D. Faiveley Chambertin Clos de Beze 'les Ouvrees Rodin' Grand Cru 2015 Volume:750ML A much more floral-inflected nose

A much more floral-inflected nose is equally fresh and ripe with a broader range of spice elements adding breadth to the pretty red and blue pinot fruit aromas that are trimmed in noticeable if not invasive wood

cedar and dried rose petals

A quintessentially Vosne nose of simply unbelievable complexity displays violets

Like the Reignots this is closed and brooding at present though aggressive swirling grudgingly liberates cool

This is ripe yet still quite fresh with its spicy

D. Faiveley Chambertin Clos de Beze 'les Ouvrees Rodin' Grand Cru 2015 Volume:750ML A much more floral-inflected noseHere the wood and menthol influences are a good deal less subtle and while they don't dominate the even spicier and slightly riper liqueur like cassis, plum and herbal tea aromas, they're certainly in the way. Otherwise the succulent and opulent massively scaled flavors possess seemingly endless reserves of dry extract that make the mid palate and finish of this very firmly structured and almost painfully intense effort appear almost pliant.