Joseph Drouhin 'Clos des Mouches' Rouge 2023
Beaune 1er Cru
Burgundy, France
Regular price£540.00
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Arriving: Late 2025
| Style: Red | Packaging: OCC |
| ABV: % | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2030 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2040 |
| Grapes: 100% Pinot Noir | |
Critic scores
91-93 RP, 91-93 NM, 17 JR, 94 TA, 93 DC, 94 GM
Critic reviews
"The 2023 Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches (Domaine) is showing nicely, bursting with aromas of sweet berries, spices, orange zest and new oak. Medium to full-bodied, succulent and lively, with chalky grip on the finish, it will offer a broad drinking window."
William Kelley, January 2025, RobertParker.com
"The 2023 Beaune Clos des Mouches Rouge 1er Cru comes from 35 separate plots with different geology. It's comprised of ten different lots picked over a week. This opens with dark chocolate and white pepper scents. It has slightly darker fruit on the nose and is a little more introspective at first. The palate is medium-bodied and quite sapid with a firm structure on the entry and a touch of licorice on the finish. This should be very fine once in bottle."
Neal Martin, January 2025, Vinous.com
"Cask sample. Such a sweet, easy nose! Smells ready to drink! Creamy (almost a little yogurty). Red fruit in abundance, lactic tang in abundance. The tannins circle and pull the wine in like a drawstring. Sour cherries, rose hip, red-plum skin, salt. Something wonderfully pencil-line, quinine-cut savoury on the finish. I love the precision of this wine."
Tamlyn Currin, November 2024, JancisRobinson.com
"Lovely cherry fruit with hints of lavender and rosemary. The texture is silky and dense, almost fat. There is more clay here, and less limestone than in Les Cras, and the tannic structure is not as firm. The grapes are from Drouhin's massive 6.75ha here, not far from Pommard; they are partially destemmed and fermented on native yeasts before ageing in cask (25% new) for 14–18 months."
Charles Curtis, November 2024, Decanter.com
"Very open on the nose (there is always a good bit of whole cluster use here) with a drizzle of balsamic, the palate has many flourishes of complexity. Flavors of crushed blueberries, cherry cordial and candied rose petals are accented by wisps of chimney smoke. Talc-like tannins and thirst quenching acidity keep the palate feel light and ethereal. The finessed craftsmanship really shines through. Véronique feels this is going to age very well."
Christy Canterbury, January 2025, TimAtkin.com
William Kelley, January 2025, RobertParker.com
"The 2023 Beaune Clos des Mouches Rouge 1er Cru comes from 35 separate plots with different geology. It's comprised of ten different lots picked over a week. This opens with dark chocolate and white pepper scents. It has slightly darker fruit on the nose and is a little more introspective at first. The palate is medium-bodied and quite sapid with a firm structure on the entry and a touch of licorice on the finish. This should be very fine once in bottle."
Neal Martin, January 2025, Vinous.com
"Cask sample. Such a sweet, easy nose! Smells ready to drink! Creamy (almost a little yogurty). Red fruit in abundance, lactic tang in abundance. The tannins circle and pull the wine in like a drawstring. Sour cherries, rose hip, red-plum skin, salt. Something wonderfully pencil-line, quinine-cut savoury on the finish. I love the precision of this wine."
Tamlyn Currin, November 2024, JancisRobinson.com
"Lovely cherry fruit with hints of lavender and rosemary. The texture is silky and dense, almost fat. There is more clay here, and less limestone than in Les Cras, and the tannic structure is not as firm. The grapes are from Drouhin's massive 6.75ha here, not far from Pommard; they are partially destemmed and fermented on native yeasts before ageing in cask (25% new) for 14–18 months."
Charles Curtis, November 2024, Decanter.com
"Very open on the nose (there is always a good bit of whole cluster use here) with a drizzle of balsamic, the palate has many flourishes of complexity. Flavors of crushed blueberries, cherry cordial and candied rose petals are accented by wisps of chimney smoke. Talc-like tannins and thirst quenching acidity keep the palate feel light and ethereal. The finessed craftsmanship really shines through. Véronique feels this is going to age very well."
Christy Canterbury, January 2025, TimAtkin.com
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