2013 Louis Jadot Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru
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Bright medium red. Liqueur-like ripeness to its complex, soil-driven drive scents of red berries, dried cherry, musky underbrush and minerals, with treble notes of dried flowers and blood orange contributing sexy lift. Large-scaled but remarkably light on its feet, showing almost painful energy to its cranberry and pomegranate fruit flavors. This baby is alive! But it's also very tight and in need of long aging to show its inherent sweetness. This wonderfully concentrated, deep 2013 transcends its vintage.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
More reviews and scores
Bright, dark red. Cherry, stone, licorice and flowers on the nose. At once juicy and compellingly sweet, with powerful tangy minerality to the highly concentrated flavors of redcurrant, cherry and crushed stone. The slowly mounting, palate-saturating finish is a bit less sweet than that of the superb Chapelle owing to the wine's powerful minerality.Really resounds and lingers on the aftertaste.
The 2013 Chambertin Clos-de-Beze Grand Cru has a touch more intensity on the nose when compared directly against the Chambertin '13. It is very well defined and the oak is seamlessly embroidered into the red and black brambly fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin: supple in the mouth with hints of marmalade and Asian spice toward the vibrant finish. Excellent, though the Chambertin has the edge in terms of sophistication.
Mid cherry red. There seems to be a hint of sweet, spicy oak on the nose. Lots of ripe fruit and palate impact but overall a little light and tentative. It will probably take on flesh but is not definitively grand cru status at the moment. Lots of tannin on the end. Round and persistent but not insistent. (JR)
About the producer
Louis Jadot is arguably the most consistent négociant house in Burgundy. It has managed to straddle both the entry-level and fine wine market, while retaining respect in both.