Francois Lumpp Givry Rouge Crausot 750 ML

Wine Advocate 91 points - The 2016 Givry 1er Cru Crausot is a more gourmand expression of Givry, wafting from the glass with notions of ripe red fruits, fruit compote and licorice. On the palate, it’s medium-bodied, velvety and ample, its fine tannins cloaked in juicy fruit. It will be hard to resist in its youth..July/2018 One of Givry’s best addresses, Domaine Francois Lumpp comprises some 9.5 hectares of vines of which 2.5 hectares are devoted to Chardonnay. As of 2018, Lumpp can say that he hasn’t used any herbicides for fully 27 years, but while he believes in working the soils and often makes use of products and preparations that are admissible in organic viticulture, he hasn’t sought organic certification. Many of the domaine’s parcels have been replanted in the last couple of decades with superior vine material taken from Burgundy’s best domaines-something that’s essential if the Cote Chalonnaise is to make qualitative progress. A respected vigneron who is held in high esteem by his peers in the Cote d’Or, Lumpp eschews stylistic extremes in the cellar, fermenting destemmed fruit with temperature control and maturing his wines in barrels: 70% new for the reds and 30% new for the whites. These bottles are a staple of France’s best restaurants’ wine lists for good reason. - William Kelley, Interim End of July 2018, The Wine Advocate