Red Wine from Chambertin Clos De Beze

Wine Enthusiast, 96 points: Despite its power this is so elegant showing tannins minerality and generous flavors of black fruits dark chocolate and spices. The smooth and rich surface belies the inner taut texture showing how the wine will need many...

Burghound, 96 points: (BH94-96 points) A strikingly spiced and highly perfumed nose of ripe yet cool red berry fruit, wet stone, underbrush and a hint of animale merges gracefully into highly complex and gorgeously intense flavors that also...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 91 points: 91+ Medium red. Sappy youthfully medicinal flavors of raspberry and black cherry; slightly reduced. Concentrated and powerful but a bit musclebound today finishing with a tannic toughness. But this has terrific energy and...

View From The Cellar, 94 points: 94+ The 2008 Burguet Clos de Bèze is a tour de force this year. The magical bouquet soars from the glass in a blend of cherries, blood orange, strawberries, orange zest, coffee, just a touch of spicy wood and...

Burghound, 95 points: (BH93-95 points) A classic and elegant Clos de Bèze nose is composed of spicy and earthy if restrained red currant and floral aromas that are nuanced by subtle wisps of humus and exotic tea. The sense of elegance is...

View From The Cellar, 95 points: (JG94-95+ points) The 2012 Clos de Bèze had been bottled at the end of October, but was still showing very well in mid-November, wafting from the glass in a superb aromatic constellation of black cherries, cassis...

Wine Spectator, 94 points: Bursting with black cherry, black currant, violet and savory notes, this is concentrated, yet refined and lively. Exhibits ample flesh around the solid tannins, leaving a balanced impression on the long finish. Best from...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 95 points: Bright medium red. Multidimensional nose offers scents of raspberry, cherry, exotic spices, rose petal and dried flowers. Compellingly chewy and sappy on the palate yet somehow silky too, showing outstanding energy and...

Burghound, 96 points: (93-96) Discreet but not invisible wood serves as a backdrop for the airy, ripe and very pure red and dark cherry, earth and wonderfully broad-ranging spice notes. There is terrific punch to the big, robust, tautly...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 95 points: Dark, bright red. Knockout nose combines sappy red and darker berries, mocha and underbrush, complemented by sexy sweet oak and lifted by a rose petal perfume. Pure crunchy cranberry and pomegranate fruit flavors convey...

Burghound, 94 points: It's immediately clear that this is a step up in both elegance and aromatic breadth with the impressive mélange of spiced earth and smoked game notes and red and black pinot fruit aromas that merge seamlessly into the...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: The 2011 Chambertin Clos de Beze is typically elegant and almost understated on the nose, but it certainly has very fine delineation and elegance. The palate is nicely focused, very pure and linear. There is lovely...

Wine Enthusiast, 97 points: This wine is perfumed with gorgeous fruit that contrasts with the strict minerality. The tannins under the fruit are severe, solid, dark and promising enormous potential. Concentrated even while it celebrates great fruit...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 96 points: (ST93-96 points) (70% vendange entier; 100% new oak; these 80-year-old vines produced 37 hectoliters per hectare in 2013): Bright, dark red. Lovely pepper-and-spice lift to the aromas of red cherry, rose petal and...