Tasting through Bruno Clair's impressive 2022 portfolio. There is much to like about the wines and this vintage in general. These are complex, deep wines with an enchanting, bright red fruit perfume. The purity is impressive, and silky elegance can be found in all the wines down to the village level (their Gevrey Village has to be one of the best village level Burgs I've had). The star of the lineup was unsurprisingly their bright, pure and refined Clos de Beze (96pts+), followed by a very promising, slightly more muscular and mineral-driven Bonnes Mares (95pts).
TN: Wow, super impressive village (coming from very old vines), quite complex, very pixelated and with high precision. A bit muted on the nose, it shows layers of red berries, spices, crushed rocks, some salty notes. It is not as refined as most of the other wines we had, but is very well structured which should guarantee further improvement with further age. 92+pts
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Tasting the 2022s from Bruno Clair. Barrels typically used no longer than 3 years. The Villages wines showed common features of graphite and animal notes and were of consistent quality across vineyards. Bruno Clair’s array of wines full reflect the diversity of terroirs they own. Of the Villages, Les Champs Perdrix was the most promising and Bonnes Mares took the gold medal. The reds outshone the whites from vat.
Tasting note: Red, rather extracted fruit. Depth adds a certain verticality. Also rooibos tea. Soft texture with still quite grippy tannin. Will require some time in the botte to fully integrate.
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4/21/2024 - Cailles wrote: 92 Points
Tasting through Bruno Clair's impressive 2022 portfolio. There is much to like about the wines and this vintage in general. These are complex, deep wines with an enchanting, bright red fruit perfume. The purity is impressive, and silky elegance can be found in all the wines down to the village level (their Gevrey Village has to be one of the best village level Burgs I've had). The star of the lineup was unsurprisingly their bright, pure and refined Clos de Beze (96pts+), followed by a very promising, slightly more muscular and mineral-driven Bonnes Mares (95pts).
TN: Wow, super impressive village (coming from very old vines), quite complex, very pixelated and with high precision. A bit muted on the nose, it shows layers of red berries, spices, crushed rocks, some salty notes. It is not as refined as most of the other wines we had, but is very well structured which should guarantee further improvement with further age. 92+pts
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1/19/2024 - sirpat00 wrote: 89 Points
Tasting the 2022s from Bruno Clair. Barrels typically used no longer than 3 years. The Villages wines showed common features of graphite and animal notes and were of consistent quality across vineyards. Bruno Clair’s array of wines full reflect the diversity of terroirs they own. Of the Villages, Les Champs Perdrix was the most promising and Bonnes Mares took the gold medal. The reds outshone the whites from vat.
Tasting note:
Red, rather extracted fruit. Depth adds a certain verticality. Also rooibos tea. Soft texture with still quite grippy tannin. Will require some time in the botte to fully integrate.
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