Domaine Michel Lafarge Beaune-Grèves 2017

The 2017 Beaune Grèves 1er Cru comes from a single parcel of 96-year old vines, the oldest that the Lafarge family owns. It has a well defined, slightly gravelly bouquet that is not as immediate or as sensual as the Clos des Aigrots at the moment. This is more surly. The palate exhibits more brightness, quite lucid in fact, with fine tannin, fleshy red cherry and strawberry fruit, not a deep or powerful Beaune but velvety smooth towards the finish. The seductive quality to this wine is stacked towards the back end, but it leaves you wanting another sip as soon as possible.

- Vinous, 93pts