Producer · Burgundy, France

Maison Roche de Bellene

Maison Roche de Bellene is the négociant label of Nicolas Potel, one of Burgundy's best-known winemakers, set up in Beaune alongside his estate, Domaine de Bellene. The idea is simple and rather old-fashioned: work closely with trusted growers across the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits, all farming organically or sustainably, and concentrate on old vines, many of them more than forty years old.

That shows in the glass as concentration without heaviness. The range takes in some fine addresses, among them premier cru sites in Chambolle-Musigny, the village prized for the most perfumed, silky Pinot Noir in the Côte de Nuits.

Pinot Noir · £95.95 a bottle