2020 Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays

Community Tasting Note

Mag357 wrote:

Monday, April 24, 2023 - There is more density, flesh, and concentration from the preceding Morey 1er cru, the wine displays better depth and lenght, and I very much like the saline aftertaste, counterbalancing the easy sweetness of the 2020 vintage, the tannins are polished and very fine. This is a very refined clos des Lambrays, and certainly at grand cru level, but not at the level of the major grands crus in the Cote de Nuits.

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Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:

8/8/2023 3:17:00 PM - Hi- if this is flawed, how were you able to discern such valuable impressions?
Comment posted by Mag357:

8/8/2023 7:57:00 PM - Thanks for pointing it out, I corrected the mysteriously checked the box, the bottle was indeed perfect, ex domaine.
Comment posted by Anhelo:

8/8/2023 8:00:00 PM - Ok cool so…. Do you think it’s worth the price of entry? I have never had the wines but got an offer to buy and am really contemplating
Comment posted by Mag357:

8/8/2023 9:20:00 PM - What is the offer price ?
Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:

8/8/2023 9:28:00 PM - $600 all-in delivered.
Comment posted by Mag357:

8/8/2023 9:56:00 PM - At this price point, what really matters is the wow effect on your palate (and not mine). Personnally, my palate did not have that wow moment, although this was the finest Lambrays I ever tasted.
So at this price/level, the best advice is to buy one Trapet Chambertin, one Faiveley Beze, one Clair Beze, one Lignier CDR, one Mazoyeres Arnaud Mortet, one Bachelet Charmes, one Arlaud CDR, call your best friends for a big tasting for a special occasion, open and decant all the bottles, and then buy the ones which blew your palate. (and your bank too)
Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:

8/8/2023 10:21:00 PM - I would need to take a loan out form you lol. Right now the D. Bachelet Chamres Chambertin is in the running for my wine for the year (2016/2017)... but figured the 2020 warm vintage would do wonders for Lambrays lighter style to make a perfect combo... just haven't tried it.. yet :)
Comment posted by Mag357:

8/9/2023 8:18:00 AM - You are right, Lambrays has never been a power house like Clos de Tart, and I agree Lambrays is more 'drinkable' than Clos de Tart in warm years. the winemaker Jacques Devousges (transferred in 2019 from Clos de Tard) increased the quality in the 2020 blend, some of the less promising barrels with juice from down the slope in Meix Rentiers and Upslope north in Bouchots going into the 1er cru rather than the grand cru. Definitely worth trying a bottle, cannot wait to see what you think of it vs Bachelet which I have not tasted recently.