2021, Domaine Tollot-Beaut, BEAUNE, 1er Cru, 'Grèves'The 2021 Beaune Les Grves 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 structured with a bit of sinew on the finish. This is very promising. 91 93 Neal Martin, Vinous. Drinking Window: 2025 2036

This is a successful wine with balance

A wonderful wine that makes you really think about how it’s going to evolve

92/100 Stephen Brook

cassis and violet-scented bouquet that shows a little more precision than the Village Cru

Deep garnet in colour

the sauvage and a whiff of smoke

27 kg/vine) delivering lively and exuberant wines

The medium weight flavours are at once rich yet reasonably precise and more mineral-driven before culminating in a muscular and solidly complex if firmly structured and youthfully austere finale

beginning with vibrant

the tannins massy

musuclar and hold things firmly in place

The medium to full-bodied palate is an exercise in elegance