2021 Domaine Michel Lafarge Beaune 1er Cru Clos de Aigrots Rouge

From: Burgundy, France Varietal: Pinot Noir Taste & Critical Acclaim: 92 Points, Charles Curtis MW, Decanter: "The ripe red raspberry and black plum aromas of this delicious wine are accented with hints of lavender and earth. The texture is supple and velvety, with well-mastered tannins and enough freshness for balance. Lafarge relates that he finished the harvest with this parcel (on 4 October) and felt that firmer extraction with more punching down was necessary here than in sunny years – the sign of someone who trusts the healthiness of the grapes he has picked. (Drink between 2025-2040)" 11/22 90-93 Points, Allen Meadows, Burghound: " A super-fresh nose freely offer up is essence of red cherry that is trimmed in a beautiful array of floral elements. There is a pungent minerality to the attractively textured, plump and punchy medium weight flavors that conclude in a linear, youthfully austere and bitter pit fruit-inflected finish. This is firm enough to offer up to a decade of i