2019 Domaine Jacques Prieur Beaune 1er Cru Champs Pimont

France / Burgundy / Cote de Beaune / Beaune Premier Cru Rouge

Savory and classic Beaune Premier Cru. Critics have scored this as one of the top 5 Beaune Champs Pimont wines.

A large plot with the evocative name of "Les Champs au pied du Mont" (or "The Fields at the Foot of the Mountain"), located on the slope overlooking the outskirts of Beaune. This vineyard, facing due east, produces both red and white wine.
The Pinot Noir grapes in the lower part benefit from a very clayey soil that produces deeply-coloured, powerful wines. The high iron content in the soil oftern accounts for aromas reminiscent of soot or smoke.

Intense and dark ruby-red. Very open and very rich, with notes of black fruits, black cherry liqueur, opening out on notes of dark chocolate, liquorice spices, tobacco and soot. Tasty and juicy, with spicy, toasted, peppery notes, that open out on ripe black fruits (blackberry, blueberry). Warm finish, with powerful, ripe and lively tannins.