Notes of sweet berry fruit and plums mingling with hints of peony, raw cocoa and orange rind in a complex bouquet introduce Croix's 2019 Beaune 1er Cru Bressandes, a medium to full-bodied, perfumed and satiny wine with a deep core of fruit, lively acids and a chalky, mineral finish. Croix's parcel is located high at the top of the slope, toward the northern limit of this large climat, where the soils contain a high proportion of fine freeze-thaw scree.