For instance, the village cuvees are exactly some of the best I’ve tasted in my career. As for Charles van Canne himself, he is simply an exemplary winemaker, evenly successful with his wines and farm grapes. Charles worked for his reputation for a long time, and now it works for him — the best vineyards are at his service: Chambertin, Chambertin Clos de Beze, Chevalier Montrachet and many other status Grands and Premiers Crus. Naturally, the distribution of these wines is microscopic not exceeding four barrels in harvest years; therefore, all these cuves are, in reality, terra incognita, they are inaccessible to the enormous majority of critics, to say nothing of the general public. Another touch: van Canne never duplicates masterpieces from Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat — in his solo project, there are only appellations outside of his native household. On the whole, Charles is very accurate with the merits of his grandfather and clearly shares his efforts: "I never get into one pocket to fill another. Everything I do at Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat is for my grandfather to whom I owe everything. And the merchant business is for itself." Like many other new owners, Charles completely trusts his cultivators, buying from them pressed white grapes or red ones that have begun to ferment. Exposure takes place under the personal control of Charles, who considers this part of vinification the most important. He works in the cellar himself, driven by only one goal — to guarantee the cleanliness and fidelity to the terroir, which identifies Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat. Vinification takes place in keeping with the principles of the domain: attention to detail, careful extraction, judicious use of oak, emphasis on clearness and depth of aromas, in a word, everything that Van Canne calls ‘the classic style'. The red wines are aged for a year and a half, the whites a little less, for Premiers and Grands Crus no more than 15% of new barrels are used, which assures a very gentle presence of oak. An interesting fact: at the dawn of the micronegociant project, Charles was supported by a businessman of Swedish origin Johan Björklund, the owner of the famous throughout France Hôtel de Beaune and its wine cellar. Johan noted the exceptional gastronomy of van Kanne’s wines, which are prominently displayed on the map of the hotel restaurant. And finally, a little gossip: Charles recently married a relative of the famous Louis Jadot, which promises new joint projects and expansion of the vineyard area in the future.