Beaune 1er Cru Cuvée Clos des Avaux 2015 1500ml155th Hospices De Beaune Wine Auction on the 15th November 2015 Beaune 1er Cru, Cuve Clos des Avaux Hospices de Beaune 2015 This 1st Growth Beaune Cuve is always a wine of good fruit, but requiring significant barrel and bottle ageing to bring it to softness and complex maturity. Colour is rich purple, the nose being powerful, ripe and complex. 1st impression on the palate is of full, rich fruitiness, continuing all the way to a beautifully gentle,

There is something almost forbidding about the aromatics at the moment

exotic fruit finish

Colour is rich purple

Merlot 10%

violet and

its great notes of cassis

Grape Variety: 80% Grenache

19% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon

Strawberry

Grape Variety: Merlot 80%

velvety texture from ripe

Ratings: BH 88 - 90