Pierre Damoy Chambertin Clos De Beze 2001 At the Acker Wine Dinner SG Oct 2023. Nose was quite intense, some black fruit, rich dried fruit, hints of soy sauce. Palate was rich black fruit, well balanced, some earth, some nut flavours, elegant. 93/100
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This wine delivered a very convincing performance with an highly complex and ever changing aroma profile . The structure is fine but misses a touch of lightness, creaminess and the wine misses just a bit brighter fruit, which would make this even better. It has the fruit to improve further in the cellar but it‘s already great to drink today. 95+
TN: Constantly developing, deep and intriguing bouquet and palate displaying meaty, smokey, earth and truffle notes around a dark red fruit core with more minerality and fresh blue fruit taking over with time. Additional notes of spices, stems, cola and some faint hints of dark chocolate, at times streaks of burnt sugar and herbs complement the very complex and very well delineated, intellectually and hedonistically appealing picture. The wine has a a good structural frame with lots of tension and freshness, round tannins but a rather masculine Pinot feel, high density, and a touch of creaminess only. Overall, this is quite balanced but misses a slight touch of lightness and sweetness. The finish shows medium length and is almost as layered as the palate.
Decanting: PnP, followed over two hours. Good from the go, didn‘t need much air. In terms of openness and softness little change over time. No extensive decanting needed nor advised.
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Opened 2.5 hours before serving, 1.5 hours of which was in a decanter. Salty smoked meat and blueberries on the nose. Chunky, spicy blue fruit on the palate. 30+ second finish. Nice.
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Another Saturday at Knightsbridge - mostly blind (Northbrook, IL): Served double blind to the tasting group. Slightly barnyardy to start, which blew off after 10-15 minutes. Intense and powerful mostly black fruit with meaty spice and overall character. Great spice. Incredible length and persistence.
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Final Night in DC (Palena - Washington, DC): This was even big and meaty for a Clos de Beze! The oak was obvious on the nose and palate...which helped turn this wine into the brute that it was. Layered flavors of meat, clove spice, cranberries, dried florals and mushroom are somewhat cloaked in the oak. I wonder how this will age over the next 5-7 years...will the oak shed away exposing the elegant palate, or will it just remain a big and blocky pinot?
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10/11/2023 - ceadsearc Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pierre Damoy Chambertin Clos De Beze 2001
At the Acker Wine Dinner SG Oct 2023. Nose was quite intense, some black fruit, rich dried fruit, hints of soy sauce. Palate was rich black fruit, well balanced, some earth, some nut flavours, elegant. 93/100
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5/21/2022 - Cailles wrote: 95 Points
This wine delivered a very convincing performance with an highly complex and ever changing aroma profile . The structure is fine but misses a touch of lightness, creaminess and the wine misses just a bit brighter fruit, which would make this even better. It has the fruit to improve further in the cellar but it‘s already great to drink today. 95+
TN: Constantly developing, deep and intriguing bouquet and palate displaying meaty, smokey, earth and truffle notes around a dark red fruit core with more minerality and fresh blue fruit taking over with time. Additional notes of spices, stems, cola and some faint hints of dark chocolate, at times streaks of burnt sugar and herbs complement the very complex and very well delineated, intellectually and hedonistically appealing picture. The wine has a a good structural frame with lots of tension and freshness, round tannins but a rather masculine Pinot feel, high density, and a touch of creaminess only. Overall, this is quite balanced but misses a slight touch of lightness and sweetness. The finish shows medium length and is almost as layered as the palate.
Decanting: PnP, followed over two hours. Good from the go, didn‘t need much air. In terms of openness and softness little change over time. No extensive decanting needed nor advised.
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12/21/2017 - KenK Likes this wine: 94 Points
Dark meaty black cherry fruits with a nice sweet edge. Good density and purity, packs some power and depth.
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12/21/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Small Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Dinner (S.K.Y. Restaurant - Chicago IL): Black cherry, plum and roasted meat with very good concentration and layers of flavors. Powerful and rich, with very good balance. Much like the last bottle from approximately 5 years ago.
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3/7/2015 - rh53w wrote: 92 Points
Opened 2.5 hours before serving, 1.5 hours of which was in a decanter. Salty smoked meat and blueberries on the nose. Chunky, spicy blue fruit on the palate. 30+ second finish. Nice.
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2/2/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote: 95 Points
Another Saturday at Knightsbridge - mostly blind (Northbrook, IL): Served double blind to the tasting group. Slightly barnyardy to start, which blew off after 10-15 minutes. Intense and powerful mostly black fruit with meaty spice and overall character. Great spice. Incredible length and persistence.
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11/29/2011 - tooch wrote:
Final Night in DC (Palena - Washington, DC): This was even big and meaty for a Clos de Beze! The oak was obvious on the nose and palate...which helped turn this wine into the brute that it was. Layered flavors of meat, clove spice, cranberries, dried florals and mushroom are somewhat cloaked in the oak. I wonder how this will age over the next 5-7 years...will the oak shed away exposing the elegant palate, or will it just remain a big and blocky pinot?
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