Chambertin Clos de Bèze, Louis Jadot 2010

This is consistently one of Jadot's finest wines and 2010 is no different, in fact it would appear to have even greater ultimate potential than the Musigny, which isn't always the case. The spicy, ripe and exceptionally complex nose of airy, pure and cool red currant, plum and stone aromas gracefully merges into the powerful but sophisticated medium-bodied flavors that possess seemingly buckets of dry extract that almost forcefully pushes the very firm tannic spine to the background. As intense and powerful as this is, the mouth feel is almost lilting and this is a classic example of a wine exhibiting what I call power without weight. In a word, stunning.

Full medium red. Great lift and sweetness to the multidimensional aromas of raspberry, white pepper, orange peel, spices and smoky minerals. An incredible stony expression of terroir, remarkably sweet and supple for a wine that already appears to be shutting down in the bottle. The penetrating flavors of raspberry, crushed stone and minerals show brilliant precision and sappiness. Finishes with serious but noble tannins and outstanding palate-staining length and thrust. This great grand cru resounds on the finish like very few Burgundies from this or any other vintage.

Heady, mushroomy nose. Lots of bright cherry fruit. Great zest. But overall a tad tight and serious. Worth following if you can afford it. This may well open out to be glorious but is very tight now.