Beaune

Super nose and attack. Very charming sweep of red fruits and floral notes. Delicious but more serious a tad tighter without being too hefty - just a bit leaner for now - will open and be a real charmer. Planted in 1983.

Very Beaune, with nothing to excess, but a beautiful balance of all the elements, fresh and full.

30% whole bunch. Like the Clos des Mouches, this is caressing in texture, but with a more emphatic fruit and structure too, all quite closed and restrained. The tannin is fine but very present, but the fruit is it's equa...(read more)

(Cask Sample) This is from gravelly soil. On the nose there is real focus to the firm and dark fruit. In the mouth you can really get a sense of the stony soil here. Poised and almost lean black cherry leads the fruit pr...(read more)