Dominique Lafon Beaune 1er Cru 'Les Épenottes'
- Red
- France
- Beaune 1er Cru 'Les Épenotes'
- Pinot Noir
- Tracked vintages
- 11
- Community notes
- 68
- Merchant offers
- 58
What we know about this wine
- Critics
- 91/ 1002024 vintage
- Real drinkers
- 83/ 10068 notes, every vintage
- Market price
- £43per 75 cl2020 · nearest vintage with a price · 12-bottle shop ask, September 2026
- Drinking window
- UnknownNot recorded on any vintage we track
Flavour and structure
What drinkers taste in this wine across its vintages, and how it is built: body, acidity, tannin and sweetness on a five-point scale, with the number of ratings behind them.
Structure from 17 community ratings, read 2026-08-12. Style: Burgundy Côte de Beaune Red.
- Body2.6 / 5
- LightFull
- Acidity3.6 / 5
- SoftCrisp
- Tannin2.3 / 5
- SmoothGrippy
- Sweetness1.6 / 5
- DrySweet
- Red fruit · cherry, raspberry, red cherry, red fruit, cranberry
- Oak · oak, chocolate, toffee, butter, vanilla
- Spice · pepper, musk, aniseed, dried herbs
- Black fruit · blueberry, dark fruit, black cherry, blackberry, cassis
- Earth · earthy, leather, forest floor, honey, mushroom
- Ageing (non-oak) · hazelnut, toast
Grapes: Pinot Noir. Proportions are not recorded.
Descriptors are the words drinkers used most, grouped; counts are mentions. Tannin is shown only where it was measured.
2017One point per priced vintage. Years with no price we can stand behind are not drawn.2020
Vintages
Each vintage has its own page with both scores, the drinking window and the merchant price range. The meter is the score on a 60-100 scale and its colour is where that vintage stands against its own drinking window. Prices are per 75cl, with the case size and month they were taken from.
- 202491critic
- 202391criticunit not stated
- 202290drinkersunit not stated
- 202192criticunit not stated
- 202084drinkers£43 / 75cl12-bottle shop ask, September 2026
- 201986drinkers£49 / 75cl12-bottle shop ask, September 2026
- 201889critic£47 / 75cl12-bottle shop ask, September 2026
- 201790critic£41 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, July 2022
- 201583drinkers
- 201478drinkers
- 201189critic
- Window not recordedthe vintage carries no window, so the meter shows its score alone
- Best scored
- 2021
- 92 / 100 from a critic
- Lowest price
- 2017
- £41 per 75 cl
Price by vintage
One monthly median per vintage, divided by the case size it was quoted in, so the bars are the same unit. These are our own aggregates, not offers: nobody will sell you a median.
Solid: a realised in-bond tradeHatched: what a merchant is asking, which nobody has paid
View as a table
| Vintage | Price / 75cl | Critic score | In drink window | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £43 | — | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle shop ask, September 2026 |
| 2019 | £49 | — | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle shop ask, September 2026 |
| 2018 | £47 | 89 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle shop ask, September 2026 |
| 2017 | £41 | 90 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, July 2022 |
Where to go next
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