Cru Love

THE CRUS WE LOVE

These are the bottles that earn their place at the table.
Premier and Grand Cru Burgundies from winemakers who've walked the same rows for generations. Bordeaux from estates where meticulous care trumps marketing budgets every time.

Jean-François Bordet gambles with late harvests in Chablis while neighbours play it safe. His 78-year-old vines and hand-stirred lees deliver Premier Cru weight without losing tension.

Sylvain and Nathalie Langoureau farm 10 hectares across Burgundy's greatest villages, hand-sorting every grape and using minimal oak when everyone else drowns Chardonnay in it.

Christian Moreau rescued his family's Grand Cru vineyards from corporate extinction, converted to organic farming, and rebuilt a reputation that now wins international acclaim.

Claude Nicolay went fully biodynamic in 2001 after watching chemical pesticides wreck Burgundy soils. Her Premier Cru Pernand-Vergelesses shows what happens when principles matter more than shortcuts.

Danielle Meunier (Haut Segottes) represents five generations of artisan winemaking in St-Émilion. Her obsessive vineyard care delivers Grand Cru consistency year after year.

These are wines made by people who could take shortcuts but refuse to. Late harvests. Hand-sorting. Natural yeasts. Organic and biodynamic farming. The kind of winemaking that builds reputation one vintage at a time.