2020 Fixin Les Arvelets
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The 2020 Fixin Les Arvelets 1er Cru seems to have a little more stem addition than its peers. A touch of pepperiness compliments the dark berry fruit, with a hint of rhubarb in the background. It's complex despite a touch of reduction. The palate is medium-bodied with a patina of new oak to be subsumed. There's a marine influence, saline though not briny. It's forward and assertive towards the finish, hence my advice to afford this two or three years in bottle. This is a Gevrey with swagger, if not complexity. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Neal Martin
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The 2020 Fixin 1er Cru Les Arvelets is beautiful, wafting from the glass with scents of wild berries, violets, spices and peonies. Medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with lively acids, powdery tannins and a long, perfumed finish, it was vinified with some 60% whole clusters.
Notably scented – of some Indian curry spice! Light tannins so that the acidity is more marked than the tannin in this case. Flattering and relatively evolved. Very polished. (JR)