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Neal Martin

Vinous

The 2017 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru has quite an intense bouquet of mainly red but some black fruit, the oak neatly enmeshed and hints of black truffle and tobacco emerging with aeration. This feels very composed. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, a fine bead of acidity and good structure. There is a firm grip to this Clos-de-Bèze and it sports one of the most energetic finishes. Great potential. 11/2018

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Jasper Morris

Inside Burgundy

90-year-old vines up top plus plots of 40 and 25 year old vines. Slightly paler colour than the Chapelle but in fact a greater elegance to the fruit. This flows in silky fashion right across the palate, there are no disruptive tannins, just enough acidity and a sensual suave and very long finish. Tasted Nov 2018.

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William Kelley

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

One of the finest wines in the Jadot portfolio, the 2017 Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru (Domaine Louis Jadot) unfurls in the glass with aromas of sweet red berries, menthol, dark chocolate, blood orange and grilled meats. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and layered, with superb depth and dimension, succulent acids and notable concentration, its tannins entirely cloaked in fruit. While this is a comparatively supple, giving rendition of this cuvée, it will nevertheless demand patience. Jadot's Frédéric Barnier is pleased with his 2017 portfolio. It's a good white vintage, he says, neither over nor underripe, and in some instances—as is the norm at this address—malolactic fermentation was blocked to retain additional freshness. The reds, he says, have gained immensely with élevage, taking on depth and dimension that they initially seemed to lack after their comparatively precocious malolactic fermentations concluded. Winemaking here is something of a constant: destemmed grapes, wooden fermentation vessels with minimal temperature control and punching down, long cuvaisons and maturation in oak barrels—of which one-third are new, one-third are once-used and one-third are twice-used. Whites are direct pressed, fermented and matured in barrels. The result is a long-lived, muscular style that ages very well indeed, and there is no doubt that this is one of the finest négociant houses—not just in terms of quality, but also in terms of consistency. My notes parse the portfolio, identifying particular high points, but even taken as a whole Barnier and his team have every right to be pleased with a very good 2017 collection in both red and white. Some of Jadot's successful 2016s are also revisited here, with more to come in the near future. Readers will also note that the different domaine sources and maison wines are now more clearly distinguished in the Wine Advocate's database nomenclature. 01/2019

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James Suckling

James Suckling

There’s a wild and exotic edge to the nose with red and violet flowers, blood oranges, pomegranate and an array of fine, bright red fruit, as well as a dusting of hard, brown spices and wild-forest notes. The palate is succulent, very juicy and intense and has an athletic tannin structure with powerful, long tannins that hold the finish well. Very old vines, planted in the 1920s. Try from 2024. 01/2019