2015 BEAUNE 1er Cru Bressandes Domaine Henri Germain, Lea & Sandeman

BEAUNE

2019 1er Cru Bressandes Domaine Henri Germain

Grapes Pinot Noir
Colour Red
Origin France, Burgundy
District Côte d'Or
Sub-district Côte de Beaune
Village Beaune
Classification 1er Cru
ABV 14%
Vineyard Bressandes

Very ripe wild hedgerow fruit, palate shows surprising mineral intensity - more mineral than fruit, even though the fruit is ripe and every present too. Impressively long. Drinking range: 2022 - 2030 L&S (Feb 2029)


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A few whole bunches here too, with a colour just a little darker than Clos des Mouches but still on the lighter side. Pretty, attractive soft little red fruits. Packs more of a punch behind but a little bit ungainly. More weight than Clos des Mouches, especially as the palate develops, but there is a thread of something on the coarser side through the middle. Little tingle at the finish. Rating: *** Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy  (Mar 2022)

A ripe and restrained nose grudgingly offer up markedly spicy aromas of earth, violet and red and dark cherry. There is more volume and slightly better mid-palate concentration to the energetic medium-bodied flavors that are shaped by relatively fine-grained tannins on the lingering and complex finale. This pretty and balanced effort could also be reasonably approached after only a few years of cellaring. Drinking range: 2026 - Rating: 90-92 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Apr 2021)

Offering up aromas of rose petals, blackberries, orange rind and sweet soil tones, the 2019 Beaune 1er Cru Les Bressandes is medium to full-bodied, bright and lively, with an ample core of succulent fruit, powdery tannins and fine depth at the core. It concludes a very fine range of reds chez Germain this year. Rating: 90-92 William Kelley, The Wine Advocate (Jan 2021)

Domaine Henri Germain

Jean-François Germain was joined in 2018 by his daughter Lucie - who is now helping to run this small (7ha) domaine.

The Chassagne vineyards came through his mother, a Pillot, and Jean-François is married to François Jobard's daughter, so they are quite intertwined with some of our other producers. The Poruzots comes from the rows next to Remi Jobard's. In terms of winemaking the Germains are always happy to let nature take its course, and in the vineyards they follow as natural a system of viticulture as possible (organic, not certified).

These are concentrated, tightly wound wines from one of Burgundy's coldest cellars. Alcoholic fermentations can take months and the malolactics are often late, so they have always gone for long élevage in old barrels, always for two winters, and the Premiers Crus usually for 22 months. Slow to develop, they show wonderful crystalline purity. New wood is used very sparingly, just to replace barrels sold when they get to ten years old.

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