Domaine Koji et Jae Hwa 2023 BJ Anniversary 5Bts Prestige B Set

Five rare bottles centred on Domaine Koji et Jae Hwa's "1908" Aligoté — from vines planted in the year of its name. Joined by Élise Dechannes' Bistrotage Rosé Affinage Prolongé and Françoise² Champagnes, and the same two Clos Rougeard 2015 single-vineyards.

The centre of this volume is one of the rarest wines in modern Burgundy: an Aligoté made from vines planted in 1908. Century-old Aligoté is virtually unheard of; the few growers who have such old plantings rarely vinify them as a single-cuvée bottling. Koji and Jae Hwa do — and at extremely low yields — producing a wine that is far from the lemony, light Aligoté most drinkers know, and instead a concentrated, oak-aged white that has become an allocation bottle in its own right.

Set Contents (5 bottles)

Élise Dechannes Champagne "Bistrotage Affinage Prolongé" Rosé NV

A rosé Champagne from the Aube grower whose Bistrotage range has become a cult bottle in Tokyo's natural-wine circles. "Affinage Prolongé" denotes extended ageing on lees, which gives this rosé an autolytic depth and savoury complexity that distances it from most pink Champagne. Pinot Noir-led, very low dosage, biodynamically farmed.

Élise Dechannes Champagne "Françoise²" NV

The estate's prestige cuvée — a single-vineyard, single-vintage expression of Pinot Noir-led Champagne released in tiny allocations. Quietly worshipped by Tokyo sommeliers; rarely seen outside specialist hands.

Domaine Koji et Jae Hwa Bourgogne Aligoté "1908" 2023

Estate-grown from vines planted in 1908, making them over 115 years old. Century-old Aligoté is virtually unheard of in Burgundy, and the concentration that these ancient vines deliver allows Koji and Jae Hwa to ferment in 100% new oak with indigenous yeast — yet the oak is barely perceptible against the wine's intrinsic density. Approximately 600 bottles produced annually. An allocation-only wine that demonstrates Aligoté is capable of every bit as much seriousness as Chardonnay.

Clos Rougeard Saumur-Champigny "Le Bourg" 2015

The Foucault-era flagship from one of France's most celebrated red-wine estates. Old-vines Cabernet Franc on tuffeau, vinified with patience and minimal intervention. 2015 is among the final vintages of the Foucault family era, and one of the great Loire vintages of the decade. Drinks gloriously now; will continue to evolve for two-plus decades.

Clos Rougeard Saumur-Champigny "Les Poyeux" 2015

The lyrical companion single-vineyard to Le Bourg. Aromatic, lifted, built on finesse. The definitive pairing of what Cabernet Franc can achieve in the Loire.

Five bottles. A grower rosé Champagne, a prestige Pinot-led Champagne, the most extraordinary Aligoté in modern Burgundy, and the two single-vineyards that made Clos Rougeard among the world's great red-wine houses.