-
96
/ 100
Allen Meadows -
95
/ 100
Vinous -
94
/ 100
James Suckling
Red
Classification
Pinot Noir
Variety
2015
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
France
Country
Burgundy, Chambertin-Clos de Beze
Region
13.5%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
96 / 100"Discreet but not invisible wood serves as a backdrop for the airy, ripe and very pure red and dark cherry, earth and wonderfully broad-ranging spice notes. There is terrific punch to the big, robust, tautly structured and well-muscled flavors that ooze with minerality and buckets of mid-palate sap that buffers the prominent tannic spine on the youthfully austere finish. This massively long effort should age glacially but gracefully for several decades."
- Allen Meadows
95 / 100
"Bright, full red. Ineffable aromas of raspberry, rose petal and minerals display wonderful perfumed lift for the year. Silky, concentrated and fine-grained on entry, then sharply delineated and perfumed in the middle palate, boasting superb floral lift and an impression of menthol reserve to its black raspberry, crushed stone and botanical herb flavors. A wonderfully savory, silky midweight with terrific energy and restrained sweetness for the year, not to mention noble, perfectly buffered tannins. The savory, slowly building finish is hard to scrape off your palate. This outstanding 2015 really stands out for its light touch."
- Vinous
94 / 100
"Deep, smoky and meaty nose. A powerful wide-screen wine in which the major tannin structure is almost masked, showing its hand a little at the fresh and very subtle finish. Drink or hold."
- James Suckling
Tasting Notes
Based in Nuits-St-Georges, the famous Domaine Faiveley was founded in 1825 and in more recent times, the domaine has greatly expanded its vineyards across the entire Côte d’Or. The grapes are entirely destemmed and fermented in a mix of new wooden vats for the top end wines and stainless steel for the lesser cuvées. Once notorious for being fairly austere, there has been less emphasis on extraction over the last ten years and the wines show increased freshness, purity of fruit and more judicious use of oak. A contender for one of the most improved domaines in Burgundy over the last decade.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity