Next tasting - Friday 14th August

Committee tasting

Our next Grand Union Wine Society tasting, on August 14th at 7:45pm, will be a presentation by members of the committee of wines that they have especially enjoyed. Recognising that this is our 40th anniversary year, a higher budget than usual has been adopted for the wines, allowing for some top examples to be presented. The final wine will actually be 40 years old. This should be a great tasting, and I hope to see you there. 

This tasting will follow our AGM, which I hope we can deal with quickly. We will aim to get the first wine in your glass before the AGM starts.

Documents for the AGM will be sent one week before the meeting.

What we tasted in July 2026

Domaine Chanson (Burgundy) from Mentzendorff - Enguerrand Leonetti and Dan Ruell

Web: https://www.domaine-chanson.com/en/

Web: https://mentzendorff.co.uk

On the 2nd of July we felt very privileged to have presenting to us Enguerrand Leonetti from Domaine Chanson in Burgundy and Dan Ruell from the suppliers Mentzendorff. Domaine Chanson are producer-négociants with vineyards in the Côte Chalonnaise and the Côte de Beaune. They always have a substantial presence at the Mentzendorff spring tastings in London; some of our committe were were able to make a selection there for this presentation.

We tasted four white and four red wines, from relatively entry level to some of the finest wines available. Even the early wines in the tasting were highly impressive, with substantial intensity and length. The Premier Cru wines were nevertheless very clearly a large step up in quality, with the white wines getting richer and the reds becoming finer and finer. This was a fairly expensive tasting for us, reflecting the small areas of production and the huge demand that these wines find. Even so, the quality of the wines was quite outstanding. It was a wonderful event, enjoyed by all who were there.

The wines tasted were:

1. Domaine Chanson, Bourgogne blanc, 2023. Burgundy, France. Chardonnay

2. Domaine Chanson, Mercurey blanc, 2023. Burgundy, France. Chardonnay

3. Domaine Chanson, Savigny-lès-Beaune Premier Cru, Les Hauts Marconnets, 2022. Burgundy, France. Chardonnay

4. Domaine Chanson, Beaune, Clos des Mouches Premier Cru, 2018. Burgundy, France. Chardonnay

5. Domaine Chanson, Mercurey rouge, 2022. Burgundy, France. Pinot Noir

6. Domaine Chanson, Pernand-Vergelesses Les Vergelesses Premier Cru, 2018. Burgundy, France. Pinot Noir

7. Domaine Chanson, Beaune Clos des Mouches Premier Cru, 2017. Burgundy, France. Pinot Noir

8. Domaine Chanson, Beaune Clos de Fèves Premier Cru, 2019. Burgundy, France. Pinot Noir

   
   

   

   

   Our presenters: Enguerrand Leonetti from Domaine Chanson and Dan Ruell from Mentzendorff

Next tasting - Friday 2nd July

Domaine Chanson/Mentzendorff - Enguerrand Leonetti & Dan Ruell

Web: https://www.domaine-chanson.com/en/

Web: https://mentzendorff.co.uk/

Hi everyone

This month the Grand Union Wine Society has a truly spectacular tasting for you.

On Thursday July 2nd, Enguerrand Leonetti from Domaine Chanson in the Côte de Beaune in Burgundy will be showing a selection of their wines. 

Please note the non-standard day and date of this tasting, dictated by Enguerrand’s availability. 

The wines are supplied to us by Mentzendorff, at their usual very generous price discount. Mentzendorff will be represented at the tasting by regional manager, Dan Ruell.

The wines to be tasted span a wide range of price points, and include a good number of premier cru Clos wines with a fair bit of age. They were selected by some of our committee who were able to attend the Mentzendorff Spring Tasting in London this year. 

I believe that this will be an exceptional tasting for us, providing a rare opportunity to experience some of the world’s most in-demand wines from Burgundy. Having Enguerrand with us to share intimate knowledge of the Domaine and its wines will be a real treat.

I urge you not to miss this unusual opportunity, and indeed to bring along your friends too.