Joseph Drouhin Chambertin Clos de Beze 2018 1.5L Red Burg 2006 Colgin - Wine Advocate

2006 Colgin - Wine Advocate # 180

and hints of chocolate all define the bouquet

The palate is very tensile with fabulous acidic drive matched with multi-layered fruit

mint and anise

that holds no water if this example is anything to go by

Joseph Drouhin Chambertin Clos de Beze 2018 1.5L Red Burg 2006 Colgin - Wine Advocate"This is more obviously 2018 in style with its intensely spicy and notably ripe aromas of plum, cassis and red currant that are markedly floral in character. The lilting and refined middle weight flavors possess evident minerality on the much more complex, longer and firmer finish. This is a beautifully elegant wine and while I often slightly prefer the Griotte chez Drouhin, in 2018 it appears that the Bze is the more interesting of the two, at least