2017 Chambertin Clos de Beze
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The 2017 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru has an open, generous bouquet of predominantly red fruit, a little earthier than its peers but still gaining intensity in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, saturated tannins. It’s a little creamy in texture because of the oak, but there is plenty of fruit here and an almost sorbet-like freshness on the finish. Blimey... this surpasses all expectations and is contender for wine of the vintage. Brilliant. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2017 tasting.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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The 2017 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze has a wonderful estuarine bouquet, cockle shells and mudflat aromas infusing the dark berry fruit. Undergrowth scents emerge with aeration, allied with a tang of dried blood. The palate, by comparison, is fleshy and generous, demonstrating some youthful hardness that will dissipate with time in bottle. A very capable Clos-de-Bèze.
Light to mid crimson. Hint of pepper over the delicate dark-red fruit, with an impression of crushed rocks. Absolutely gorgeous on the palate, incredibly subtle and finely scented, the tannins remarkably hidden even now and with real fruit depth at the core. Long too. (JH)