Bruno Clair - Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St Jacques 2022 (750ml)
Price: $450.00
| Producer | Bruno Clair |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Subregion | Gevrey Chambertin |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 9101 |
| Size | 750ml |
Jasper Morris: 95-97 Points
Glowing purple. The bouquet is absolutely regal. What else to say? The palate offers a fantastic complexity varying from the sweetness of perfect ripeness through to a more savoury character from the terroir. The length of flavour transcends anything else. Gracefulness personified.
Burghound: 92-95 Points
Relatively firm reduction renders the nose unreadable at present. Otherwise there is outstanding richness and volume to the caressing yet powerful and super-sleek middleweight plus flavors that possess excellent depth and persistence on the muscular but youthfully austere and decidedly firm finish. Once again this offers first-rate development potential but in a very compact package. (Drink starting 2034)
Vinous: 94-96 Points
The 2022 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques 1er Cru has a pixelated bouquet that blossoms in the glass. The terroir?s nobility really floods through here: animated red fruit and crushed stone hints of white flower and freshly tilled earth. The taut linear palate is quite strict; it?s a serious Clos Saint-Jacques with a long saline finish. The palate is not giving much away at the moment?it?s all on the nose but I have confidence in it. (Drink between 2028-2055)
Wine Advocate: 92-94 Points
The 2022 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jacques is firmer and more reserved than the Cazetiers. Exhibiting notes of cherries dark berries vine smoke and petals it's medium to full-bodied satiny and vibrant with a deep but tightly wound core that's still some way from revealing all its secrets. As I wrote last year I'd heard murmurings of a renaissance at Domaine Bruno Clair for some time so I've now added this address to my annual itinerary along the Côte d'Or. Evolution has indeed been underway: Farming is now very close to organic across the 24-hectare estate; yields are being limited more strictly in the younger parcels; superior vine genetics are being t-budded onto existing plantings; cover crops are the order of the day with the frequency of cultivation reduced; trees are being incorporated within all new plantings; and now in the winery whole clusters are being systematically retained in significant percentages while the frequency of punching down has reduced. What are the results? The pure-fruited style of the domaine which doesn't push ripeness or percentages of new oak remains very much intact but it's actualized with more intensity of flavor and more expressive fruit. Published: Jan 18 2024
