Saumaize Mixed Case

A 2026 Wine Champion, this is a ‘fine, unoaked, beautifully balanced and understated’ white Burgundy from a cool spot in a ripe year. This combination brings a ‘really complete wine that doesn’t leave any boxes unticked’, with baked-apple flavours, good structure and a delightful hint of honey.

Formerly known as Sur La Roche, this is bright, ripe yet fresh Pouilly-Fuissé. its a cool site situated at an altitude of over 400m It is barrel fermented and matured but the oak remains in the background allowing the fruit to shine.

This is a paradoxical wine like its name, Courtelongs, which is an oxymoron. Today, post global warming, a north-facing vineyard such as Courtelongs in the cool, high altitude village Vergisson produces a taut, tense and fine. 40 years ago it may have struggled to ripen. Today it is Saumaize's best wine.

A well-sited vineyard in the commune of Solutré, planted on a very rocky limestone soil planted in the 1950s. Taut firm and mineral. fine and elegant flavour.

A ripe yet fresh white Burgundy from limestone soil (cras is a derivation of crai meaning limestone or chalk). Saumaize practise low yields and the house style is characterised by bright wines with floral aromas and appley palates.

Two vineyards are assembled in this wine, the cooler and higher En Creches vineyard, which contributes freshness, grip and length, and the warmer Côte Rotie vineyard which is riper and fuller and fills out the mid-palate.