2020 Auxey Duresses 1er Cru
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The 2020 Auxey-Duresses 1er Cru, which also contains 8-10% whole bunch, has a more detailed, mineral-driven bouquet than the Village Cru though with a similar fruit profile. The palate is well balanced considering it only finished its malo one month earlier, a mixture of red and blueberry fruit with a slightly granular finish. A little heady, but it conveys a sense of place.
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Neal Martin
Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
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Black centre with dark purple rim – this cuvée is always particularly deep in colour. Late malolactic and still has some of those aromatics. Powerful punchy stuff in a very dark fruit idiom, including some black cherry. Thick morello cherries right through to the finish, some tannins, still good acidity. 14.4%, which in fact is not unusual for this cuvée, and it can cope. Tasted: November 2021