Lafarge Beaune 1er cru Clos des Aigrots Rouge 2023

93 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2023 Clos des Aigrots is beautifully black fruity in personality this year, with plenty of sappiness on both the nose and palate. The wine’s aromatic constellation is superb, offering up notes of black plums, black cherries, raw cocoa, spit-roasted gamebird, violets, chalky soil tones, woodsmoke and a lovely framing of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and sappy at the core, with lovely focus and balance, great mineral drive, ripe tannins and a long, vibrant and impressively complex finish. Fine juice. 2035-2080. (Jan/Feb 2025)"

93 points Charles Curtis, MW (Decanter): "Charming plummy fruit aroma, and abundant extract and substance. Oddly, the wine – almost a year on at the time of tasting – is still fairly strict, but beyond this there is great potential. The grapes are from three-quarters of a hectare planted to old vines in the red clay soils near the top of the slope on the southern end of Beaune near Pommard. Drinking Window: 2025-2040. (11/11/24)"

93 points La Revue du Vin de France: "The Beaune Clos des Aigrots 2023 delivers a sensual fruitiness, blending raspberry and ripe cherry, with a texture supported by very smooth tannins. (2026)"

91-93 points Jasper Morris, MW (Inside Burgundy): "Not quite finished its malolactic. Richer purple, a touch of green apple, but otherwise a dark bright fruit. A vibrant energy, raspberry not strawberry, firmer than it will be at the back, with admirable persistence. This will be a fine Clos des Aigrots. (Dec 2024)"

92 points Christy Canterbury, MW (TimAtkin.com) (2025).

90-92 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "The 2023 Beaune Clos des Aigrots 1er Cru was around 85% through its malo. The aromatics appear sound with energetic scents of black cherry and raspberry. The palate is well balanced with good tension, fresh and vibrant with a touch of blood orange on the finish. This has good potential. Drink: 2028-2048. (Jan 2025)"

90-92 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "A cooler and even more elegant nose freely offers up its essence of red cherry, floral and crushed anise hints. The sleek, delicious and more mineral-driven middle weight flavors possess very good volume and persistence on the sneaky long finish that also displays a mild touch of austerity. Drink: 2031+. (Apr 2025)"