Joseph Drouhin - Beaune 1er Cru Clos Des Mouches Rouge 2021 (750ml)
Price: $136.00
| Producer | Joseph Drouhin |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Subregion | Beaune |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 1309176 |
| Size | 750ml |
John Gilman: 93+ Points
The 2021 Clos des Mouches rouge is probably a hair better than the les Cras this year, but it is a more reserved and structured wine out of the blocks and is going to take a bit more time in the cellar before it starts to drink with the same generosity. The bouquet is beautifully refined, offering up scents of black cherries, plums, dark berries, a fine base of soil, pigeon, dark chocolate and a nice touch of oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, focused and complex, with a lovely core of black fruit, fine soil signature and grip, ripe tannins and a long, poised and impeccably balanced finish. (Drink between 2032-2085)
Vinous: 92-94 Points
The 2021 Beaune Clos des Mouches Rouge 1er Cru is one of my picks from Drouhin this year. Wonderful vivacious red fruit leap from the glass hints of sous-bois and dried rose petal. The palate is beautifully balanced with fine mineralité demonstrating more complexity than the preceding Beaune Cras with more grip on the finish. Superb. (Drink between 2025-2045)
Decanter: 93 Points
Drouhin makes both red and white wine from the Clos des Mouches; the red is particularly good value. The 2021 vintage has good colour and ripe black cherry aromas liquorice and earth. The texture is velvety and rich with firm tannins and good length. The grapes come from 6.82 hectares of vines at the southern end of Beaune. The grapes are partly destemmed and fermented on native yeast before ageing in cask. The supple nature of the wine will make it approachable in a few years and it should age for another twenty beyond that in a proper cellar. (Drink between 2025-2040)
bhBurghound: 92 Points
Drouhin noted that this had just been bottled a few days before I tasted it and not surprisingly it was much more aromatically restrained with its nose of markedly floral and spicy red pinot fruit scents. The texture of the medium-bodied and less mineral-driven flavors is quite similar to that of the Les Cras though the supporting tannins are even finer on the beautifully balanced and sneaky long finale. This is a Clos des Mouches of generosity and finesse. (Drink starting 2031)
Jasper Morris: 90-92 Points
Fortunately the yield was better in red than white! A solid red crimson colour. Peppery notes the whole bunches more evident than on the Cras. Good supple tannins here and then with a livelier finish perhaps thanks to the stems. Fine persistent red fruit. Drink from 2025-2030.
