Chambertin Clos de Bèze, Grand Cru, 2024
Creamy, savoury and deeply fruited, with a really high-quality feel to the fruit. Silky and clear. The savoury, mineral complexity offers a nice counterpoint. Sleekly packaged, this feels very grown up and sophisticated as it glides to a long, long finish. The 70-year-old vines in the one-and-a-half hectare Drouhin-Laroze parcel abut that of Nicolas Groffier, and run the full length of the vineyard. Fermented with 15% whole bunches.
critic reviews
The 2024 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru includes 15% whole bunch this year. It has a more serious bouquet than the Clos de Vougeot, deeper with red and black fruit commingling, crushed stone, briar and light tea leaf aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins. Quite linear and strict at the moment but it should gain a bit more flesh by the time of bottling at the beginning of January 2026. This is very promising, though I would like it to develop more joie de vivre.