Joseph Drouhin, Beaune 1er Cru Rouge Clos des Mouches, 2015 loirecount2026 The Bretons are icons of

The Bretons are icons of natural wine

a hillside site on hard limestone that gives structured

and a whisper of flor-derived salinity

000 meters high

Joseph Drouhin, Beaune 1er Cru Rouge Clos des Mouches, 2015 loirecount2026 The Bretons are icons ofMore than half of Clos des Mouches 14 of its 25 hectares, in one of Beaune's greatest premiers crus belongs to the Drouhins, who bought in back in 1921 and have spent a century working out which rows suit Pinot Noir and which suit Chardonnay. This is the rouge, from the southern tip of the Beaune appellation where it runs into Pommard, on clay and limestone that turns rocky at the top of the slope and marly through the middle. Twenty to fifty percent