Beaune Greves Vigne de l'Enfant Jesus 1er Cru 2014

Beaune / Bouchard Pere & Fils

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Tasting Notes

Very distinctive nose. Are BP&F using a new cooper? (More Chassin and less toast, apparently - like so many.) Relatively lightweight and a bit light on charm and fruit. Seems to be an attempt to fight the vintage instead of producing charming, relatively low-tannin wines. Still a bit raw but without great fruit and extract.

Score: 15 - 16

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2020-2026 01 January 2016

Bright, deep red-ruby. Pure but subdued aromas of black plum, licorice, leather, mocha and tobacco. Suave and fine-grained, showing subtle sweetness but also lovely medicinal reserve to the flavors of plum, dark berries, mineral salts, clove and mocha. This dense, rich, ageworthy wine finishes with serious but refined tannins and very good savory persistence. The bottom part of this vineyard, which normally makes a suppler style of wine and is therefore vinified with a good percentage of whole clusters, was largely spared by hail in 2014.

Score: 89 - 91

Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com 01 January 2016