Wine Advocate 92-94
The cuvée de beaune Les Grèves premier cru is qualitative: it deploys in the mouth a concentrated and velvety juice, a fruity and solar weft, with fine and woody tannins.
The Lafarge's 99-year-old vines have turned in a terrific effort with the 2020 Beaune 1er Cru Les Grèves.
Mingling aromas of dark berries and cherries with hints of rose petals, raw cocoa and forest floor, the wine is medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with ripe, powdery tannins and lively acids.
It's a touch more enveloping and expansive in style than the more tensile Clos des Aigrots, a fine distinction that I suspect will become more apparent with bottle age.