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The 30-hectare “Les Grèves" vineyard is assuredly one of Beaune’s best-known Premiers Crus. Seen from above, it forms a square block and occupies the entire length of the gentle, east-facing slope. 70 to 80 year old vines.2021. A complex vintage! It is both a winegrower and winemaker’s vintag...

Once again there is an appealing air quality to the pretty blend of mostly red and dark cherry scents that exude a subtle earthiness. The sleek, refined and more generously proportioned, if less concentrated, flavours possess a beguiling texture while retaining good delineation on the youthfully aus...

Full purple, attractively concentrated for this appellation, indeed with very good density. There are still some quite firm tannins behind but the fruit is equal to them., and the acidity is correctly in balance. 89 Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy (2018).

This compellingly lovely wine is among the top wines from Beaune this year, with a deceptively light colour but a bewitching aroma of wild strawberries and roses with hints of cinnamon and clove. As the wine opens on the palate, there is an intense sweetness to the fruit, and yet there is no lack of...

The 2021 Beaune Les Grèves 1er Cru, picked on the first day of picking, has slightly darker fruit than the Clos du Roi, but there is still a sense of delineation and transparency that makes it very alluring. The palate is medium-bodied with dark cherries, bergamot and bay leaf. It's nicely structur...

Mid lemon colour. A little touch of oak, a more generous fruit, soft white orchard fruit, I think this will become more opulent with time, but there is enough acidity behind, and good length. 89-92 Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy.Drinking Window: 2025 - 2027

Mid purple, just slightly reductive, so the wine comes across as a little bit meatier than the Côte de Nuits village wines already tasted. Sound, with some lifted cherry fruit now coming through, with quite a persistent finish, growing in elegance. Drink from 2030-2035.90-92 Jasper Morris MW.This s...

Next to Bouchard’s monopoly Clos St.Landry. 20% new oak.A really expressive, wide nose with a small grain of complexity – aromatically I might guess a Meursault, blind. Hmm, in the mouth that melts beautifully over the palate – complex, some very well integrated barrel - I would guess a good v...

Aromas of raspberries, plums, orange zest and potpourri preface the 2021 Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches, a medium to full-bodied, pillowy and enveloping wine with a pretty core of fruit and powdery stem tannins that assert themselves on the gently structured finish. 90 William Kelley, Wine Advocate...

The 2024 Beaune Les Grèves 1er Cru has a composed, perhaps more precise bouquet than the Clos du Roi, more terroir-driven. The palate is medium-bodied with smooth tannins, well-judged acidity, quite spicy towards the finish that possesses pleasing edginess. Recommended. 91-93 Neal Martin, Vinous (2...

The 2024 Beaune Les Grèves 1er Cru has a composed, perhaps more precise bouquet than the Clos du Roi, more terroir-driven. The palate is medium-bodied with smooth tannins, well-judged acidity, quite spicy towards the finish that possesses pleasing edginess. Recommended. 91-93 Neal Martin, Vinous (2...

The 2021 Beaune Les Grèves 1er Cru, picked on the first day of picking, has slightly darker fruit than the Clos du Roi, but there is still a sense of delineation and transparency that makes it very alluring. The palate is medium-bodied with dark cherries, bergamot and bay leaf. It's nicely structur...

An even purple, not the deepest in the cellar. This is youthful, more backward than the others. A mix of red and black fruit with some useful points of acidity, a crunchier style of wine, still with the hallmark François Frères oak. More structure here than the preceding wines in the range. Anothe...

An even purple, not the deepest in the cellar. This is youthful, more backward than the others. A mix of red and black fruit with some useful points of acidity, a crunchier style of wine, still with the hallmark François Frères oak. More structure here than the preceding wines in the range. Anothe...

The 2022 Beaune Les Grèves ler Cru has a little more delineation and Pinoté on the nose than the Clos de Roi. There is a slight earthiness at play here. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and good tension. More mineralité is at play with a vivid, quite structured finish. This is a supe...

Medium ruby with violet rim. Rose petals, violet nose. Cool black fruit, with subtle brambly notes. Smoky, spicy, meaty on the palate. A touch of peppery notes there too. Spicy on the long finish with a slight, but pleasant bitter lift.Katharine Maude 11/04/2025.The 2023 Beaune Clos des Mouches 1er...

A selection from 3 plots situated in a west-facing combe on the slope above Beaune Les Arvaux.Mid crimson purple, a little bit riper on the nose. Slightly raw raspberry with a peppery note behind. Some fruit density here, extends quite well at the finish. In bottle. Drink from 2028-2031. Tasted Dec...