Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru red 2021

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Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru 2021 red wine from Domaine des Lambrays

RVF Guide to the Best Wines of France 2023 (Sept. 2022) : Favorite and 97/100. Entirely made from whole bunches and aged in 60% new barrels, this grand cru offers an expressive and engaging nose, with notes of blueberry, fresh fruit pulp, and sandalwood, developing superbly in the air. With its sharp flavors, the attack presents tension, supported by a magnificent ample and dynamic body where noble licorice and earthy flavors create a savory and distinguished ensemble, without the slightest hardness.

Robert Parker's wine advocate (William Kelley, January 2023) : 93-95/100. A pretty, perfumed and impressively deep wine, the 2021 Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru wafts from the glass with aromas of dark plummy fruit mingled with rose petals, bergamot, cinnamon and cloves. Full-bodied, ample and satiny, with a fleshy core of fruit that's framed by powdery tannins and lively acids, it concludes with good persistence.

Technical sheet written by the domaine : 

Clos des Lambrays is the largest Grand Cru vineyard in the entire Côte de Nuits. 

Clos des Lambrays is a very full-bodied wine, rough yet supple, "an iron hand in a velvet glove." With aromas of dark fruits (blackberries, blueberries), it is powerful, elegant with noble and round tannins.

Harvest: the harvest usually takes place around September 15. The harvest, entirely manual, is completed in a few days.

Fermentation: after a strict sorting of the harvest, most often whole bunches, traditional Burgundian vinification takes place in 5 to 8 fermentation tanks. A pneumatic press allows for the extraction of high-quality press juice. The Domaine has about ten stainless steel tanks equipped with a pneumatic punch-down device and cooling circuit.

-fermentation lasts 15 to 18 days with daily punch-down.

-aging for 18 months in oak barrels renewed at 50% each year

-two rackings without fining, light filtration of 5 to 10%

A rigorous selection is then made, with some cuvées or parts of cuvées being "folded" into Morey St Denis 1er Cru.

Bottling is carried out at the Domaine.