2013 Clos des Lambrays
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The 2013 Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru, which former winemaker Thierry Brouin made, has a well-defined bouquet with dark berry fruit, brine, undergrowth and kelp aromas. The palate is rustic but engaging. Raspberry pastilles, orange rind and tertiary notes appear toward the slightly attenuated finish, not long, but you cannot deny that it is charming. I would drink this now and over the next decade.
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Neal Martin
The Wine Advocate
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Extraordinary nose – beautifully open-knit, very floral (unlike the 2017), supercharged intensity. Finely ground tannin that provides firmness and chew, persistence on the finish supported by the structure. This is what all the burgundy fuss is about! (RH)
The 2013 Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru is a wine that I have tasted on several occasions although never from magnum. It has a classic earthy, slightly green bouquet with touches of "dusty attic" that I have commented upon before. The palate is firm and grippy on the entry, leafier than I was expecting with a rather tapered finish. I have scored this more highly in the past - here it just feels like a gawky teenager. Tasted at Goedhuis & Co.'s annual Burgundy tasting in London.
About the producer
Domaine des Lambrays is one of Morey-Saint-Denis’s most famous estates, its history closely tied to the Grand Cru from which it takes its name – Clos des Lambrays.