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Bruno Clair, Savigny les Beaune La Dominode, 2005

Name: Bruno Clair, Savigny les Beaune La Dominode, 2005
Brand: Bruno Clair
SKU: NYC-ZAC0225-022125-BCSBLD2005-ROW81-BOX 36
Price: 129.99 USD
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Red Wine from Burgundy, France

by Bruno Clair

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Domaine Bruno Clair is now considered part of Burgundy's top tier. This wasn't always the case, but Bruno has worked tirelessly over the past 3 decades to build and re-build the domaine he inherited from his grandparents. Joseph Clair and Marguerite Dau founded the Domaine Clair-Dau almost 100 years ago. Starting with a few vineyards that Marguerite's family had, they purchased and rejuvenated some of the best parcels in the Cote d'Or and by the time of Joseph's passing in 1971 had built one of the greatest Domaines in Burgundy. Unfortunately family infighting led to neglect in the vineyards and the domaine was spilt up. Bruno eventually inherited about half of the original holdings. He reclaimed some of the best parcels when their leases ended and slowly added his own acquisitions as well. His meticulous focus on quality in the vineyards (he's practiced organic viticulture for years) has finally been rewarded with the attention and accolades he deserves. Together with winemaker Philippe Brun, Bruno now makes wines from very old vines in some of the best plots throughout the Cote d'Or. The secret to their success isn't a secret at all: Bruno farms the very best grapes he can and Philippe uses a very gentle winemaking approach to coax the purest expression of terroir out of every vineyard.

Professional Reviews

Burghound

BH 91

"A wonderfully complex earthy and spicy dark berry fruit nose leads to delicious, generous and fleshy middle weight flavors that are sweet, intense and quite finely structured, all wrapped in a finish of impressive length. This is quite firmly if deceptively structured as the tannic spine is completely buffered by the abundant sap. In a word, terrific."

Antonio Galloni

AG 90

"Good deep red. Spicy, primary black fruit, mocha and truffle aromas show a slightly roasted character but gained in freshness as the wine opened in the glass. Big, lush, sweet and voluminous, with so much baby fat that it appears to be less tightly wound than usual. But there's plenty of structure underneath. Finishes with powerful, dusty tannins and some very ripe suggestions of mocha, maple syrup and truffle. Today this wine seems very marked by the vintage. This will need a good six or seven years of cellaring and will probably be perfect alongside game dishes." -Stephen Tanzer

Robert Parker

RP 93

"From vines planted in 1902, the Clair 2005 Savigny-les-Beaune La Dominodes is uncompromisingly concentrated, meaty, salty and pithy. Scents of wood smoke, tobacco, bitter black fruits and pungent herbs rise from the glass. This stains the palate like a medicinal remedy of black cherry, tincture of iodine, and herbal essences. (What’s the disease? I’ll catch it!) Amazingly sinewy, muscular and energetic, it epitomizes the uncompromising, lean Bruno Clair style, not to mention the fruit of vines too old to waste their juices trying to flatter the critics. Arguably the greatest wine in Savigny, Clair’s Dominode nearly always needs close to a decade to repay its price, and this year I’d say 'longer.'" -David Schildknecht

Details

Vintage

2005
Size

750ml

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