What a 'go to' Burg that will be a huge crowd pleasure albeit, it is more of a modern profile of Burgundy than the old world style I am partial to drinking. Regardless, a great Burg at this price point. Full of fruit, yet not overpowering, nice balance and structure, silky smooth mouth feel. Just a great all around Burg that everyone will love.
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Anybody naysaying the grandeur of the 2015 vintage is gonna have to step outside this bar and fight me, we got a problem. This is probably the best Clair Dominode I've ever had (and hey, these old vines are now older than they've ever been!). The color is halfway between red and rose, more of a pale rouge, yet it's absolutely packed with material in a way that comes across layered and robust while being essentially lightweight. First comes a puff of perfumed fruit mixing rose petals and a spirity essence of pale cherries, then it solidifies and a robust, stony minerality takes over. From ethereal on the entry to chiseled on the back end, there's not even a molecule of baby fat but it still has a youthful freshness and gloss.
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This premier cru was a little more closed than many of the 2015s I have been enjoying lately. It has a pretty light color. The tart red and dark cherry, at first was clipped, and a little resiny. With air and time, this beauty really woke up! The fruit stayed tart and in the red spectrum, the resin hints evaporated, dark soil and tobacco leaf hints made themselves known. The wine planed out and fattened up a bit and was really quite delicious. I am happy to have a good handful of 2015 Bruno Clair wines in my pending deliveries column!
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8/26/2023 - stkilda wrote: 91 Points
Enjoyable but would benefit from further aging . I agree entirely with Charlie Carne’s note below .
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3/27/2021 - BillyT wrote: 92 Points
Sorry no notes. Previous notes apply.
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3/12/2021 - BillyT wrote: 92 Points
Approachable but with the ability to age. Sorry, nothing more. At dinner with friends and family.
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12/27/2020 - BillyT wrote: 93 Points
What a 'go to' Burg that will be a huge crowd pleasure albeit, it is more of a modern profile of Burgundy than the old world style I am partial to drinking. Regardless, a great Burg at this price point. Full of fruit, yet not overpowering, nice balance and structure, silky smooth mouth feel. Just a great all around Burg that everyone will love.
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11/15/2019 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 95 Points
Anybody naysaying the grandeur of the 2015 vintage is gonna have to step outside this bar and fight me, we got a problem. This is probably the best Clair Dominode I've ever had (and hey, these old vines are now older than they've ever been!). The color is halfway between red and rose, more of a pale rouge, yet it's absolutely packed with material in a way that comes across layered and robust while being essentially lightweight. First comes a puff of perfumed fruit mixing rose petals and a spirity essence of pale cherries, then it solidifies and a robust, stony minerality takes over. From ethereal on the entry to chiseled on the back end, there's not even a molecule of baby fat but it still has a youthful freshness and gloss.
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12/6/2018 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine: 93 Points
This premier cru was a little more closed than many of the 2015s I have been enjoying lately. It has a pretty light color. The tart red and dark cherry, at first was clipped, and a little resiny. With air and time, this beauty really woke up! The fruit stayed tart and in the red spectrum, the resin hints evaporated, dark soil and tobacco leaf hints made themselves known. The wine planed out and fattened up a bit and was really quite delicious. I am happy to have a good handful of 2015 Bruno Clair wines in my pending deliveries column!
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4/26/2018 - drwine2001 wrote:
2015 Bruno Clair Whites and Reds (Plus One Older Treat) (Dig Wines, San Francisco): Light color. Very penetrating, brambly, black fruit scents. Light with some sap and blueberry fruit. Full of herbs as well. Soil-inflected finish, terrific length. Much better than the Vosne, I thought.
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