Domaine Tollot Beaut 2017 Aloxe-Corton 750ml

2014: A reticent nose of very cool red currant, cherry, earth and game nuances are trimmed a hint of wood. The delicious, vibrant and solidly voluminous medium weight flavors are shaped by unusually fine-grained tannins in the context of what is typical for the appellation, all wrapped in a mildly rustic, complex, persistent and balanced finale. This is almost always excellent and so it is again in 2014.

-- Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, 2016

2017: Once again there is plenty of spice influence to the pretty red and blue pinot fruit and forest floor-suffused nose. The medium weight flavors are not nearly as concentrated but I like the depth and balance of the balanced finale. Good stuff for its level and worth a look.

-- Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, 2019

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This Domaine was created at the end of the 19th century and initially it only had vines in the commune of Chorey. Today, cousins Nathalie, Jean-Paul and Olivier look after 24 hectares of vineyards in the villages of Chorey, Beaune, Savigny and Aloxe-Corton. They believe that wine is a living substance, which is conceived and shared from birth to tasting, and they aim to offer the wine drinker unique sensations, precise aromas and refined pleasure which they achieve through great determination and unremitting attention to detail. As with most top domaines, the work in the vineyards is of the greatest importance, no fertilizers are used in an attempt to limit the vigor of the vines and a green harvest is done in the summer to help promote healthy grapes that will deliver balanced, subtle and complex aromas. After being hand harvested, the grapes are treated in the vat house to a mix of traditional methods (destalking and manual punching down of the caps) and modern techniques (pneumatic presses and temperature controlled fermentations). The wines are matured in a mix of new and used French oak casks for 16 to 18 months and are bottled at the Domaine under the best technical conditions possible.