Domaine Tollot Beaut - Beaune Greves 1er Cru Red 2023

Grape

Pinot Noir (100%)

Tasting notes

The 2023 Domaine Tollot-Beaut Beaune Grèves 1er Cru is a composed, medium-bodied red Burgundy with a mix of red and black berries, fresh acidity, and subtle savory umami. Rated around 91-93 points by critics like Vinous and Jasper Morris, it shows a youthful, structured profile that balances power with finesse.

The nose offers fresh red and black fruit (cherry, raspberry, and blackberry) mixed with earthy sous-bois, a touch of spice, and fine oak. The palate is medium-bodied and slightly more backward or structured in its youth compared to lighter village wines, showing good depth and sinew, with a texture of supple, fine-grained tannins, crunchy, vibrant acidity, and a pure, savory, mineral-tinged finish.

More 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.