2017 Beaune Vignes Franches
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The 2017 Beaune 1er Cru Les Vignes Franches is showing well from bottle, offering up aromas of red berries, cherries, woodsmoke and sweet soil tones. Medium to full-bodied, supple and succulent, it's charming and expressive, its ample core of sappy fruit framed by powdery tannins.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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Dark berries, spice and iodine. Hints of dried fruit, too. Full-bodied, round and juicy with lovely fruit and round tannins. Flavorful finish. Delicious and decadent already. Hard not to drink now, but better in 2021.
Cask sample. Very charming, winning fruit on the nose. Fairly light bodied. But easy and flattering. Sweet. (JR)
About the producer
The Latour family has been growing vines in Burgundy since at least 1731. Their négociant business – today one of the region’s biggest names – was founded in 1797. Still family-owned today, the company owns 48 hectares of vines, 27 of which are Grand Cru, as well as its own cooperage.