1998 Domaine / Maison Vincent Girardin Chambertin-Clos de Bèze

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 92 points

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  3/13/2022 - Lsqrd1964 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Drank with friends in London last night. Wine had been stored in a temperature controlled cellar since the early 2000’s. Opened it, poured a glass and then we let the bottle sit there for about an hour. The wine was dense and brooding, with a reddish brick, slightly cloudy body. The nose was beautifull, meaty, bacony, tart cherry notes. On the palate, the wine was singing: tart cherry, tea, slightly earthy notes and spicy. The wine had that beautifully structure and layered spice that so many great burgundies have. The length went on for around 45 seconds. I would have scored it higher if the wine had just a bit more intensity and length. It was to me, the wine of the evening. It was the best 98 Girardin Clos de Beze I’ve had from that case (unfortunately, only one more bottle left). It’s clearly finally ready. Superb.

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  12/8/2018 - MikeATL Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Not a bad Saturday afternoon: Brooding but with a vibrant streak of tart cherry and a touch of menthol adding some bright contrasts, a little stout, but with excellent complexity, it gave a very strong performance.

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  9/10/2012 - Alex H wrote: 88 Points

  Super horse manure and baryardish. A bit more smelly and dog shitty. Bretty. But palate is well balanced juicy ripe strawberries

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  9/9/2012 - Paul S wrote: 91 Points

  The Ultimate BBC (Burg, Bordeaux and Champagne) Dinner (Absinthe, Boat Quay): The experience on this bottle was rather marred by a large amount of Brett. A pity, because it might otherwise have been a decent Clos de Bèze. The nose here was full of horsey leather, wafts of barnyard aromas, bloody meat, and then only beneath those bretty scents, a touch of dark cherries and tiny flowery hints, and some earthy, spicey hints of cardammon and cloves. Just a bit too funky to be pleasant I thought. The palate seemed a bit better on the attack. Rich and sappy in true Grand Cru fashion, it showed ripe red cherries and raspberry flavours nicely balanced by fresh acidity and surprisingly fine tannins - I thought there was a really nice sense of clarity and balance on this, especially for a 1998. Unfortunately, it ended up being rather short and truncated at the finish, with the fruit going a bit flabby and flavours cutting short, with more of the bretty funk picked up on the nose blowing around the whole back-palate. Thankfully, the fruit did fill out somewhat after some time, with the wine opening up into fresh cherries and orange peel at the finish. However, and quite sadly, while a good enough wine when showing at its best, it was certainly not a great one.

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  9/1/2012 - Michiel wrote: 93 Points

  Dark ruby with some brown appearing on the rim. Enticing nose with wild strawberries, sour cherries and spice. Still quite acidic, but with nice tannins. Very good length with cherries and some darker fruit. Great weight. Very impressive wine.

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