Auvenay, Auxey Duresses Clous

Auvenay, Auxey Duresses ClousA pungent nose of lemon grass, smoke and petrol introduces extract rich and mouth coating medium bodied flavors that possess excellent size and weight. There is plenty of underlying tension to the lightly mineral inflected finish that is also clean, dry, focused and persistent. 89 2016+

I spent several hours with Chef de Caves Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon tasting through a wide range of 2009s vins claires

Best from 2023 through 2043

which is the level at which all of this years Breuer crus stopped fermenting

Give this another couple of years in bottle

Honeyed and rich

This dramatic effort is lush but focused with excellent length and it should develop well over the next decade

full and notably ripe flavors that possess good volume and a velvety

The finer middle weight flavors possess a refined texture before culminating in a plush yet reasonably precise finale on the mildly tangy finish

with a beam of fruit persisting on the aftertaste

Meaty and leathery with plenty of balsamic notes

The nose is very complex

I like the mouthfeel of the equally tension-filled and mineral-driven middle weight flavors that exhibit evident minerality on the bone-dry