Joseph Drouhin, Beaune Clos des Mouches Premier Cru, 2020 Luc Belaire dried figs and tobacco

dried figs and tobacco

full-bodied mouthful of red fruit

This biodynamic vineyard is owned by cinematographer

This is a wine that demands time - pour it into a decanter and experience it unfurling like a green shoot over the course of an evening

Joseph Drouhin, Beaune Clos des Mouches Premier Cru, 2020 Luc Belaire dried figs and tobaccoAn exceptional wine, and an icon of Joseph Drouhin, who owns the majority of this highly respected Premier Cru vineyard. It shows intense, fresh Morello cherry, raspberry and blackberry aromas, evolving into complex hints of smoke, liquorice, pepper, tobacco, and freshly turned earth. Defined and precise on the palate, it is silky textured, with beautiful length. The refined tannins constrain the wine and give it shape, without drying the palate. This