2020 JC Rateau Beaune Les Bressandes
I very much enjoyed the 2017 Rateau Bressandes earlier this year, so then I decided to buy a few bottles of the 2020. Upon leaving the store, I noticed these 2020 Bressandes are 14.5% alcohol, and I immediately became suspicious!
The initial tastes support that suspicion, as the fruit is dark and veers towards roasted. The texture is super elegant seductive and silky. Very precise. At least that is redeeming. But those flavors! That heat!
With enough air, it starts to get more palatable, and always very elegant. Still, it does not remind me of Burgundy, and blind I might think it was an elegant interpretation of the Rhone.
On general principle, I'll see how this ages, and maybe it improves. But not rushing out to buy more 2020, and will focus on other vintages.
