Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2014 tasting, the 2014 Beaune 1er Cru Grèves by Domaine des Croix is a wine that I was not convinced about when I tasted it with David Croix from barrel. Now in bottle, my conservative appraisal was well founded. It has a slightly jammy (carbonic?) bouquet with scents of raspberry preserve, crushed strawberry and a touch of vanilla. It is a little showy compared to the Beaune Grèves from Tollot-Beaut, itself one of the vineyard's more outgoing producers! The palate is a little hard on the entry, firm and grippy in the mouth but with a slightly metallic and brutish finish. David has produced much better than this. Tasted September 2017.