Joseph Drouhin

Beaune, Clos des Mouches, 1er Cru, Rouge, 2019

Name: Beaune, Clos des Mouches, 1er Cru, Rouge
Brand: Joseph Drouhin
Price: 550.33 GBP

93/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

92-94/100

Vinous

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2019
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£550.33

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

An intensely aromatic and lifted nose. The palate demonstrates slicker, darker and richer fruit - smooth, dark berries with a hit of liquorice and sweet spice. More concentrated and darker than Drouhin's Beaune Greves. Long, deep and svelte with a complex smokiness and rich fruit. The Drouhin flagship vineyard, half of which is planted to Chardonnay and half to Pinot Noir. Situated mid-slope with a fine east and south east exposure, producing intense, spicy, round wines. Ageing is for 15 months in 25% new oak barrels.

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Critic Reviews

93/100

William Kelley,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2019 Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches (Domaine) is very pretty, wafting from the glass with aromas of raspberries, cherries, peonies and orange rind that are more red-fruity and ethereal than I remember from barrel. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and enveloping, it's sumptuous and elegant, with melting tannins, succulent acids and an expansive finish. Readers might think of the 2019 as a slightly richer, riper version of the lovely 2017.

drinking window 2023 - 2050

date of review 09/2021

92-94/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2019 Beaune Clos des Mouches 1er Cru (Rouge) contains 30% whole cluster. Dark berry fruit commingles with wet clay and light minty aromas. The palate is well balanced with a silky texture, a little "fatter" than the Beaune Grèves, with hints of licorice toward the persistent and very saline finish. This deserves four to five years in bottle, but it has a long, prosperous future ahead.

drinking window 2023 - 2040

date of review 12/2020

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