Beaune Grèves, Les Trois Journaux, 1er Cru, 2019

Spiced black and red fruits are gripped by fortifying but velvety tannins while notes of sap and spice give the brooding and concentrated dark fruit some dimension. An impressive Beaune but one to tuck away and afford time to. Troix journaux refers to the old measurement for the amount of land one horse could work in a day, equating to 0.33ha. This is a spectacular parcel of 0.99 ha in the upper part of Beaune Greves, the poor soil here gives wines of incredible finesse and delicacy.