Beaune Les Teurons 1er Cru (1.5)

dark red. Medicinal black cherry, spices, licorice and a whiff of game on the nose. The richest, sweetest and most pliant of these 2016s, showing the best palate presence and volume of the range but still youthfully backward. Finishes with dark fruit and licorice notes, substantial dusty tannins and saliva-inducing salinity. The grapes are carefully cultivated using vineyard management practices such as pruning, soil maintenance, and biological protection. Hand-harvesting is commonly employed to ensure optimal grape quality. In the cellar traditional method, completely de-stemmed in open vats. No yeasting – natural yeasts. Pigeage or remontage once a day.Ageing 14 months in French oak barrels, 30% of which are new Slow malolactic fermentation. ABV 13%