Joseph Drouhin, Beaune 1er Cru Rouge Clos des Mouches, 2015 loirecount2026 and a roughly 60-day skin

and a roughly 60-day skin maceration before long aging in large wood

using no animal inputs at all)

Decant for at least 2 hours if opened young

it shows freshness with a dry

Joseph Drouhin, Beaune 1er Cru Rouge Clos des Mouches, 2015 loirecount2026 and a roughly 60-day skinMore than half of Clos des Mouches 14 of its 25 hectares, in one of Beaune's greatest premiers crus belongs to the Drouhins, who bought in back in 1921 and have spent a century working out which rows suit Pinot Noir and which suit Chardonnay. This is the rouge, from the southern tip of the Beaune appellation where it runs into Pommard, on clay and limestone that turns rocky at the top of the slope and marly through the middle. Twenty to fifty percent