Bruno Clair Chambertin Clos de Beze Grand Cru 2008 750ml

Burghound.com, Mar 02, 2019
An elegant, airy and ntensely spicy and earth-inflected nose that is not only quite fresh and remains relatively primary as well. There is equally good youthfulness to the medium-bodied, intense and stony flavors that possess excellent depth and persistence on the balanced finish that flashes just a touch of austerity. To my preference this is still very much developing and while it could be enjoyed now thanks to the fine complexity, I would advise allowing this another 5 to 10 years of cellaring as it's evolving quite slowly. In a word, outstanding.

Domaine Bruno Clair is a Burgundy producer with vineyards across the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune. The majority of its wines are made from Pinot Noir, but it also makes Chardonnay and Aligoté covering the gamut of regional designations from Bourgogne and villages to premier and grand cru. Its most highly regarded sites are in the grand cru vineyards Bonnes-Mares, Corton-Charlemagne and Chambertin-Clos-de-Bèze.
Named for its founder, Bruno Clair was established in 1979 with plots in Marsannay, Fixin, Savigny-les-Beaune and Morey-Saint-Denis. Bruno is the grandson of Bernard Clair, who established highly regarded Burgundy estate Domaine Clair-Daü in 1919. After Bernard died in the late 1970s, there was conflict over how to divide the estate but, in the 1980s, Bruno took on several more family vineyards including ones in esteemed villages such as Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne-Romanée and Chambolle-Musigny. The purchase of additional vineyards in the 1990s brought the domaine to 23 hectares (57 acres).

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