96-99 points Fine Wine Review: "Last and still more fabulous is the Chambertin-Clos-de-Bèze. The wine shows a gamy, chipped stone nose. In the mouth, it is dense, dark, and a bit gamy with real weight and layers of fruit with some licorice and tremendous energy. (Issue #128; 2010)"
19/20 points Clive Coates (My Favourite Burgundies): "Medium-full colour. Firm, rich, full, well-balanced, and very classy and profound on the nose. Very complex. Most impressive. On the palate, still rather youthful and closed-in. Full body. There is a lot of flair here but it's all in potential. Very lovely fruit as it developed. From 2020. (2011)"
95 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "(from a 1.29 ha parcel). This too evidenced a hint of reduction that almost immediately dissipated. Otherwise, a background touch of wood highlights an expressive and impressively nuanced nose of red berry fruit that displays a broad range of spice and earth note. At present, this is really very backward though there is very good richness to the full-bodied and quite serious flavors that possess plenty of mid-palate extract that renders the dense but fine tannins almost invisible on the moderately austere and superbly long finish. This knockout Bèze has the balance and material to effortlessly improve over the next 12 to 15 years. Drink: 2020+. (Jan 2012)"
95 points (17.5/20) La Revue du Vin de France: "The Chambertin Clos de Beze, very lightly colored, smells of red roses; fine and graceful, with great refinement in texture and bouquet, it's a minimalist wine, with a beautiful classicism. (2011)"
93+ points Stephen Tanzer (International Wine Cellar): "Medium red. Multidimensional nose offers red fruits, menthol, smoked ham and wild herbs. Silky and tactile but classically dry. This showy, glyceral wine comes across as almost weightless, thanks to a powerful impression of smoky minerality. With aeration this very long and savory wine showed a compelling deep sweetness. But I wouldn't go near a bottle for at least eight years. (Mar 2011)"
19/20 points Clive Coates (My Favourite Burgundies): "Medium-full colour. Firm, rich, full, well-balanced, and very classy and profound on the nose. Very complex. Most impressive. On the palate, still rather youthful and closed-in. Full body. There is a lot of flair here but it's all in potential. Very lovely fruit as it developed. From 2020. (2011)"
95 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "(from a 1.29 ha parcel). This too evidenced a hint of reduction that almost immediately dissipated. Otherwise, a background touch of wood highlights an expressive and impressively nuanced nose of red berry fruit that displays a broad range of spice and earth note. At present, this is really very backward though there is very good richness to the full-bodied and quite serious flavors that possess plenty of mid-palate extract that renders the dense but fine tannins almost invisible on the moderately austere and superbly long finish. This knockout Bèze has the balance and material to effortlessly improve over the next 12 to 15 years. Drink: 2020+. (Jan 2012)"
95 points (17.5/20) La Revue du Vin de France: "The Chambertin Clos de Beze, very lightly colored, smells of red roses; fine and graceful, with great refinement in texture and bouquet, it's a minimalist wine, with a beautiful classicism. (2011)"
93+ points Stephen Tanzer (International Wine Cellar): "Medium red. Multidimensional nose offers red fruits, menthol, smoked ham and wild herbs. Silky and tactile but classically dry. This showy, glyceral wine comes across as almost weightless, thanks to a powerful impression of smoky minerality. With aeration this very long and savory wine showed a compelling deep sweetness. But I wouldn't go near a bottle for at least eight years. (Mar 2011)"
| Product SKU | 348755 |
| Producer | Faiveley |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| SubRegion | Côte de Nuits |
| Appellation | Gevrey-Chambertin |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Designation | Grand Cru |
| Vintage | 2008 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | Red |
| ABV | 13.5% |
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