J F Coche Dury Auxey Duresses 2013 750ml

Wine Advocate #Interim - January 2016, Jan 29, 2016, by Neal Martin
The 2013 Auxey-Duresses Villages has a generous blueberry and blackberry-scented bouquet - think of Bonnes Mares' younger cousin. The palate is rounded in the mouth: smooth and harmonious with hints of black cherry, cassis and strawberry. It is so silky in texture and seductive that it will be difficult to resist temptation to pop this open over the next couple of years, but it has the substance to last a lot longer.

The Domaine was established in the 1920s by Leon Coche. Some vineyard plots with established grapevines were purchased and Leon bottled some wine himself.The vineyard land was passed down to Leon's three children, with Georges Coche taking control of his share in 1964 and continuing to run the estate and purchase new vineyard land. Jean-Francois Coche took over from his father Georges, on his fathers retirement in 1973. Jean-Francois's wife has the surname Dury which was added to the name of the estate.
Jean-Francois Coche officially retired in 2010 but there will clearly be continuity of style in the hands of his son Raphael who has been working alongside his father since 2003. There have been some changes already in the detail: the vineyards are now all ploughed, and a pneumatic press has been ordered to work alongside the old mechanical Vaslin.
The wines are firmly crushed before pressing, which must surely be a factor in the Coche-Dury style, then fermented and matured in barrels using a relatively low percentage of new wood, not exceeding 25% except for the very top wines.

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