Berrys discount burgundies

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Written by
Jancis Robinson
7 Jul 2014
Berrys discount burgundies
In the wake of the third terrible hailstorm in Burgundy in three years, and the remorseless
upward spiral of burgundy prices (hotly discussed in this thread in our Members' forum),
burgundy price reductions were the last thing I expected.
But London wine merchants Berry Bros are starting a big burgundy sale today. They're dressing
it up as a festival by calling it (surely ungrammatically?) their Fête de le Bourgogne (now
corrected to 'la'), but basically it's a sell-off. Perhaps their Burgundy-based buyer Jasper Morris
MW (author of the excellent book Inside Burgundy published by Berrys in 2010 and pictured
here) may have been encouraged to overstock.
Berrys' wine-buying director Mark Pardoe MW explains it thus: 'The majority of our activity with
Burgundy is now based around our Grand Burgundy Offer in January each year. Customers'
focus then is naturally more on the top end of the new releases from one new vintage, and
many delicious wines from new producers or less fashionable appellations slip under the radar.
This is an opportunity to put them under the spotlight with less competition from their more
renowned peers. Furthermore, with so much activity in January, we thought it would be good to
adjust the emphasis and give Burgundy a little time in the sun at another time of year.'
Fair enough. The highlights of the sale are:
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Up to 40% off
No cases less than 20% off
Discounts of up to £588 per case
These discounts are available only on cases (which contain 3, 6 or 12 bottles, depending on the
wine). The sale ends at midnight on Thursday 31 July and is offered only online.
I've tried to make sense of the information I was given on the wines available below. 'VV' of
course stands for Vieilles Vignes. Below are listed the wine names as far as I can make out, the
number of bottles in each case, the full price per bottle and then the new discounted price,
although there are one or two oddities which are presumably explained on Berrys website.
WHITES
Olivier Merlin
2010 Pouilly-Fuissé, Terroir de Fuissé, Olivier Merlin
6
£27
£20
2010 Pouilly-Fuissé 'Terroir de Vergisson', Olivier Merlin
6
£27
£20
2009 Pouilly-Fuissé ' Clos des Quarts', Olivier Merlin
6
£54
£38
2010 Puligny-Montrachet, Sous Le Puits 1er Cru, Olivier Merlin
6
£49
£34
2009 St.Véran, Le Grand Bussière, Olivier Merlin
6
£26.95
£20
2010 Chassagne-Montrachet, Boudriotte, 1er Cru, Jean-Claude
Bachelet
12
£57.50
£39
2009 Puligny-Montrachet, Domaine Jean-Claude Bachelet
12
£44
£31
6
£72
£49
J C Bachelet
Dom de la Vougeraie
2009 Clos Blanc de Vougeot, 1er Cru, Domaine de la Vougeraie
2009 Clos Blanc de Vougeot, 1er Cru, Domaine de la Vougeraie
(mag)
3
£145
£97
6
£52
£36
2010 St Romain Blanc, Vieilles Vignes Domaine de Bellene
6
£22.50
£17
2011 St Romain Blanc, Vieilles Vignes Domaine de Bellene
6
£22
£17
2009 Meursault, Clos du Cromin, Domaine Patrick Javillier
12
£42.50
£30
2010 Meursault, Cuvée Les Clousots, Domaine Patrick Javillier
12
£47.50
£33
2010 Chassagne-Montrachet, Vielles Vignes, Maison Roche de
Bellene
12
£34
£25
2010 Meursault, Les Chevalières, Maison Roche de Bellene
12
£34
£25
2009 Puligny Montrachet, Les Chalumeaux 1er Cru, Maison
Roche de Bellene
12
£49
£36
2010 Puligny Montrachet, Les Chalumeaux 1er Cru, Maison
Roche de Bellene
6
£49.95
£36
2010 Chassagne-Montrachet, Macherelles 1er cru, Jean-Yves
Devevey
12
£45
£32
2010 Meursault Les Vireuils, Jean-Yves Devevey
12
£35
£25
12
£22.50
£18
6
£49
£37
Camille Giroud
2010 Chassagne-Montrachet, Verger, 1er Cru, Camille Giroud
Dom de Bellene
Patrick Javillier
Maison Roche de Bellene
Devevey
Heritiers Lafon
2010 Mâcon-Chardonnay, Clos de la Crochette, Héritiers du
Comte Lafon
J-N Gagnard
2009 Chassagne-Montrachet, Clos de la Maltroye 1er Cru, JeanNoël Gagnard
2008 Chassagne-Montrachet, Morgeot, 1er Cru, Domaine JeanNoel Gagnard
12
£59
£41
2
£32.50
£24
2009 Chassagne-Montrachet, Ch. de Puligny-Montrachet
12
£43.50
£30
2009 Puligny-Montrachet, Ch. de Puligny-Montrachet
12
£47.50
£33
2010 St Aubin, Les Remilly, 1er Cru, Ch. de Puligny-Montrachet
12
£35
£25
2009 Puligny-Montrachet, Chalumeaux, Ch. de PulignyMontrachet
12
£59.95
£40
2009 Puligny-Montrachet, Les Folatières, 1er Cru, Ch. de
Puligny-Montrachet
12
£75
£50
2009 Puligny-Montrachet, Ch. de Puligny-Montrachet
12
£47.50
£32
2009 Puligny-Montrachet, Ch. de Puligny-Montrachet (mag)
6
£100
£67
2010 St Aubin, Les Remilly, 1er Cru, Ch. de Puligny-Montrachet
12
£35
£25
2010 St Romain, Les Sous Roches, Ch. de Puligny-Montrachet
12
£27
£20
12
£28.50
£21
12
£29
£21
2008 Beaune Grèves, 1er cru, Domaine de Bellene
6
£39
£26
2009 Nuits-St Georges, Chaignots, 1er Cru, Domaine de Bellene
6
£69
£49
2009 Nuits-St Georges, Vieilles Vignes, Domaine de Bellene
6
£39.95
£29
2008 Savigny les Beaune Hauts Jarrons 1er Cru, Domaine de
Bellene
6
£29.95
£22
Loichet
2010 Meursault, Sylvain Loichet
Ch de Puligny-Montrachet
Bret Bros
2010 Pouilly-Fuissé, En Carementrant, Bret Bros
REDS
Louis Jadot
2009 Pernand-Vergelesses, Croix de Pierre, 1er Cru, Louis Jadot
Dom de Bellene
2009 Savigny les Beaune Hauts Jarrons 1er Cru, Domaine de
Bellene
6
£35
£27
2008 Savigny les Beaune Vieilles Vignes, Domaine de Bellene
6
£22.50
£18
2009 Savigny les Beaune Vieilles Vignes, Domaine de Bellene
6
£25.95
£20
2009 Santenay, Clos des Mouches, 1er Cru, David Moreau
12
£35
£24
2009 Santenay, Clos Rousseau, 1er Cru, David Moreau
12
£29.95
£21
2009 Santenay, Cuvée S, David Moreau
12
£22.50
£17
12
£36.50
£26
2009 Gevrey-Chambertin, Combottes, 1er Cru, Maison Roche de
Bellene
6
£57.50
£39
2009 Volnay, Clos des Chênes, 1er Cru, Maison Roche de
Bellene
12
£39.50
£28
2008 Volnay, Réserve Spéciale, Maison Roche de Bellene
12
£29.95
£23
2008 Vosne-Romanée, Les Malconsorts, 1er Cru, Maison Roche
de Bellene
6
£85
£56
6
£54
£37
12
£39.95
£28
2008 Clos de Vougeot, Grand Cru Sylvain Loichet
6
£90
£61
2009 Clos de Vougeot, Grand Cru Sylvain Loichet
6
£95
£65
D Moreau
Joliet
2008 Fixin, Clos de la Perrière, Domaine Joliet
Roche de Bellene
Liger-Belair
2010 Aloxe Corton, La Toppe au Vert, Domaine Thibault LigerBelair
Dom des Croix
2010 Beaune, Bressandes, 1er Cru, Domaine des Croix
Loichet
Ch de Puligny-Montrachet
2009 Nuits-St Georges, Clos des Grandes Vignes, 1er Cru, Ch.
de Puligny
12
£55
£37
2009 Nuits-St Georges, Clos des Grandes Vignes, 1er Cru, Ch.
de Puligny (mag)
6
£110
£74