Glowing pink-purple, Les Fuées has a very elegant, fresh cherry nose. Very positive, there is a good “attack” and then the fruit builds marvellously to the back. This is pretty, with a very long finish and creamy texture.

Patrice Rion compares 2014 to a mix of 1979 and 1989 for the aromatics and delighted to have been able to pick a more or less normal-sized crop. He began on 12th September with healthy grapes, reinforced by his system of two sorting tables, one before and one after de-stemming. The amount of new oak has been reduced here, now just 30 percent on most cuvées.

Patrice’s Les Fuées 1er Cru wine has an engaging bouquet of vibrant cherry fruit. Healthy, fine and elegant, yet with good underlying energy, this is really very attractive.