Top value white Burgundy 2016

The Clos is excellent this year, opening in the glass with aromas of confit citrus, Meyer lemon, wet stones and a smoky framing of light reduction. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, concentrated and powerful - the most powerful of Michel’s grand cru bottlings - with intense, chalky minerality, superb depth, tensile acids and a long, vibrant finish.

The Vaulorent is a superb achievement in this challenging year, opening in the glass with notes of citrus pith, peach pit, smoke and orange peel. It's a full-bodied, complete wine with serious concentration and extract, and lovely cut. A lovely rendition of this excellent premier cru which touches the grand cru climat Preuses.

From vines planted in the 1960s, the Sous Fretille opens in the glass with a reserved nose of green orchard fruit, struck match and chalky soil tones. It is glossy, concentrated and mineral, with good cut and grip, and demands a few years in the cellar to reveal all its potential.

Guillaume Gicqueau-Michel produced 70% less Chablis AOC in 2016 than usual, so this will not be an easy wine to track down. Aromas of citrus zest, white flowers and salty soil tones precede a medium-full, elegantly textural wine with nice depth and tension, and a classily mineral finish. Recommended.

More lifted than the straight Rully villages, the Maizières displays aromas of citrus pith and fragrant peach on the nose. The wine is sun-kissed and open knit on the palate, full-bodied and glossy, but brighter and racier than the regular Rully.

This is a very classic rendition of its appellation this year, offering up notes of confit citrus and yellow orchard fruit on the nose. It's a glossy, medium-full wine with real grip, cut and substance.