1985 Charmes Chambertin
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Robert Parker
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This wine is superb. The Charmes-Chambertin is a great wine, filled with layers of ripe, rich fruit, a complex, full-intensity bouquet of toasty new oak, and a supple, velvety texture, but enough tannins to ensure a decade of longevity. The 1985s from this famous firm are all impeccably clean, correct, well-made wines. Drouhin has managed to preserve the individual identity of each appellation as the wines do not taste alike. There is, of course, a house style, but that can be said of the wines from a small grower as well.
About the producer
Joseph Drouhin is one of the largest and most famous producers in Burgundy, making both domaine and négociant wines. It remains family-owned and run, now in the hands of the fourth generation.