Wine Reviews
The 2024 Beaune Boucherottes 1er Cru, which comes from more clayey soils, has a tight bouquet, quite backward but well defined, and I feel that it will open with requisite bottle age. You can feel the sense of energy. The palate is well balanced with quite firm tannins, good backbone, quite fresh but there is structure and weight suggesting that this will have more legs than Jadot’s other Beaune cuvées.
The 2024 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is more backward and closed than the Bienvenues yet this sings of Bâtard, a bit surly but you know it will loosen up in the end. The palate is fresh and crisp on the entry. There is just a touch of reduction but it feels tensile from start to finish. It is a little spicier on the finish with a tang of tangerine and stem ginger on the aftertaste. Excellent.
The 2024 Beaune Cras 1er Cru, which was one of the first vineyards Jadot picked this vintage, has a more sensual bouquet than the Grèves, mainly red fruit with orange blossom and rosehip scents that are well defined, almost Volnay-like in style. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, very pure red fruit, harmonious and poised. This is a tangible step-up from the Grèves and Les Theurons, long and tender on the finish. Recommended.
The 2024 Beaune Bressandes Blanc 1er Cru has an intense nose that does not hold back: yellow fruit, a little fumé in style, touches of grilled hazelnuts. The palate is well balanced with a bright opening. The acidity here is just about spot-on, quite tensile, tender yet with plenty of density and flavour on the tangy spicy finish. Excellent.
The 2024 Beaune Clos des Ursules 1er Cru has a delightful, well-defined and quite complex bouquet with a little more florality and mineralité than the Boucherottes or Cras. Very focused. The palate is very well balanced with just the right amount of acidity. A mixture of red and black fruit laced with white pepper and desiccated orange peel, it feels assured on the finish. A worthy follow-up to the excellent 2023.
