Professional reviews
Robert Parker (93)
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.
Jancis Robinson (17)
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. (TC)
Vinous (93)
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.
Burghound (92)
An exuberantly floral nose presents ripe aromas of spice, black cherry and a top note of kirsch. The notably finer, though not denser, middle weight flavors are shaped by remarkably fine-grained tannins on the lightly stony bitter pit fruit-inflected finale. This balanced effort could use more depth so at least a few years of cellaring should prove beneficial.
Jasper Morris (93)
Deep purple, with a fresh energy. Intense fresh dark raspberry, with just the right structure, tannins present but refined, adequate acidity, a touch of velvet and very persistent. Drink from 2028-2035. Tasted Nov 2024.
