2020 Chambertin Clos de Beze
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Tasting Notes
A fresh medium dark crimson purple. Quite a lot of new oak on the nose, perhaps understandable at this level. It is not going to dry out the fruit, which is much more red berries than black. Very backward yet with really significant potential. As the fruit develops so the oak recedes. Super suave and sensual. Drink from 2030.
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William Kelley, Wine Advocate
Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
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The 2020 Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru is a rich, sensual wine that bursts from the glass with aromas of blackberries, loamy soil, smoked meats, exotic spices, rose petals, orange rind and black truffles. Full-bodied, multidimensional and fleshy, it's broad and concentrated, with a more generous, muscular profile than the precise, tightly wound Chambertin. Which will ultimately emerge superior is anyone's guess, but the Clos de Bèze is obviously more forward at this early juncture.
About the producer
Based in Gevrey-Chambertin, Domaine Armand Rousseau is one of Burgundy’s most famous estates. Revered for making unearthly expressions of Pinot Noir, the estate’s wines are some of the most collectable in the world.