2020 Guilhem & J-Hugues Goisot Bourgogne Cotes d’Auxerre La Ronce Rouge, Burgundy

Beautiful density to the colour, with a serious depth of rich raspberry fruit. I can see why this comes last in the line-up. Not sucrosity but an unctuous texture to the fruit which is lovely. A huge amount at the back of the palate, with good tannins to finish. 

90 points Jasper Morris MW Inside Burgundy

Hmm – that’s broad and freshly perfumed – no overt greens here. Direct, fluid, mouth-watering with flavour complexity. Then a burst – a firework of finishing flavour – bravo!

Bill Nanson Burgundy Report

Biodynamic. Single-vineyard Pinot Noir. Replanted some twenty years ago to 12,000 vines per hectare, La Ronce was established with low-yielding, massale selection vines specifically chosen to suit the site’s warm microclimate. Each vine naturally yields only 2-4 bunches —about half to a third of what you would expect of a well-managed Grand Cru site in the Côte d’Or! Unlike Les Mazelots in Irancy, La Ronce is on white clay soils rich in fossils. This soil gifts a more seductive, sweet-fruited, ‘Beaunois’ style of Pinot than the Mazelots’ more mineral, structured persona.