2023, Domaine Tollot-Beaut, ALOXE-CORTON, 1er Cru, 'Les Fournières'The 2023 Aloxe Corton Les Fournires 1er Cru has a totally different fruit profile to the Vercots, with more red fruit, more Pinot and more definition. The palate is ripe on the entry but there is tension here, with an attractive grainy texture and a precise, energetic finish. The 2023 is a quite delicious Aloxe Corton in the making. 90 92 Neal Martin, Vinous. A less deep colour and a more even fruit on the nose [than Vercots]. Much less muscled,

Riper on the nose and has taken the oak a bit more

Pineapple sweets on the palate - very gourmand

**** 95-97 Jasper Morris MW

It is quite poised and tensile on the finish

The 2024 Château Margaux has turned out beautifully

floral and super-refined

potpourri and pungent herbs

Complex and intense in flavour

umami texture with contrast between the creamy ripe fruit coupled with pumice and crushed stones

exquisitely integrated oak

the organic Petrolo 2021 Val d'Arno di Sopra Riserva Bòggina C is quite dense and rich

Throbs with excitement and undertow