Domaine Tollot Beaut - Beaune Greves 1er Cru Red 2022

Wine Region: Burgundy - France

Grape: Pinot Noir (100%)

Tasting notes:
Up there with some of the most successful reds of the Côte de Beaune in 2018. Incredibly clear and vibrant. A staggeringly pure, pristine quality of fruit. Juicy red cherry, blackberry and bilberry flavours. Transparent, lifted and vital through to a long unwavering finish.

Expert Rating:

Burghound.com 92 / 100

“A slightly fresher though still clearly ripe nose is composed by notes of a variety of dark berries, cassis, game and a whiff of smoke. The rich, full-bodied and concentrated medium-bodied flavors also possess a relatively sleek mouthfeel, all wrapped in a powerful, palate coating and very serious finale.”

About the winery:
The Tollot family represents a long lineage of winegrowers dating back to the late 1880s when François Tollot began planting vineyards in Chorey-lès-Beaune. His son, Alexandre Tollot, continued in his father’s footsteps and married Aurélie Beaut. In 1921, Tollot-Beaut became one of the first to bottle their wines under the Domaine and started exporting their wines to the U.S. shortly thereafter. Today, cousins Nathalie, Jean-Paul, and Olivier Tollot are in charge. The wines of Tollot-Beaut are well-known for their serious but pleasing style across a range of appellations from Bourgogne to Grand Cru.

The Tollot-Beaut cellar is in the center of Chorey-lès-Beaune on the rue Alexandre Tollot, named after Nathalie’s great grandfather who was once the Mayor of Chorey. Parts of the meticulously kept cellar are over 250 years old. Chardonnay is pressed pneumatically and starts fermentation in stainless-steel tanks before finishing alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in the barrel. Pinot Noir is almost entirely de-stemmed. The wines of Tollot-Beaut were once made with more new oak but in recent years the oak influence has become subtler. Village and regional wines receive about 20% new oak while the Grand Crus receive about 60% new oak.