DROUHIN LAROZE Chambertin-Clos de Beze Grand Cru - Cote de Nuits 2011 Bottle

Description

The 2011 Drouhin-Laroze Clos de Bèze scores highly, with 92 points from The Wine Advocate and 17 points from Jancis Robinson. Tasted blind, Neal Martin describes its brooding character, with hints of blackberry, wild raspberry, and orange blossom. Medium-bodied, it has ripe, thick tannins providing weight and muscle, and a bold, assertive profile with spice and white pepper. Best after several years in bottle, it promises complexity and longevity. Jancis Robinson notes its richness, majesty, and chewy, rounded tannins, with a long, reverberant finish. This Clos de Bèze offers a solid, powerful expression of Burgundy’s terroir, demanding patience but revealing great potential for those who cellar it.

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THE WINE ADVOCATE Rating 92
Drink Date 2019 - 2040
"Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2011 horizontal tasting in Beaune. The oak comes through stronger than on Drouhin-Laroze’s Chambertin Clos de Bèze 2011 compared to Bruno Clair. The fruit is broodier and only reluctantly reveals blackberry and wild raspberry scents, touches of orange blossom later. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe, thickset tannins that lend this weight and muscle. Bold and forward with touches of spice and white pepper toward the finish, this is an assertive Clos de Bèze that will require several years in bottle." - Neal Martin 2014

JANCIS ROBINSON 17 points
Rich and rather majestic. Chewy fine and round. Dry finish. But very solid. And long and reverberant. (JR)