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2015 Beaune, Les Bressandes, 1er Cru, Domaine des Croix, Burgundy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Ready - youthful
William Kelley
92+/100
Product: 20151131732
2015 Beaune, Les Bressandes, 1er Cru, Domaine des Croix, Burgundy

Description

David’s vines are located in a cooler site at the top of the hill. Brisk purple in colour, this is tenser and stricter than the village wine, belying the almost 14 percent alcohol. There is a huge amount going on here. This is very long and vibrant, with almost blackcurrant fruit. Drink 2022-2030.
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer

David Croix has used a small percentage of whole bunches this year which is unusual for him, but he likes this approach in years with darker, riper fruit. Yields were the same as in 2012, around 25 hl/ha. He began picking his reds on 7th September, bringing the whole crop in over just four days. The Corton vineyards, both planted with 50- to 60-year-old vines, provide a fascinating contrast in style.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2015
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Domaine des Croix

Critics reviews

William Kelley 92+/100
The 2015 Beaune 1er Cru Bressandes is also quite closed on the nose, opening in the glass with a brooding bouquet of plums, soil and subtle game bird. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, cool and concentrated, its tannins firmer and more austere than the velvety Pertuisots, but its potential similarly great.William Kelley - 27/04/2018
William Kelley, RobertParker.com (Apr 2018)

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
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Domaine des Croix

The former Domaine Duchet in Beaune has been bought by American Roger Forbes and his co-investors, and entrusted to the care of David Croix, the gifted winemaker for Camille Giroud. David, the emerging talent of the year according to Bourgogne Aujourd'hui magazine (issue no. 73) is in complete charge at the domaine, which has been renamed Domaine des Croix. The first vintage, 2005, comprised Corton-Charlemagne, Bourgogne Rouge, Beaune and various Beaune premiers crus from Pertuisots, Cent Vignes, Bressandes and Grèves. The vineyards have been farmed organically since 2008. From 2009 there will be Aloxe-Corton and Corton Grèves. Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director and author of the award-winning Inside Burgundy comprehensive handbook.
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