Most of the vines used for the Cuvée Exception bottling chez Lafarge are now ninety-two years of age. In this vintage, the family had decided to isolate one plot of the oldest vines and bottle them on their own in magnum, whose note follows below, but the remainder of the bottling still retains plenty of fruit from the ninety-two year-old vines as well. The bouquet here is lovely in 2020, offering up scents of sweet cranberries, cherries, woodsmoke, fresh thyme and a fine base of stony soil tones. On the palate the wine is bright, fullish, long and intensely flavored, with tangy acids, lovely focus and grip and a long, complex finish that closes with just a bit of tannin.
89 points, John Gilman, View From the Cellar (Dec 2021)
Picked on 5th September. Pale purple with a gorgeous hedonistic but not overly exotic nose. More acidity behind from the gamay but this has layers of juicy ripe cherry fruit. Very lively.
87-89 points, Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy (Oct 2021)
A peppery and earthy nose features mostly ripe red berry scents. The nicely textured and delicious middle weight flavors possess unusually good depth and persistence in the context of what is typical for the genre. Worth considering. *Outstanding, Top Value*
86-89 points, Allen Meadows, Burghound (Apr 2022)
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