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Groupe Bellene
Groupe Bellene is composed of the négociant “Maison Roche de Bellene” and the winery “Domaine de Bellene” both located in Beaune. Nicolas Potel grew up at the Volnay Domaine Pousse d'Or, where his father, Gérard, had worked since 1964. Nicolas trained abroad and returned home in 1996, hoping to build a négociant business and that was the start of Maison Nicolas Potel. Potel began sourcing grapes from good parcels, often working with the growers to improve quality. By 2002, he was making 120 wines from 50 different appellations.
Today he runs Maison Roche de Bellene, a micro-négoce that offers a complete range of wines, with an emphasis on individual terroirs from vieilles vignes (old vines - 40 years or older) that are farmed responsibly. All of the growers that Nicolas works with are either organic certified or farming according to the principles of lutte raisonée (sustainable viticulture). This enables Nicolas to consistently produce the expressive, terroir-driven style that is his vision. In addition he owns his own vineyards and bottles these wines under the label Domaine de Bellene. You can also find some special back vintage offerings that Nicolas has sourced from his friends in region, this is labelled under Collection Bellenum.
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90 points - John Szabo
This is fine and juicy pinot, delicate and ripe but fresh, with terrifically balanced tannins/acids. Fruit is properly in the red-tart red berry spectrum. Length is very good. Tasted July 2020.
- White Wine
- Chardonnay
- Sustainable
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- 750ml
- 13% alc./vol
About the Winery
Groupe Bellene
Groupe Bellene is composed of the négociant “Maison Roche de Bellene” and the winery “Domaine de Bellene” both located in Beaune. Nicolas Potel grew up at the Volnay Domaine Pousse d'Or, where his father, Gérard, had worked since 1964. Nicolas trained abroad and returned home in 1996, hoping to build a négociant business and that was the start of Maison Nicolas Potel. Potel began sourcing grapes from good parcels, often working with the growers to improve quality. By 2002, he was making 120 wines from 50 different appellations.
Today he runs Maison Roche de Bellene, a micro-négoce that offers a complete range of wines, with an emphasis on individual terroirs from vieilles vignes (old vines - 40 years or older) that are farmed responsibly. All of the growers that Nicolas works with are either organic certified or farming according to the principles of lutte raisonée (sustainable viticulture). This enables Nicolas to consistently produce the expressive, terroir-driven style that is his vision. In addition he owns his own vineyards and bottles these wines under the label Domaine de Bellene. You can also find some special back vintage offerings that Nicolas has sourced from his friends in region, this is labelled under Collection Bellenum.
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96 Points - David Lawrason
This is a gorgeous Meursault - so rich, lush yet refined and elegant with a very complex nose of hazelnut/cashew, buttercream biscuit, vanilla custard, toast, far off wood smoke and subtle peachy fruit. The flavours show great focus and excellent to outstanding length, wrapping back around on the finish with hazelnut and butterscotch. There is a touch of tannin and drying minerality on the finish. Tasted May 2021
95 Points - John Szabo
Lovely, open, fragrant, rather floral and elegant Meursault here, polished and fruity, with light lees and no detectable sulfides. I find this refined and delicate, a 'new school' style Meursault , absent any of the rancid butter or sulphide character of yore. Concentration and complexity are quite exceptional; this is fully refined and sophisticated white Burgundy, best 2022-2030+. Tasted May 2021.
- White Wine
- Chardonnay
- Sustainable
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
- 13% alc./vol
About the Winery
Groupe Bellene
Groupe Bellene is composed of the négociant “Maison Roche de Bellene” and the winery “Domaine de Bellene” both located in Beaune. Nicolas Potel grew up at the Volnay Domaine Pousse d'Or, where his father, Gérard, had worked since 1964. Nicolas trained abroad and returned home in 1996, hoping to build a négociant business and that was the start of Maison Nicolas Potel. Potel began sourcing grapes from good parcels, often working with the growers to improve quality. By 2002, he was making 120 wines from 50 different appellations.
Today he runs Maison Roche de Bellene, a micro-négoce that offers a complete range of wines, with an emphasis on individual terroirs from vieilles vignes (old vines - 40 years or older) that are farmed responsibly. All of the growers that Nicolas works with are either organic certified or farming according to the principles of lutte raisonée (sustainable viticulture). This enables Nicolas to consistently produce the expressive, terroir-driven style that is his vision. In addition he owns his own vineyards and bottles these wines under the label Domaine de Bellene. You can also find some special back vintage offerings that Nicolas has sourced from his friends in region, this is labelled under Collection Bellenum.
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91 Points - Sara d'Amato
Richer than expected, this Coteaux Bourguignons expresses the riper character of this vintage but without overt tropical notes. More peach than mango on the palate with a fine oak dusting. Lightly buttery with vibrancy to balance and a long finish. Recommended Tasted May 2021.
91 Points - Michael Godel
From three, long-time ignored pre-phylloxera parcels, resurrected, all contributing each of their own je ne sais quoi to this upstanding appellative Bourguignions wine. A blanc of personality, exhibited in threes, the first being the hatching, an emergence from the barrel and as a 2019 that stage is just now reaching completion. The second would be the feeding, as in the development of the wine’s behaviour and tonality as it amortizes lees, fruit and alcohol. The third would be when the wine pupates, pours from bottle, stretches its wings and gets to work, all for the queen bee. That being Nicolas Potel, négoce and wine gatherer extraordinare, making a Côteaux Bourguignons to rise above a sea of AOC with its own set of distinguishing marks. Here a wine of succulence and substance, history in DNA and length up and down a Beaune country mile. Drink 2021-2025. Tasted May 2021.
- White Wine
- Chardonnay
- Sustainable
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
- 13% alc./vol
About the Winery
Groupe Bellene
Groupe Bellene is composed of the négociant “Maison Roche de Bellene” and the winery “Domaine de Bellene” both located in Beaune. Nicolas Potel grew up at the Volnay Domaine Pousse d'Or, where his father, Gérard, had worked since 1964. Nicolas trained abroad and returned home in 1996, hoping to build a négociant business and that was the start of Maison Nicolas Potel. Potel began sourcing grapes from good parcels, often working with the growers to improve quality. By 2002, he was making 120 wines from 50 different appellations.
Today he runs Maison Roche de Bellene, a micro-négoce that offers a complete range of wines, with an emphasis on individual terroirs from vieilles vignes (old vines - 40 years or older) that are farmed responsibly. All of the growers that Nicolas works with are either organic certified or farming according to the principles of lutte raisonée (sustainable viticulture). This enables Nicolas to consistently produce the expressive, terroir-driven style that is his vision. In addition he owns his own vineyards and bottles these wines under the label Domaine de Bellene. You can also find some special back vintage offerings that Nicolas has sourced from his friends in region, this is labelled under Collection Bellenum.
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Wine Enthusiast
90 Points
Ripe, full in the mouth and with good balance between acidity and ripe yellow fruits, this rich wine shows concentration from low-yielding vines. Fresh apples partner with peach flavors. Drink from 2020.
- Red Wine
- Pinot Noir
- Sustainable
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
About the Winery
Groupe Bellene
Groupe Bellene is composed of the négociant “Maison Roche de Bellene” and the winery “Domaine de Bellene” both located in Beaune. Nicolas Potel grew up at the Volnay Domaine Pousse d'Or, where his father, Gérard, had worked since 1964. Nicolas trained abroad and returned home in 1996, hoping to build a négociant business and that was the start of Maison Nicolas Potel. Potel began sourcing grapes from good parcels, often working with the growers to improve quality. By 2002, he was making 120 wines from 50 different appellations.
Today he runs Maison Roche de Bellene, a micro-négoce that offers a complete range of wines, with an emphasis on individual terroirs from vieilles vignes (old vines - 40 years or older) that are farmed responsibly. All of the growers that Nicolas works with are either organic certified or farming according to the principles of lutte raisonée (sustainable viticulture). This enables Nicolas to consistently produce the expressive, terroir-driven style that is his vision. In addition he owns his own vineyards and bottles these wines under the label Domaine de Bellene. You can also find some special back vintage offerings that Nicolas has sourced from his friends in region, this is labelled under Collection Bellenum.
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Jancis Robinson
17/20
Medium intense smudgy ruby. Very light, almost bonbon nose. Rather harsh and chewy. Hint of animal and masses of tannin still. - Tasted on April 2013.
- Red Wine
- Pinot Noir
- Sustainable
- Dry
- 750ml
- 13.5% alc./vol
About the Winery
Groupe Bellene
Groupe Bellene is composed of the négociant “Maison Roche de Bellene” and the winery “Domaine de Bellene” both located in Beaune. Nicolas Potel grew up at the Volnay Domaine Pousse d'Or, where his father, Gérard, had worked since 1964. Nicolas trained abroad and returned home in 1996, hoping to build a négociant business and that was the start of Maison Nicolas Potel. Potel began sourcing grapes from good parcels, often working with the growers to improve quality. By 2002, he was making 120 wines from 50 different appellations.
Today he runs Maison Roche de Bellene, a micro-négoce that offers a complete range of wines, with an emphasis on individual terroirs from vieilles vignes (old vines - 40 years or older) that are farmed responsibly. All of the growers that Nicolas works with are either organic certified or farming according to the principles of lutte raisonée (sustainable viticulture). This enables Nicolas to consistently produce the expressive, terroir-driven style that is his vision. In addition he owns his own vineyards and bottles these wines under the label Domaine de Bellene. You can also find some special back vintage offerings that Nicolas has sourced from his friends in region, this is labelled under Collection Bellenum.
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94 Points - John Szabo
This is a lovely, dense and rich Nuits-Saint-Georges with genuine old vine vinosity and breadth, from vines averaged 70 years old. Length and complexity are terrific, and I love the meaty, rusty iron, earth-forward profile, well beyond dark cherry fruit, in the typical Nuits idiom. The finish reverberates on and on. It's surprisingly delicious now, with tannins broad and abundant but ripe and supple, though of course several more years in the cellar, 3-5 at least are recommended, or hold comfortably into the '30s for a fully mature experience. Quite sharp value, all things considered. Tasted May 2021.
94 points - Michael Godel
This old vines cuvée has been made at the Domaine since 2009 and is a four different Climat, three-pronged Nuits-Saint-Georges matter by way of Charmotte, Chouillets St, Julien and two plots of Les Argillats. Les Argillats was planted in 1955 on shallow clay-silty soil with thin pebbles, partially re-planted in 2013. One eighth of Les Charmottes was planted around 1900 and the rest in 1960, on deep clay-limestone. Aux Chouillets Saint Julien was planted in 1938 with just less than half replanted in 2012. Since 2015 it has become an important contributor to a cuvée aged in Potel’s go to elévage in 600L demi-muid casks. Once again the old vines concentration is more than evident while the layers of Climat hover and fold like mille-feuille pastry, effortless and airy in between the folds. A gamy cure creeps but with such subtle perforce, like a dream and my does this Nuits-Saint-Georges work the senses like a drug. Get your cognitive behavioural therapy on with this sensory activating pinot noir but be prepared for a long trip because the structure here is built to last. Drink 2023-2032. Tasted May 2021.
- Red Wine
- Pinot Noir
- Sustainable
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
- 13% alc./vol
About the Winery
Groupe Bellene
Groupe Bellene is composed of the négociant “Maison Roche de Bellene” and the winery “Domaine de Bellene” both located in Beaune. Nicolas Potel grew up at the Volnay Domaine Pousse d'Or, where his father, Gérard, had worked since 1964. Nicolas trained abroad and returned home in 1996, hoping to build a négociant business and that was the start of Maison Nicolas Potel. Potel began sourcing grapes from good parcels, often working with the growers to improve quality. By 2002, he was making 120 wines from 50 different appellations.
Today he runs Maison Roche de Bellene, a micro-négoce that offers a complete range of wines, with an emphasis on individual terroirs from vieilles vignes (old vines - 40 years or older) that are farmed responsibly. All of the growers that Nicolas works with are either organic certified or farming according to the principles of lutte raisonée (sustainable viticulture). This enables Nicolas to consistently produce the expressive, terroir-driven style that is his vision. In addition he owns his own vineyards and bottles these wines under the label Domaine de Bellene. You can also find some special back vintage offerings that Nicolas has sourced from his friends in region, this is labelled under Collection Bellenum.
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97 Points - Michael Godel
Do not adjust your set. The vintage brought everything to the table and while the foreground presents a picture crystalline and transparent the entirety of the frame is frozen clear. As for the aromatics this teases a meaty cure like few other and teases as if by the ambience of a cave, restricted of access, hiding what lurks, hangs and excites. Crunchy to say the least, layered to say more and complex to speak the ultimate truth. Magnifique and still twenty years away from the beginning of the end. Drink 2022-2037. Tasted September 2019.
Wine Enthusiast
95 Points
As always with a grand cru from Gevrey-Chambertin, this wine shows immense power. It is dominated by black fruits as well as signs of the 60% wood aging. Behind, the red cherry fruits are developing along with the lively acidity. It needs to age and should not be drunk before 2019
- Red Wine
- Pinot Noir
- Sustainable
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
- 13% alc./vol
About the Winery
Groupe Bellene
Groupe Bellene is composed of the négociant “Maison Roche de Bellene” and the winery “Domaine de Bellene” both located in Beaune. Nicolas Potel grew up at the Volnay Domaine Pousse d'Or, where his father, Gérard, had worked since 1964. Nicolas trained abroad and returned home in 1996, hoping to build a négociant business and that was the start of Maison Nicolas Potel. Potel began sourcing grapes from good parcels, often working with the growers to improve quality. By 2002, he was making 120 wines from 50 different appellations.
Today he runs Maison Roche de Bellene, a micro-négoce that offers a complete range of wines, with an emphasis on individual terroirs from vieilles vignes (old vines - 40 years or older) that are farmed responsibly. All of the growers that Nicolas works with are either organic certified or farming according to the principles of lutte raisonée (sustainable viticulture). This enables Nicolas to consistently produce the expressive, terroir-driven style that is his vision. In addition he owns his own vineyards and bottles these wines under the label Domaine de Bellene. You can also find some special back vintage offerings that Nicolas has sourced from his friends in region, this is labelled under Collection Bellenum.
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91 Points - Michael Godel
Nicolas Potel’s access to pinot noir vineyards 35, 50, 60 and even 80 years of age makes for fruit and experience that are virtually unparalleld in Bouroogne AOC. Cuvée Réserve offers fine perennial drinking with medium-bodied concentration and texture thanks to high density plantings on limestone and marl. Big (600L) barrels do the yeoman work to solidify and qualify this pinot noir as the real and authentic deal regardless of quantities and négoce hi-jinx. It’s all just fun and games with a gift of Bourgogne at a more than fair price. Drink 2021-2025. Tasted April 2021.
- Red Wine
- Pinot Noir
- Sustainable
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
- 13% alc./vol
About the Winery
Groupe Bellene
Groupe Bellene is composed of the négociant “Maison Roche de Bellene” and the winery “Domaine de Bellene” both located in Beaune. Nicolas Potel grew up at the Volnay Domaine Pousse d'Or, where his father, Gérard, had worked since 1964. Nicolas trained abroad and returned home in 1996, hoping to build a négociant business and that was the start of Maison Nicolas Potel. Potel began sourcing grapes from good parcels, often working with the growers to improve quality. By 2002, he was making 120 wines from 50 different appellations.
Today he runs Maison Roche de Bellene, a micro-négoce that offers a complete range of wines, with an emphasis on individual terroirs from vieilles vignes (old vines - 40 years or older) that are farmed responsibly. All of the growers that Nicolas works with are either organic certified or farming according to the principles of lutte raisonée (sustainable viticulture). This enables Nicolas to consistently produce the expressive, terroir-driven style that is his vision. In addition he owns his own vineyards and bottles these wines under the label Domaine de Bellene. You can also find some special back vintage offerings that Nicolas has sourced from his friends in region, this is labelled under Collection Bellenum.
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Wine Spectator
93 Points
A bright, sleek style, displaying violet, cherry and black currant aromas and flavors. Well-structured and balanced, this lingers with smoke and mineral accents. Terrific length. Best from 2019 through 2032. 295 cases made.
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91 Points - John Szabo
Pale, light delicate, tart red fruit-inflected in both the vintage and the village style, this is a pinot in the fine-grained, firm and refined genre, not intended to blow one away, but subtlely draw you in with savour and sapidity. Tannins are light and dusty, supported by an equal measure of acids; it's not a wine for the long term, but will offer a succulent and savoury experience over the next 4-6 years or so I'd say.
- Red Wine
- Pinot Noir
- Sustainable
- Dry
- 750ml
- 13.5% alc./vol
About the Winery
Groupe Bellene
Groupe Bellene is composed of the négociant “Maison Roche de Bellene” and the winery “Domaine de Bellene” both located in Beaune. Nicolas Potel grew up at the Volnay Domaine Pousse d'Or, where his father, Gérard, had worked since 1964. Nicolas trained abroad and returned home in 1996, hoping to build a négociant business and that was the start of Maison Nicolas Potel. Potel began sourcing grapes from good parcels, often working with the growers to improve quality. By 2002, he was making 120 wines from 50 different appellations.
Today he runs Maison Roche de Bellene, a micro-négoce that offers a complete range of wines, with an emphasis on individual terroirs from vieilles vignes (old vines - 40 years or older) that are farmed responsibly. All of the growers that Nicolas works with are either organic certified or farming according to the principles of lutte raisonée (sustainable viticulture). This enables Nicolas to consistently produce the expressive, terroir-driven style that is his vision. In addition he owns his own vineyards and bottles these wines under the label Domaine de Bellene. You can also find some special back vintage offerings that Nicolas has sourced from his friends in region, this is labelled under Collection Bellenum.
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97 Points - David Lawrason
Well this is what every pinot lover wants from pinot - elegance, exuberance, perfect pitch. The nose is very generous, a perfumed quilt of so-fine red cherry, cinnamon, fresh twigs, herbs and spices. With burning leaves and earthy notes as well. It is medium weight, almost ethereal, satiny and exquisitely textured, presenting itself with great purity and alarcity. The length is outstanding. Best 2023 to 2030+. Tasted May 2021
97 Points - John Szabo
A classically supple and elegant, billowing Vosne here from the Suchots 1er cru, the largest in Vosne bordered to the north by the Clos St. Denis grand cru, and the Romanée-Saint Vivant and Richebourg GCs to the south, so in a very fine neighborhood to be sure. Vines planted in 1937 are by now quite ancient, low yielding and in perfect harmony with their physical environs, yielding exceptional wines of tremendous depth and concentration. I love the flowing tannins and succulent, mouth filling dark fruit, punctuated by a seam of iron and earth flavours. It's naturally a long way from prime enjoyment, a solid 6-8 years I'd say before it will begin to give its best. But it will be worth the wait. Tasted May 2021.
96 Points - Sara d'Amato
From Nicolas Potel's estate plantings, the Les Suchots 1er cru plot sits next to the revered La Romané and Saint Vivant covering 21.5 acres of vines that are now 84 years old. Practically brand new, this pinot noir is highly engaging right out of the gate. Its magnanimous disposition unveils a wealth of aromatic character with notes of tender red cherry, wet stone, fresh tobacco leaf and heather. The tannins are deceptively silky at presence revealing their grip on the finish of extraordinary length. As if it generates its own energy from within, this Vosne Romanée pinot noir almost levitates on the palate with an ethereal quality and notable finesse. Best 2022 to 2030. Tasted May 2021.
- Red Wine
- Pinot Noir
- Sustainable
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
- 13.5% alc./vol
About the Winery
Groupe Bellene
Groupe Bellene is composed of the négociant “Maison Roche de Bellene” and the winery “Domaine de Bellene” both located in Beaune. Nicolas Potel grew up at the Volnay Domaine Pousse d'Or, where his father, Gérard, had worked since 1964. Nicolas trained abroad and returned home in 1996, hoping to build a négociant business and that was the start of Maison Nicolas Potel. Potel began sourcing grapes from good parcels, often working with the growers to improve quality. By 2002, he was making 120 wines from 50 different appellations.
Today he runs Maison Roche de Bellene, a micro-négoce that offers a complete range of wines, with an emphasis on individual terroirs from vieilles vignes (old vines - 40 years or older) that are farmed responsibly. All of the growers that Nicolas works with are either organic certified or farming according to the principles of lutte raisonée (sustainable viticulture). This enables Nicolas to consistently produce the expressive, terroir-driven style that is his vision. In addition he owns his own vineyards and bottles these wines under the label Domaine de Bellene. You can also find some special back vintage offerings that Nicolas has sourced from his friends in region, this is labelled under Collection Bellenum.
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94 Points - Sara d'Amato
A generous expression of village level Beaune from the Blanches Fleurs lieu-dit located at the northern border of Beaune close to Savigny les Beaune. Featuring a great deal of power and finesse, this lightly smoky pinot noir is bursting at the seams with black cherry, pomegranate and sweet red pepper. Pink peppercorn and rare meat play a supporting role in the flavour make-up of this engrossing and youthful pinot noir. Notes of rosebud coyly linger on the finish of excellent length. Best 2022-2025. Tasted May 2021.
93 Points - David Lawrason
This nicely captures, the broader, generous and sometimes exuberant feel of Beaune. Lifted aromas include bright sour red cherry fruit (classic pinot), lots of spice, fresh herbs and red rose. There are some earthier elements as well but the fruit is dominant here. It is medium-full bodied, a bit fleshy with some heat and considerable tannin. The length is excellent. Age this a bit - 2023 to 2028. Tasted May 2021
- Mixed Cases
- Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
- Sustainable
- 750ml
About the Winery
Groupe Bellene
Groupe Bellene is composed of the négociant “Maison Roche de Bellene” and the winery “Domaine de Bellene” both located in Beaune. Nicolas Potel grew up at the Volnay Domaine Pousse d'Or, where his father, Gérard, had worked since 1964. Nicolas trained abroad and returned home in 1996, hoping to build a négociant business and that was the start of Maison Nicolas Potel. Potel began sourcing grapes from good parcels, often working with the growers to improve quality. By 2002, he was making 120 wines from 50 different appellations.
Today he runs Maison Roche de Bellene, a micro-négoce that offers a complete range of wines, with an emphasis on individual terroirs from vieilles vignes (old vines - 40 years or older) that are farmed responsibly. All of the growers that Nicolas works with are either organic certified or farming according to the principles of lutte raisonée (sustainable viticulture). This enables Nicolas to consistently produce the expressive, terroir-driven style that is his vision. In addition he owns his own vineyards and bottles these wines under the label Domaine de Bellene. You can also find some special back vintage offerings that Nicolas has sourced from his friends in region, this is labelled under Collection Bellenum.
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Domaine de Bellene Meursault Les Forges 2019 - 96 points by David Lawrason
This is a gorgeous Meursault - so rich, lush yet refined and elegant with a very complex nose of hazelnut/cashew, buttercream biscuit, vanilla custard, toast, far off wood smoke and subtle peachy fruit. The flavours show great focus and excellent to outstanding length, wrapping back around on the finish with hazelnut and butterscotch. There is a touch of tannin and drying minerality on the finish. Tasted May 2021.
Domaine de Bellene Nuits-Saint-Georges Vieilles Vignes 2019 - 94 points by John Szabo, MS
This is a lovely, dense and rich Nuits-Saint-Georges with genuine old vine vinosity and breadth, from vines averaged 70 years old. Length and complexity are terrific, and I love the meaty, rusty iron, earth-forward profile, well beyond dark cherry fruit, in the typical Nuits idiom. The finish reverberates on and on. It's surprisingly delicious now, with tannins broad and abundant but ripe and supple, though of course several more years in the cellar, 3-5 at least are recommended, or hold comfortably into the '30s for a fully mature experience. Quite sharp value, all things considered. Tasted May 2021.
Domaine de Bellene Vosne Romanee Premier Cru Les Suchots 2019 - 97 points by David Lawrason
Well this is what every pinot lover wants from pinot - elegance, exuberance, perfect pitch. The nose is very generous, a perfumed quilt of so-fine red cherry, cinnamon, fresh twigs, herbs and spices. With burning leaves and earthy notes as well. It is medium weight, almost ethereal, satiny and exquisitely textured, presenting itself with great purity and alarcity. The length is outstanding. Best 2023 to 2030+. Tasted May 2021.
- Mixed Cases
- Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
- Sustainable
- 750ml
About the Winery
Groupe Bellene
Groupe Bellene is composed of the négociant “Maison Roche de Bellene” and the winery “Domaine de Bellene” both located in Beaune. Nicolas Potel grew up at the Volnay Domaine Pousse d'Or, where his father, Gérard, had worked since 1964. Nicolas trained abroad and returned home in 1996, hoping to build a négociant business and that was the start of Maison Nicolas Potel. Potel began sourcing grapes from good parcels, often working with the growers to improve quality. By 2002, he was making 120 wines from 50 different appellations.
Today he runs Maison Roche de Bellene, a micro-négoce that offers a complete range of wines, with an emphasis on individual terroirs from vieilles vignes (old vines - 40 years or older) that are farmed responsibly. All of the growers that Nicolas works with are either organic certified or farming according to the principles of lutte raisonée (sustainable viticulture). This enables Nicolas to consistently produce the expressive, terroir-driven style that is his vision. In addition he owns his own vineyards and bottles these wines under the label Domaine de Bellene. You can also find some special back vintage offerings that Nicolas has sourced from his friends in region, this is labelled under Collection Bellenum.
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Domaine de Bellene L'Eclos des Abeilles Coteaux Bourguignons 2019 - 91 points by Sara d'Amato
Richer than expected, this Coteaux Bourguignons expresses the riper character of this vintage but without overt tropical notes. More peach than mango on the palate with a fine oak dusting. Lightly buttery with vibrancy to balance and a long finish. Recommended Tasted May 2021.
Domaine de Bellene Santenay 'Les Charmes Dessus' 2019 - 94 points by Sara d'Amato
An impressively rich Santenay featuring flavours of salted caramel and fresh squeezed lemon. This comforting but also refreshing find has the texture of a Meursault with the pricing of a more humble village appellation. Nervy and opulent at once, featuring excellent length. Widely appealing. Tasted May 2021.
Domaine de Bellene Beaune Blanches Fleurs Village 2019 - 94 points by Sara d'Amato
A generous expression of village level Beaune from the Blanches Fleurs lieu-dit located at the northern border of Beaune close to Savigny les Beaune. Featuring a great deal of power and finesse, this lightly smoky pinot noir is bursting at the seams with black cherry, pomegranate and sweet red pepper. Pink peppercorn and rare meat play a supporting role in the flavour make-up of this engrossing and youthful pinot noir. Notes of rosebud coyly linger on the finish of excellent length. Best 2022-2025. Tasted May 2021.