Beaune, Grèves, 1er Cru, 2021
Quite reserved initially though there's clearly some real complexity here. As it flows across the palate there's a sense of nobility as briary flavours join the dark and red fruit. There’s real presence here, the rocky calcaire soils apparent in the fine ground minerals at its core. Bay and wild hedgerow fruits on the finish. Calm, long and assured. An emblematic Tollot Beaut wine, a parcel first bought by Nathalie and Paul Tollot’s great, great grandfather. The current vines were planted in 1968.
critic reviews
The 2021 Beaune Grèves 1er Cru has a perfumed and floral nose, perhaps a little more "worked" than its peers, but there is plenty of clean and fresh black cherry and raspberry fruit to savour under a veneer of reduction. Returning to my glass after ten minutes, it has closed up and become more monotone because of that aforementioned reduction. The palate is medium-bodied with wild strawberry and raspberry notes. There is a little more grip and density here, with touches of sour cherry, bergamot, white tea and bay leaf on the finish that does attenuate. Not bad overall - I would give this another 12 to 18 months in bottle. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.