Lavantureux 2022 Pinot Noir, Epineuil les Fauconniers

“At the moment reductive. Excellent bright purple colour and though the reduction is strong, the wealth of fruit comes up behind brilliantly. This is going to be spectacular! And better balanced than the 2019 which I loved from the start. Drink from 2025-2030. 5-Star wine 90-91” Jasper Morris

“Fourth vintage here. Old vines from grand-father – around 50 years old.! ‘We are very strict with the rendement.’ A wow nose – the smoky oak used here distracts me slightly in the young whites but here you have the impression it fulfils a need and is almost like an extension of a whole cluster aromatic – and below the fruit is very appealing too. Hmm – this has a fine fresh shape in the mouth – architectural but the fruit is sweetly attractive – slightly darker fruited – very long too. I don’t really see ‘Epineuil’ but I do see a great wine – bravo – the best red of my tour without a doubt!” Bill Nanson, Burgundy Report