Joseph Drouhin - Beaune 1er Cru Clos Des Mouches Blanc 2022 (Pre-arrival) (750ml)
Price: $250.00
| Producer | Joseph Drouhin |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Subregion | Beaune |
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 8412 |
| Size | 750ml |
Jasper Morris: 93-96 Points
Fresh light lemon colour. The bouquet indicates a little more flesh as is typical but not at the expense of precision. As always this is extraordinarily intense on the palate not yet as fleshy as it will become but one can see into the future. Fine fruit and acid balance too of course. 13.7% alcohol which makes sense for Clos des Mouches.
Wine Advocate: 92-94 Points
Aromas of buttered orchard fruit orange blossom baking spices and toasted nuts introduce the 2022 Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Blanc (Domaine) with a medium to full-bodied ample and satiny palate that's fleshy and layered while retaining nice tension and cut. The Drouhin's seven hectares of Chardonnay in this premier cru were harvested over 15 days. This historic Beaune négociant house is also an important proprietor in its own right and one that's only growing with the acquisition last year of 20 additional hectares located in Saint-Romain and Saint-Véran. The Drouhin family remains committed to the ideal of elegance and the 2022 vintage has played into their hands in that respect producing a crop of sensual charming wines that come warmly recommended. Robert Drouhin told me that they're planning to extend white wine élevage?which I might have the temerity to suggest complementing with a more reductive handling in the cellar as I have tended to find recent vintages of the Laguiche Montrachet more glorious in the flush of youth than after a decade in the cellar. Published: Jan 18 2024
Vinous: 91-93 Points
The 2022 Beaune Clos des Mouches Blanc 1er Cru had been racked into tank a fortnight earlier. It will cohere on the nose but it already shows much promise: citrus fruit and orange pith subtle touches of beeswax and white flowers. The medium-bodied palate has a fine definition and the best acidity of the whites I tasted with fine tension on the finish. This should age well in bottle. (Drink between 2026-2040)
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