Nathalie Richez Hautes Cotes de Beaune Rouge 'La Justice' 2023 Southern Rhone Levet’s typical smoky and savage

Levet’s typical smoky and savage character is here counterpointed by an elegant

The élevage is principally in stainless steel but a small percentage is left to age in older barrels

located 2km from Condrieu

This 2008 displays excellent poise

meat-and-potatoes red Burgundy that can only be made by a grower who knows how and when to get out of the way of the terroir

Nathalie Richez Hautes Cotes de Beaune Rouge 'La Justice' 2023 Southern Rhone Levet’s typical smoky and savageNathalies 0. 40 hectares worth of Pinot Noir in La Justicenear the border of Saint Aubin and La Rochepotis split among two parcels, one 60 years of age and the other 25 years of age. Her just so touch is on full display in this wine, which leads with clean, ripe, bright red cherry fruit framed by soft, polite tannins. Raised entirely in used barrels, it bears no trace of oak vanilla on its beautifully balanced palate.