Maison Bouchard Père & Fils
2014 Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru Red barrel
Score: 92-95
Tasted: Apr 15, 2016
Drink: 2029+
Issue: 62
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Tasting note: Once again very generous but not completely dominant wood serves as a borderline intrusive backdrop to the more elegant and spicier nose of various wild red berries that display added breadth in the form of earth, stone and floral nuances. There is excellent verve to the intensely mineral-driven and overtly powerful big-bodied flavors that deliver strikingly good persistence on the impeccably well-balanced finish. While this will improve over the next 15 to perhaps even 20 years it should be reasonably civilized after "only" 8 to 10 years of cellar time.
