White wines from Burgundy

These are authentic wines, with bright, fresh aromas of flowers and citrus in their youth enhanced by slight buttery notes. With age, the colour of the wine deepens and more concentrated flavours take the place of that briskness.

Though the Baillard and Servin families have long experience in wine and winemaking, Julien Baillard has only recently been set up to vinify and bottle part of the fruit produced at Domaine Baillard.

Julien Baillard's granddaughter Elodie takes care of vinification, while her partner Kevin deals with marketing and distribution of a developing range of wines from the domaine's twenty-four hectares, which include some of Chablis' most prestigious plots of land.

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From a single vineyard just outside Puligny-Montrachet comes this expressive, rounded Burgundy, with smooth citrus and apple flavours and a clean, fresh finish, described by Matthew Jukes as "a wine for classicists and...what every turkey in the world dreams of being matched with"

You could easily keep this wine for a few years and let it mellow, but there's an arresting balance between zest and fullness that makes it an absolute treat in its youth too.

Since Romaric Chavy took over from his father Hubert, he has moved away from selling to négociants in favour of bottling much more of the estate's production. Because the family's vines include some of the most prestigious sites in the village of Puligny-Montrachet, there is ample opportunity for this able and already very experienced young man to continue his path to Burgundy stardom.

Peach-fresh aromas with a definite floral component put a spring in the step of this premium Chablis before the first sip.

Match it with seafood, poultry, white meats, charcuterie or cheese for a real treat.

Citrus character is underpinned by richer tropical hints and smooth, buttery softness in a dry, lithe Chardonnay from the Mâconnais.

This cuvée is not quite a new venture for the Perrachons—their forebears worked in the Pouilly vines in the nineteenth century. Now, through a family connexion, they have been able to lease a small plot in the Pouilly appellation en fermage and make a new vintage from three terroirs of a 1.7 hectare vineyard in Fuissé.

The wine is partly aged in five-hundred litre barrels and partly in stainless steel vats, to balance freshness of fruit with the smooth complexity typical of the appellation. 

This is an aromatic Chardonnay, with attractive notes of vanilla, pineapple and white flowers. There's a suggestion of spicy complexity and in the mouth its full, rounded and buttery texture makes it a very satisfying accompaniment to fish, white meat dishes and even the notoriously hard-to-match asparagus.

The Guérin family have forty-five hectares of vines ten miles south-west of Beaune, and limit yields to give distinct expression to each of their wines, which are vinified according to traditional methods.

This is a terrific white wine from a supplier whose wines we're delighted to have in stock again.

From the very southern tip of Burgundy, white Mâcon wines are generally softer and fleshier than the Chardonnays of Chablis and the Côte de Beaune further north. Good winemaking will preserve the grapes' natural freshness to give a succulent, ripe white wine that is aromatic and not too powerful, delicious on its own and an excellent match for a range of foods from seafood to pork and poultry dishes.

Dominique Cornin (pictured) and his son Romain run their small estate organically, preferring to work with Coccinelle the horse rather than a tractor as they manage the vineyards.

All the refinement and elegance you could wish for in a Chablis, with fresh, citrus aromas leading to a taut but generous mouthful, with pure minerality and a precise, lemony finish.

There's hardly a better partner on our list for fish and seafood dishes, and the ample, supple weight of this superior wine makes it a revelation too with a variety of poultry dishes.

The trademark vibrant and intense crispness of Chablis is rounded out by delicious depth and the beginnings of more complex, buttery notes in this dry white wine made for dining.

The double-sized magnum bottle makes this a perfect choice for entertaining.

The white wines of Santenay account for only about one tenth of the appellation's production; powerful, intense reds are more usually associated with the name.

The south-facing lieu-dit of Le Chainey lies west of the village of Santenay, and shares a boundary with the premier cru vines of the Grand Clos Rousseau lieu-dit, which claims more varied soils on lower slopes.

The balance of nervy freshness and oak-influenced weight and texture makes this a superb dining wine for pasta, risotto dishes with mushrooms and poultry in creamy sauces.

Aromas of white flowers with hints of honeysuckle, even of honey, lead to a beautiful balance of crisp attack and creamy fullness.

This is a pure and elegant Chablis, with a clean, mineral freshness that develops through its sustained bright fruit towards notes of honey and almonds in the finish.

Firmly refreshing but supple and delicious white Burgundy from brothers Paterne and Baudouin Millet of Domaine Millet in Tonnerre.

The finesse, elegance and freshness of the estate's celebrated Chablis wines are already evident in this vibrant, citrus-crisp Chardonnay, which makes an excellent aperitif and a fine accompaniment to starters and light meals.