Bruno Clair Gevrey Chambertin Clos du Fonteny 1er Cru 2018 750ml

Burghound.com, Jan 10, 2020
A cool, pure and elegant nose consists of aromas that mostly derive from the red side of the fruit spectrum that include notes of red currant raspberry and even a whiff of pomegranate. The racy, intense and beautifully delineated medium weight flavors possess focused power on the bitter cherry pit-inflected finish. Refined though this may be, the tannins are fine but firm and this will need plenty of time to resolve the supporting structure.

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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