Alex Shaw, JJ Buckley, October 2011

Dark cherry and wild strawberry aromas mix with notes of cedar, brioche and a touch of wild herbs on a compelling nose. Big and dense on the palate, with loads of red fruit that are still tightly wound with grippy, grainy tannins. Still a baby, this is already a beauty and should only continue to improve for another decade or more.

92 -95 points,

Burghound, January 2010

A discreet application of wood highlights the intensely earthy and underbrush-suffused ripe dark berry aromas that display a subtle spiciness that precede the rich, intense and sculpted full-bodied flavors that culminate in a linear and youthfully austere finish that goes on and on. Like the Cham, this is a big '08 that is built to age for the medium to medium-long term so some patience will be required. An impressively harmonious effort. Drink: 2020+ Burghound, Jan 2010, 92 - 95 points: "A discreet application of wood highlights the intensely earthy and underbrush-suffused ripe dark berry aromas that display a subtle spiciness that precede the rich, intense and sculpted full-bodied flavors that culminate in a linear and youthfully austere finish that goes on and on. Like the Cham, this is a big '08 that is built to age for the medium to medium-long term so some patience will be required. An impressively harmonious effort. Drink: 2020+"

94 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, June 2010

Rose petal, licorice, cassis, and game scent the Perrot-Minot 2008 Chambertin Clos De Beze Vieilles Vignes, then expansively rush to saturate every corner of the mouth, to the accompaniment of peat, chalk, and crushed stone. A tartness of berry skin and pronounced salinity lend invigoration to a resonant, nearly indelible finish. This demands patience. Perhaps revisit it in 6 years and in any case expect it to remain formidable for 20 or more. Whether it will acquire any sense of elegance I am not sure, but it will almost certainly reveal further complexity. Cellar this for 6-8 years and plan on a subsequent decade of high performance. -DS

93 -96 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, April 2010

Dark red. Less expressive and even wilder than the Mazoyeres, hinting at briary blackberry, violet and roast coffee. Then wonderfully sweet and silky yet at the same time cool and relatively unevolved, with strong acidity framing the red and black fruit flavors. Extremely long and animated on the back end. This definitely needs more elevage These vines are in the cooler northern part of this vineyard, notes Perrot-Minot.

About Winery

Christophe Perrot-Minot's passion for, as well as dedication to, staggering, old-vine Burgundy caught the attention of Robert Parker as far back as 1995. An introductory tasting at Christophe's family domaine in the mid-1990's (known at that time as Henri Perrot-Minot) would render Parker so enthralled with these singular efforts as to prompt the world's most respected palate to pen quite the eloquent - as well as motivational - sentiments, "Speaking of superstars, Christophe Perrot-Minot is a name that may become as famous as Lignier, Dugat, Lafon, Roumier, and the like. I was as excited when I left this domaine as I was when I walked out of Arnauld Ente's in Meursault. There is nothing more gratifying and invigorating than tasting a young person's wines for the first time and finding them to be superb. Too many producers seem to search out either power or finesse (not both) and in the process produce wines that are caricatures of what they were trying to accomplish. What this man has achieved in such a short time is truly remarkable." Robert Parker

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