Burgundy and Champagne
Timed Online Auction, 28 August - 9 September 2024
Burgundy - Red
About the SessionBurgundy, a region steeped in history with vineyards tracing their origins back to medieval times, boasts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir varieties that have gained worldwide recognition as the epitome of quality.
About this Item
The House of Louis Jadot has been producing Burgundy wines since its founding in 1859 by Louis Henry Denis Jadot. For the past 150 years Louis Jadot has continued as one of the great names of Burgundy and has gained international reputation for its superb red and white Burgundy wines. Louis Jadot is not only one of the largest producers of estate Burgundies of the Cote d'Or it is one of the most celebrated exporters of premium Burgundies owning close to 140 acres of vineyards from 24 of the most prestigious sites in Burgundy. Louis Jadot is one of Burgundy's most important wine producers and négociants, both qualitatively and quantitatively, with a portfolio that covers everything from inexpensive Bourgogne and Beaujolais wines to several grand cru wines, from the Côte de Beaune to Chablis. Unsurprisingly, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay feature heavily in the portfolio. Louis Jadot owns land in some of Burgundy's most famous vineyards, including Le Musigny, Échezeaux, Chapelle-Chambertin and in the famously fragmented Clos de Vougeot vineyard. Louis Jadot wines are also made in Chambertin, Montrachet, Corton and Romanée-Saint-Vivant.
The 2001 Louis Jadot Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze is a grand cru wine from the Burgundy region of France, specifically from the Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze vineyard in Gevrey-Chambertin. This vineyard is one of the most prestigious in the Côte de Nuits, known for producing wines of incredible depth, power, and longevity.
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‘The 2001 Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru (Domaine Louis Jadot) is a beauty, wafting from the glass with aromas of plums, dark berries, rich forest floor, black truffle, dark chocolate and violets. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, rich and velvety, with a broad, textural attack, powdery structuring tannins and superb depth at the core, concluding with a long, savory finish.’ – William Kelley, Wine Advocate, 93/100 (Jul 2020)
‘A gorgeously perfumed, highly complex and wonderfully spicy nose combines with hints of earth and mostly red berry fruit aromas that are beginning to display some secondary development. The broad-shouldered and solidly powerful flavors also reflect the same attractive depth as the nose with a lovely minerality and excellent definition before culminating in a long, sappy and impeccably well-balanced finish. While sufficiently mature to be enjoyable now, for my taste I would allow another 4 to 6 years of cellar time first. In sum, while there is good punch and power, this is essentially a Clos de Bèze of refinement and elegance.’ - Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, 93/100 (Jul 2012)
‘A terroir wine. Not much fruit right now, all wet earth, mineral and stone. Medium-bodied. It needs time, but you can tell it has density and depth, and a connection with the Burgundian soil. For patient aficionados. Best from 2006 through 2015.’ – Wine Spectator (Feb 2004)
‘Red-ruby. Vibrant aromas of small dark berries, minerals, mocha, flowers, pepper and fresh herbs. Juicy, minerally and sharply delineated; the most intensely flavored of these 2001s, with the penetrating quality of the best examples of the vintage. Not thick but shapely and light on its feet. Finishes very long, racy and focused, with suave tannins and lively notes of bitter chocolate and minerals.’ – Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, 93/100 (Mar 2003)
‘Cask sample. Life and substance. Really racy start, then lots of tannins, but this is a very lively package. Very chewy. Solid, but with uplift.’ – Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, 18/20 (Jan 2003)
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