2009 Beaune Greves
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The estate’s 2009 Beaune Les Greves shows lovely up-front juiciness in its dark red fruit. This is a pretty, supple wine, but it loses some energy and vitality on the finish. Overall the Greves comes across as a bit simple relative to the best 2009s here. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2022. This is a stunning set of wines from Michel Lafarge. The estate farms biodynamically. The wines were left on their gross lees through the malos, which ended in April-May. Lafarge did one racking, in August, 2010, when he moved the wine off their gross lees, leaving just the fine lees. I tasted the 2009s from barrel. Lafarge planned to bottle later in Spring 2011 with no fining or filtration, as is his usual custom. A Becky Wasserman Selection, Le Serbet, various American importers, including: Martin Scott Wines, Little Neck, NY; tel. (516) 327-0808; Veritas Imports, Beverly Hills, CA; tel. (310) 205-3803; Toepfer Imports LLC, CO; tel. (303) 818-7640
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Medium red. High-toned, expressive aromas of red berries and earth. Less smooth but more sharply delineated than the Aigrots, with noteworthy density to its redcurrant flavor. I like this wine's medicinal reserve and its firm backbone of acids and tannins.
Light cherry red. Still a light nose, sweet fruit and very charming with a bit of cherry spice. Nice fresh frankness though. Still a bit chewy and inky on the finish. (JR)