21/04/2026
A few years back I was at Wine Paris, the big French wine fair, sniffing around for quality white Burgundy.
My nose 👃 led me to the area of the Groupe des Jeunes Professionnels de la Vigne, or the young winemakers of Burgundy. Mylène and Benoit of are members, so I thought there’d be further talent to discover here.
One sniff of this wine and I knew I’d found The One. A flinty, nutty, citrusy nose, followed by a broad, textured and complex palate - this is premium white Burgundy heaven 😋
Julien Gros is a bit of an outlier in Savigny-Lès-Beaune, a village much better known for its reds. 80% of Julien’s production is white wine, and being the tenth generation in his family to make wine, it’s fair to say that he knows what he’s doing at this point ✅
It’s from a small, south-facing vineyard on clay-limestone soil called Clos du Village. Even better, the vineyard is a ‘Monopole’, which is the rarest of rare things in Burgundy - a whole enclosed plot owned by a single producer 🦄
The wine is aged for 14 months in 50% new oak barrels, and this combination of ripeness, minerality from the soil, and influence from the oak, makes it a full-flavoured, opulent Chardonnay, full of elegance and complexity.
This is a gem of a wine from a young prodigy in Burgundy, and a complete steal at the price! 📈🍷
