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Chambertin, Domaine du Clos Frantin 2015

Tasting Notes

Not surprisingly there is better freshness to the ripe but pure nose of red and dark currant, spice and floral scents. There is a really lovely sense of underlying tension to the rich yet beautifully detailed flavors that possess excellent size, weight and mid-palate density, all wrapped in a serious, stony and mildly austere finish that goes on and on. This most impressive effort is also indisputably built-to-age and like the Grands Ech, is a wine that is going to need plenty of patience. Drink: 2035+

95
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (69), January 2018

The 2015 Chambertin Grand Cru has a very expressive bouquet that comes racing out of the traps: ebulliant morello cherries, crushed strawberry, rose petals and damson scents that are quite intoxicating even at this prenatal stage. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, tensile tannin, layers of crisp red cherry and raspberry fruit sprinkled with white pepper and clove. This builds nicely in the mouth and it fans out gloriously, whereas the Charmes-Chambertin remains recalcitrant and linear. This is superb.

93/95
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate (228), December 2016
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