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2011 Beaune, Les Bressandes, 1er Cru, Domaine des Croix, Burgundy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Ready, but will improve
Allen Meadows
89-91/100
Jancis Robinson MW
16/20
Product: 20111131732
2011 Beaune, Les Bressandes, 1er Cru, Domaine des Croix, Burgundy

Description

There is lots of energy here, with very good length and a sensual side to it. David has managed to refine the slightly firm tannins that this wine sometimes used to have and the result is impressive this year. I suggest that you buy this wine if you like the sensual touch, or the Grèves if you prefer more structure.
Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2011
Alcohol % 12.5
Maturity Ready, but will improve
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Domaine des Croix

Critics reviews

Allen Meadows 89-91/100
A highly perfumed if distinctly cool nose of extract of both red and blue pinot fruit also displays notes of plum and violet. There is a seductively textured character to the medium-bodied flavors that possess a lovely sense of refinement plus a touch of minerality on the balanced, linear and slightly austere finish. This seems to possess a bit more phenolic maturity than the prior wines and the supporting tannins, while firm, are less compact. Alan Meaoows - burghound_com - Apr-2013
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (Apr 2013)
Jancis Robinson MW 16/20
Sweet and round but a bit coarse in terms of fruit quality. Lots to chew on – possibly a tad over extracted? jancis_robinson_mw MW - JancisRobinson.com - Jan 2013
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2013)

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
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Domaine des Croix

The former Domaine Duchet in Beaune has been bought by American Roger Forbes and his co-investors, and entrusted to the care of David Croix, the gifted winemaker for Camille Giroud. David, the emerging talent of the year according to Bourgogne Aujourd'hui magazine (issue no. 73) is in complete charge at the domaine, which has been renamed Domaine des Croix. The first vintage, 2005, comprised Corton-Charlemagne, Bourgogne Rouge, Beaune and various Beaune premiers crus from Pertuisots, Cent Vignes, Bressandes and Grèves. The vineyards have been farmed organically since 2008. From 2009 there will be Aloxe-Corton and Corton Grèves. Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director and author of the award-winning Inside Burgundy comprehensive handbook.
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