Producer
Domaine Faiveley

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With a viticultural history that stretches back some fourteen hundred years, Clos de Bèze is a warm vineyard site with fine, deep topsoil that is renowned for producing ripe, concentrated Pinots with considerable capacity for ageing. The 2023 sees an elegant expression of this terroir, with lifted notes of white pepper, sun-ripened raspberries and red cherries. The sweet core of ripe, rounded red fruit is supported by lively acidity, silky, fine-grained tannins and a chalky, stony grip on the finish. Long and poised, this is a wine full of verve and precision.
The 2023 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru doesn't quite gel on the nose like the Mazis-Chambertin at first. It gradually combines hints of finely delineated brambly red fruit, tea leaves, briar and brown spice. The palate is medium-bodied with light tannins, considering this is a Grand Cru. This is a "transparent" Pinot with light grip but a long peppery tail on the finish. Give this four or five years in bottle.
This is also firmly reduced and revealing nothing but a tinge of spiciness. Once again the caressing and seductive mouthfeel of the medium weight flavors is striking thanks to the fine-grained tannins that shape the wonderfully complex and impeccably well-balanced finale. I particularly like the inner mouth perfume that only adds to the appeal of this very classy effort.
Aromas of sweet cherries and blackberries mingled with notions of clove, incense, rose petals and blood orange in an incipiently complex bouquet introduce the 2023 Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru, a full-bodied, ample and perfumed wine that's pure, rich and sensual, concluding with an expansive finish.
Cask sample. Mid garnet – rather dull colour actually. Rather sweaty nose and then complexity on the palate – complexity that is rare in 2023s at this stage. Quite a bit of chew and this is obviously a baby. Sweet and chewy and still just a collection of elements.
A bright mid crimson purple. The nose has the class and much of the energy that one would hope for. The 2023 Chambertin Clos de Bèze is elegant with little alpine strawberries, but I would have liked just a point more concentration. Drink from 2032-2040. Tasted Nov 2024.
With a viticultural history that stretches back some fourteen hundred years, Clos de Bèze is a warm vineyard site with fine, deep topsoil that is renowned for producing ripe, concentrated Pinots with considerable capacity for ageing. The 2023 sees an elegant expression of this terroir, with lifted notes of white pepper, sun-ripened raspberries and red cherries. The sweet core of ripe, rounded red fruit is supported by lively acidity, silky, fine-grained tannins and a chalky, stony grip on the finish. Long and poised, this is a wine full of verve and precision.
Gevrey-Chambertin has more Grand Crus than any other appellation in Burgundy. Unusually wines from Clos de Beze may simply call themselves Chambertin, which is an indicator of the quality of these vineyards. One of the most complete of all the Grand Crus, rivalling the revered Romanee-Conti, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze wines are the pinnacle of Pinot Noir - fragrant, powerfully complex and intense.