2008 Domaine Bruno Clair Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos du Fonteny

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90 points

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  1/23/2020 - Tony Ling Likes this wine: 92 Points

  2 hours upon opening into Riedel Pinot Noir glass (“No” into “Fruit” day): Medium ruby to the eyes.
  
  A complete but not exactly the finest of style. Good length too but not much finesse?
  
  92 points.

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  10/14/2019 - HowardNZ Likes this wine:

  Some wines at Thierry's place (June 2019): Andrew served this wine and the Bachelet side-by-side as a pair, double blind. The Clair did not have any obvious Gevrey character, I could detect. I picked it as a Vosne. A bouquet of black and red cherries, minerals, earth and smoky bonfire, with a hint of wild blackberry and bramble. In the mouth, quite approachable. I did pick the wine as a 2008, due to its signature 2008 acid structure. Focussed with fine grained tannins. Open and charming. Not at all bony or over-acidic. To drink over the next 10 years, I thought.

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  4/2/2017 - Edouard84 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Very good Burgundy, dense, complex, but still I expected more from the label and the price tag.

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  9/9/2013 - Wink Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Dark, clear garnet. Very promising nose of black cherry, smoke, spice, and vanilla. Full palate of black cherry, plum, spice, licorice, and a small amount of stemmy herbs. OK finish. Pleasant acidity. The palate doesn't live up to the nose. This wine has been much better in other vintages.

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