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"A gorgeous wine laced with expressive perfume, the silkiest of tannins and fabulous generosity in its fruit. This is a slightly firm style of Chambolle, but all of the elements are woven together in a fabric of inimitable grace. It is another superb, beautiful wine from Philippe Collotte."

"The 2008 Chambertin-Clos de Beze is an intensely floral, cool wine graced with exquisite finesse in its dark red berries, flowers, minerals and menthol. It is naturally less obvious than the 2009, but just as convincing. A textured, sweet and multi-dimensional finish rounds things out in style. The Beze is quite a bit more open than the Bonnes Mares, but it nevertheless needs time, and probably lots of it."