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

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Ready, but will improve
Neal Martin MW
90/100
Jancis Robinson MW
16+/20
Product: 20118025465
2011 Beaune, Les Grèves, 1er Cru, Domaine des Croix, Burgundy

Description

Many people rate this as the finest Premier Cru in Beaune and it is easy to understand why. Brilliant fruit jumps from the glass to the nose and demonstrates the exceptional class of this terroir. With significant structure behind, beautiful fruit returns at the finish. It is clearly a wine to wait for.
Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director David Croix has made some very striking wines in 2011. The vineyards have been improving under his care and to begin with, yields dropped as the vines acclimatised to the new regime but now they are where they should be. In the cellar, there is less intervention in the winemaking now, with shorter periods in vat and noticeably gentler extraction. A few more stems are added these days and new wood is used on around 15 to 20% of the wine. David started picking on Monday 30th August.
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

Neal Martin MW 90/100
Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2011 horizontal tasting in Beaune. The Beaune 1er Cru Grves 2011 has a cohesive bouquet with crisp, pastille-like red fruit: redcurrant, crushed strawberry and a touch of peppermint. The palate is medium-bodied with quite firm tannins that lend it a structured, masculine personality. But it is well balanced with nicely integrated oak that dovetails into a focused and persistent finish. This is well crafted but it requires one or two more years in bottle.Neil Martin - 30/11/2014
Neal Martin MW, (Nov 2014)
Jancis Robinson MW 16+/20
Jewelly fruit and quite a bit of oak. Not quite transparent enough for my taste but quite dramatic. 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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