A reminder that the late-great Nicolas Potel’s "Bellene" is indeed "Beaune," a what’s in a name that dates to the...

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I always find the pinots of Beaune to have a very strawberry jam fruit tonality. But there is much more going on here...

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Bellene's "Blanches Fleurs" lieu-dit still shows some backwards reduction on the nose, while the palate enters...

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From a south-facing 1987 planting, this Blanches Fleurs Beaune Villages pinot noir, fermented with indigenous yeasts...

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