The Beaune Les Bressandes has super color and an intense richness marked by smells of black currants and licorice. It is a very big wine for a Beaune. This wine should age well until at least 1997. This 1985 is a dark, expressive wine that has the telltale personality characteristics of the vintage-a fat, opulent fruitiness, plenty of soft tannins, and adequate but low acidities.