Burgundy 2009 from Michael Edwards, Neil Beckett and Margaret Rand
Domaine Lebreuil
Aloxe-Corton Boutières
MR: Muscle of a very refined kind: elegance, subtlety, and pure fruit. A tight structure and an enormous finish. Terrific. 18
Savigny-lès-Beaune Aux Grands Liards
MR: Creamy and closed—unusually so for a Savigny at this age. But the finish is long. More tannin than fruit showing at the moment, but it’s not bottled yet. A distinguished wine. 15
Savigny-lès-Beaune Premier Cru Peuillets
MR: Fifty-year-old vines here have given a wine of lovely depth and silkiness; a serious Savigny. Very good indeed; sleek, pure, very long. 17
Savigny-lès-Beaune Premier Cru Serpentiers
MR: Huge depth—the vines were planted in 1924—a very confident, sleek wine, with lovely pure Pinot fruit; long, delicious, restrained, and powerful; lovely aromatics. 17.5