Domaine Henri Germain Beaune 1er Cru Bressandes Rouge 2022

This is another site that shares its name with a vineyard elsewhere—in this case, Corton’s Bressandes Grand Cru. Both sites are named after the historic landholder of these vineyards, Jean Bressand, a 13th-century Canon of Beaune. High on the slopes above Beaune, Beaune Bressandes isn’t too far from Corton either. Germain has mature vines here, planted between 1960 and 1965, in a parcel high on the slope, right next to David Croix’s vines. It’s the deepest wine in the range, yet remains true to the ‘new’ style here, being a tightly wound, sappy wine of great finesse. A fabulous example of Beaune.