Lot 556
DOMAINE AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS 1999 (1)
DOMAINE BRUNO CLAIR BONNES-MARES 2006 (1)
DOMAINE BRUNO CLAIR CHAMBERTIN-CLOS DE BÈZE 2006 (1) WA 95
DOMAINE BRUNO CLAIR CHAMBERTIN-CLOS DE BÈZE 2008 (1) WA 95
Lot 556 Details
DOMAINE AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS 1999 (1)
Rhône.
u. 1 cm. scuffed label
DOMAINE BRUNO CLAIR BONNES-MARES 2006 (1)
Côte de Nuits. Grand Cru Classé
DOMAINE BRUNO CLAIR CHAMBERTIN-CLOS DE BÈZE 2006 (1)
Côte de Nuits. Grand Cru Classé
stained & scuffed label
Smoky black tea, rose petals, dark berries, and licorice waft seductively (and site-typically) from the glass of Clair 2006 Chambertin Clos De Beze. Seamlessly-rich and refined in tannins, this offers a gorgeous layering of flavors anchored in clean meatiness and suggestions of stoniness and crystalline minerality that carry no sense of austerity. While missing the remarkable dynamic of the Clos St.-Jacques, in its own way this supremely elegant, intriguingly-nuanced, and memorably persistent Pinot is a model for the vintage and of its great site's potential year in, year out. WA 95
DOMAINE BRUNO CLAIR CHAMBERTIN-CLOS DE BÈZE 2008 (1)
Côte de Nuits. Grand Cru Classé
The 2008 Chambertin-Clos de Beze is an intensely floral, cool wine graced with exquisite finesse in its dark red berries, flowers, minerals and menthol. It is naturally less obvious than the 2009, but just as convincing. A textured, sweet and multi-dimensional finish rounds things out in style. The Beze is quite a bit more open than the Bonnes Mares, but it nevertheless needs time, and probably lots of it. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2038. May 2011 WA 95