Pierre Damoy's 2000 Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru is aging nicely, offering up a classic bouquet of ripe black fruit, smoked meats, rich soil and licorice. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, multidimensional and quite rich for the vintage, with a good core of fruit, savory tannins and creditable length. A more than respectable performance in a challenging vintage from the Clos de Bèze's largest landholder. - William Kelley

Quite deeply colored with earthy, black pepper and black cherry fruit notes and dense and intense flavors of excellent character and length. Impressively mouth filling with real volume and this manages to come across as both stylish and substantial with a firm, relatively austere finish. Very solid if not spectacular quality.