid core of fruit, brilliant soil inflection, ripe tannins, tangy acids and remarkable grip and purity on the endless finish. This is very, very young, and very, very good.'
1 x Jacques Frederic Mugnier Musigny 2008
£1,500 per bt in OWC In Bond
98/100 John Gilman:'All I can say is that if I made wine, this is the wine that I would dream of making! The 2008 Mugnier Musigny has also blossomed a bit over the last year and now is clearly another legend in the making, as it soars from the glass in a magnificent mélange of sappy cherries, blood orange, pomegranate, raw cocoa, profoundly complex soil tones, smoke and violets. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, pure and very, very, very complex, with a sappy core of fruit, a very soil-driven personality, tangy acids, ripe and even tannins and a flawless, nearly endless finish. Brilliant wine. '
White Burgundy
6 x Bachelet Monnot Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatieres 2015
£120 per bt In Bond
92/100 Neal Martin:'The 2015 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 1er Cru is showing a lot of reduction on the nose, making it difficult to read the terroir, though I suspect that will dissipate with aeration/bottle age. The palate is well balanced with a saline entry and just a little honeyed in texture, with impressive depth and a feisty, ginger- and aniseed-tinged finish that lingers in the mouth. Very fine. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.'
3 x Bachelet Monnot Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatieres 2016
£110 per bt In Bond
93+/100 John Gilman:'The domaine’s parcel of fifty-three year-old vines in Folatières are in the extreme northern end of the vineyard, sandwiched between les Truffières next door and Domaine Leflaive’s parcels in the Folatières. The 2016 version here is a very, very minerally example of the vineyard, delivering a superb bouquet of apple, white peach, chalky minerality, gentle floral tones, vanillin oak and a pungent topnote of citrus zest. On the palate the wine is deep, full and racy, with impressive complexity a fine core, zesty and seamless acids and outstanding backend mineral drive on the long and complex finish. This is more elegant in profile than the very good 2016 Referts.'
1 x Francois Raveneau Chablis Les Clos 1999 magnum
£1,800 per mag In Bond
95+/100 John Gilman:'This pristine bottle of ’99 Raveneau Clos was still youthfully shut down and reticent, as a bottle of this wine should be at age seven. The bouquet reluctantly offered up notes of yellow fruit, beeswax, caraway seed, almost flinty soil tones, a touch of vanilla and other mineral aspects that remind me of pulverized stone. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, deep and almost painfully buttoned up behind its wall of acidity, with great soil inflection, and classic focus and grip on the long, palate-staining and bracing finish. In November of 2006 this wine had great potential, and should have been broached about 2012-2040. Today, who knows!'
3 x Ramonet Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Ruchottes 2015
£200 per bt In Bond
93/100 William Kelley:'The 2015 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Ruchottes doesn't attain the same heights as the 2014 rendition, but it has handled the warmth of the vintage very well and remains quite classic in profile, with a very typical bouquet of pear, iodine, wheat toast, buttered apples and a framing of new oak. On the palate, the wine is concentrated and full-bodied, with excellent amplitude and dimension, and a greater sense of reserve than any of the other 1er Crus in the cellar this year.'
2 x Roulot Bourgogne Blanc 2010
£75 per bt In Bond
90/100 Antonio Galloni:'Roulot's 2010 Bourgogne is another gorgeous entry-level wine. Smoke, slate, citrus and yellow stone fruits burst from the glass in this deep, fleshy Bourgogne. In 2010, the Bourgogne is rich and enveloping from the very first taste.'
Bordeaux
12 x Cheval Blanc 1998
£8,800 per case of 12 bt in OWC In Bond
98+/100 Neal Martin:'While the money-changers in the temple promote Pavie and Angélus to the bureaucratic summits of Saint Émilion in the classification of the commune’s wines, tastings such as this one definitively show that Cheval Blanc no longer has any real rival for quality. The 1998 Cheval Blanc is an utterly brilliant wine, delivering a refined and very complex aromatic constellation of black cherries, sweet dark berries, menthol, gravelly soil tones, cigar smoke and a suave framing of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is pure, precise and full-bodied, with a velvety palate impression beginning to develop, a sappy core of glorious fruit, marvelous soil signature, fine-grained, seamless tannins and a very, very long, complex and effortless finish. The ’98 Cheval Blanc is certainly a very, very enjoyable glass of wine today, but it is still climbing and I would try to leave it alone for at least a handful more years. Sheer brilliance.'
Champagne
3 x Dom Ruinart Rose 1988
£240 per bt In Bond
91/100 Antonio Galloni:'The 1988 Dom Ruinart Rosé is totally surprising,. Sweet tobacco, worn-in leather, earthiness, bramble and dried cherries meld together in the glass. The aromas and flavors are fully developed, yet the wine retains incredible density and pure power. Readers who enjoy fully mature Champagnes will adore the 1988 Dom Ruinart Rosé. The 1988 needs to be drunk sooner rather than later, as there is no upside from keeping bottles further. This is a rare vintage in which acidity was higher than alcohol!'
1 x Jacques Selosse Exquise NV
£750 per bt In Bond
Very old disgorgement - this bottle was bought directly from the Domaine in 1993. Same cellar until our collection.
1 x Krug Grande Cuvee (White Label) NV
£450 per bt In Bond
No tasting notes.
Rhone
1 x Champet Cote Rotie 1991
£200 per bt In Bond
No tasting notes.
4 x Chateau Rayas Chateauneuf du Pape Pignan 2007
£275 per bt In Bond
93/100 Robert M. Parker Jr:'As I indicated last year, this estate’s sleeper selection is their 2007 Pignan Chateauneuf du Pape, a 100% Grenache from sandy soils. This offering, aged totally in old foudres and demi-muids, includes some of the declassified Rayas lots, and the 2007 is the finest Pignan since the 1990. A medium ruby color is followed by explosive aromas of sweet kirsch, lavender, licorice, and earth. The wine hits the palate with a blast of fruit and glycerin, full body, and an ethereal lightness and elegance that are remarkable for a wine of such intense fruit. A great effort, it may merit an even higher score after a few years in the bottle. Enjoy it over the next 12-15 years.'
1 x Pegau Chateauneuf Du Pape Reserve 1989
£200 per bt In Bond
95/100 Jeb Dunnuck:'Darker in color and with another notch on the concentration belt, the 1989 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Reserve is a fully mature Chateauneuf that’s overflowing with character. Also from a hot year (even more so than the 1990), it has a more muscular feel than the ’90, with blackberry and currants, ground pepper, herbs and earthy characteristics all present in its full-bodied, concentrated and angular personality. It’s not going to get better, but it will evolve nicely going forward as well.'
1 x Pegau Chateauneuf Du Pape Reserve 1991
£110 per bt In Bond
No tasting notes.
Germany
1 x Von Schubert Maximin Grunhauser Herrenberg Riesling TBA 1959
£1,200 per bt In Bond
No tasting notes.
Italy
3 x Cavallotto Barolo Bricco Boschis 1967
£120 per bt In Bond
No tasting notes.
8 x Cavallotto Barolo Bricco Boschis 1970
£130 per bt In Bond
No tasting notes.
3 x Cavallotto Barolo Bricco Boschis 1973
£130 per bt In Bond
No tasting notes.
1 x Marchesi di Gresy Barbaresco Martinenga Camp Gros 1978
£150 per bt In Bond
A photo of the back of the bottle is included to show the level.
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