Conducted September 2005
Producer	Commenced	Preferred Tonnelier	Type	Size in litres	Age	Toasting	Duration in oak	Cuvées made using oak (100% unless stated otherwise)	UK Agent	Special notes
Billecart-Salmon	1994	N/A	Allier	225	7 years	Medium	N/A	Clos Saint Hilaire	Billecart-Salmon (UK) Ltd	First commercial release 1995 vintage
Franck Bonville	1997	Damy	Allier, Vosges	225	3-6 years	Medium	8-12 months	Cuvée Les Belles Voyes	Seeking representation
Paul Déthune	1982	N/A	Champagne & Bourgogne	205, 228, 2,700 & 3,200	N/A	"chauffe authentique"	7 months	Blanc de Noirs, Cuvée à l'Ancienne, Cuvée Princesse des Thunes, Millésimes	The Champagne and Wine Cellar	205 & 228 for Blanc de Noirs and Cuvée à l'Ancienne, Foudres for Cuvée Princesse des Thunes, Millésimes
Drappier	1990	Vicard	Allier, Tronçais	5,000	New in 2002 and 2003	Medium	8-24 months	Millésime Exception (40%), Grande Sendrée (35%)	Anthony Byrne	Started out with 228 litres barriques from Chassagne Montrachet, but now convinced that foudres are superior for Champagne
J. Dumangin	1999	Damy,Gillet, Seguin Moreau	Bourgogne	225 & 228	3-4 years	N/A	12 months	TBA	Yapp Bros	Also uses for dosage liquer wine
Nicolas Feuillatte	1995	N/A	Bourgogne	225	"ripe" (used)	Medium	6 months	Cuvée 225 (60%)	Thierry's Wine Services, Bibendum	Launched in 2005, oak-fermented
Veuve Fourny & Fils	1990	N/A	Tronçais	225	New and 4 years	Light	12 months	La Cuvée du Clos du Faubourg Notre-Dame, La Cuvée R	Thorman Hunt	La Cuvée du Clos du Faubourg Notre-Dame in 4 year old oak, La Cuvée R in new oak
Gardet	1895	Sequin Moreau, Taransaud	Bourgogne	2,500 & 4,000	6-60+ years	6-8 hours	12-24 years	Cuvée Foudres (100%), Brut Spécial (20%+)	Michael Peace MW	Ageing only; half the foudres 60+ years
Philippe Gonet	2001	Damy	Bourgogne	600	One-third new	Light	6 months	Cuvée Roy Soleil	Pimlico Dozen	A preview sample showed excellent finesse and potential for ageing.
Gosset	1584	N/A	Bourgogne	205, 230	2-3 years when purchased	Medium	2 months	Grande Réserve	Peter McKinley	Oak never shows in the classic, age-worthy Grande Réserve.
Alfred Gratien	1864	Damy, Seguin Moreau, Mercurey etc.	Allier	228	15 years (average)	None	6 months	Entire range	Morris, Field & Verdin	Experimenting with 300 litre casks made from local champenois forests.
Janisson Baradon	1997	Dargaud et Jaegle	Allier	205	3-5 years (Toulettes), 5-10 years (Brut Selection)	Light	6-12 months	Brut Sélection (30%), Vieilles Vignes Toulette (100%)	Magnum House	Neither wines show overt oakiness, and the Brut Sélection works well, but the 2000 vintage of Vieilles Vignes from lieu-dit Toulette was spoilt by excessive volatility.
P. Lancelot-Royer	1975	N/A	N/A	2,000, 2,800 & 3,000	30 years, 50 years & 80+ years	N/A	12 months	Cuvée de Réserve RR (35%), Cuvée des Chevaliers (35%)	Seeking representation	Very old oak.
R.C. Lemaire	1993	Damy,Gillet, Seguin Moreau	Bourgogne	225	1-8 years	N/A	12 months	Entire range	Ernst George	Very successful
De Meric	1998	Vicard (foudres)	Bourgogne (barriques)	205 & foudres	4-5 years (barriques)	N/A	8 months	Grand Réserve sous Bois, Blanc de Blancs sous Bois	Seeking representation	Both use 50/50 barriques/foudres
Mailly	1991	Bertommieux, Saury	Tronçais	225	1-2 years when purchased	Medium	For the fermentation and malolactic	NV Brut (5%)	Richmond Wine Agencies	A subtle touch from a progressive, terroir-driven cooperative
Bruno Paillard	1986	Mercier, Millet, Nadalie, Seguin Moreau	Allier	205	2 years old when purchased	Light-to-medium	8-9 months	NPU Nec Plus Ultra, Brut Premier (14-15%)	Bibendum	Not fermented in oak for Brut Premier, just aged.
Phipponnat	Always for Clos des Goisses, since 2000 for other cuvées	Damy	Bourgogne	228	5 years (average)	Light	6-12 months	Clos des Goisses (50%), rest of the range (25%)	Fortitude Wines	Clos des Goisses is a classic, the oak seldom noticed. The increasing use of oak for vins de réserve is only just beginning repay the considerable investment involved in building and stocking a barrel room.
Taittinger	1998 (pièces), 2002 (foudres)	Seguin Moreau, François Frères	Tronçais, Centre de France	205, 4,000	0-4 years when purchased	Medium	4 months (pièces), 7 months (foudres)	Comtes de Champagne (5-7% pièces), Cuvée les Folies (15-20% foudres)	Hatch Mansfield	Cuvée les Folies (from La Marqueterie's famed interplanted vineyard) launched in 2005
Voiren-Jumel	1997	François Frères	Allier	215	10 years when purchased	Medium	4-6 months	Cuvée 555	Seeking representation	Surprisingly sccessful.