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2014 Domaine Drouhin-Laroze Chambertin Clos de Beze

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September 5, 2021 - $150

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RATINGS

93Wine Spectator

...cherry, currant, spice and leafy flavors...well-integrated tannins and spice notes dominating the finish.

92+ Stephen Tanzer

...aromas of red berries, rose petal and medicinal menthol...savory, firm-edged flavors of cranberry, minerals and white pepper giving the middle palate an incisive character...finishes perfumed, focused and long, with pepper and saline mineral notes...

91-93The Wine Advocate

...nose is generous and perfumed with macerated black cherries, wild strawberry and light iodine notes, the new oak nicely integrated...palate is medium-bodied with a crisp, orange zest-tinged entry.

91-93Burghound.com

...spicy and fresh red and dark berry fruit that carries ample Gevrey-style earth and underbrush influences. There is good size, weight and volume to the admirably intense broad-shouldered flavors that evidence a light minerality on the impressively long but not really austere finish.

18Jancis Robinson

Vaguely fizzy with some beguiling and complex, even compelling, fruit flavours. This is convincing. Love the savour on the end.

PRODUCER

Domaine Drouhin-Laroze

Domaine Drouhin-Laroze is a 31-acre estate in Gevrey-Chambertin, Burgundy. It was founded in the mid-19th century by Jean-Baptiste Laroze and is today run by Philippe Drouhin, who is a descendant. (There is only a very distant family tie with the famous Drouhin negociant family.) The domaine owns Grand Cru parcels in Bonnes-Mares, Chambertin, Clos de Beze, Clos de Vougeot, Latricieres-Chambertin, Chapelle-Chambertin, Musigny and Gevrey-Chambertin. There are also Premier Cru parcels. Robert M. Parker Jr. has noted that the estate’s 3 acres in Clos Vougeot "are extraordinary."

REGION

France, Burgundy, Côte d'Or, Côte de Nuits Villages, Gevrey-Chambertin, Chambertin Clos de Beze

Chambertin Clos-de-Beze is a Grand Cru vineyard in Gevrey-Chambertin, and its history goes back to the 7th century when it was owned by the monks of the Abbey of Beze. After the French Revolution the Catholic Church was forced to divide the vineyard among peasants. Today it is a 38-acre vineyard, making it slightly larger than Chambertin. Chambertin and Chambertin Clos-de-Beze are adjacent and share similar limestone, clay and gravel soils. Of the 18 proprietors, the largest by acreage are Pierre Damoy, 13.4 acres; Armand Rousseau, 3.5 acres; and Drouhin-Laroze, 3.48 acres.

TYPE

Red Wine, Pinot Noir, Grand Cru

This red wine is relatively light and can pair with a wide variety of foods. The grape prefers cooler climates and the wine is most often associated with Burgundy, Champagne and the U.S. west coast. Regional differences make it nearly as fickle as it is flexible.