2023, Domaine Jean-Jacques Confuron, BOURGOGNE, Pinot Noir, 'Cuvée Jeunesse'Vines only in Premeaux. 10% new oak. In bottle. A striking purple with excellent dark red berry fruit on the nose. Adequate acidity, leaving a pleasing berry and plum aftertaste in the mouth. Drink from 2026 2028. Tasted Nov 2024. *** 87 Jasper Morris MW. Very pretty aromas include those of black cherry, dark raspberry and soft earth wisps. The tender, supple and appealingly textured flavours conclude in a mildly rustic finale. This should drink well

this wine reveals a very clean bouquet of fresh red fruits and sweet spices as well as smoky notes

layers of black cherry

An exquisite bouquet

Tasted alongside the Block 2

cherries to the fore

open-knit personality

On the palate the broad-shouldered and even more concentrated flavours manage the trick of being more powerful but also more refined with an almost aggressive minerality that seems to build in intensity on the compact

has retained that alluring Pauillac-like bouquet with disarming purity and intensity

It has quite an intense bouquet with beautifully defined lemon thyme and light peach aromas

with a soft landing on the finish

fresh and seductive in style

with powerful damson and black cherry fruit flavours on the nose