2020 - Chambertin-Clos de Beze Grand Cru, Duroche

The "regular" bottling of Duroché's 2020 Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru is a great wine in its own right, offering up notes of dark berries, plums, smoked meats, sweet soil tones, black truffle and licorice. Full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it's broad and perfumed, with a concentrated core of fruit, velvety tannins and a long, resonant finish.

The 2020 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru has a primal nose with black cherries, wild strawberries, a touch of wild mint and clementines. It is not the most complex, but it is attractive all the same. It needs a little more precision and mineralité. The palate is medium-bodied with a citrus-fresh entry. Orange zest, mandarin, plenty of red fruit and real mineralité on the finish make this a sophisticated Clos de Bèze that will give a lot of pleasure. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.