Pierre typically ages and bottles his two premier-cru holdings in Aloxe-Corton—a half-hectare in Les Moutottes and a 0.3-hectare parcel in Les Valozières—separately, but low yields in the stressed 2021 vintage led him to combine them. As Pierre is wont to quip, “Moutottes” is the belle danceuse (“beautiful dancer”) and “Valozières” the rugby man, and their characters truly are strikingly divergent. However, as with many couplings of ostensible opposites, they meld beautifully, and the blend of the two sizzles with energy. Massive but supple, it combines iron-ore ferocity with an intense blast of spice, and its dense and unrelenting finish promises decades of positive development.