2008 Domaine des Lambrays, Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru 1x750ml

Vinous 93

Medium red. Almost a confectionery sweetness to the aromas of black cherry, cassis and dried flowers. Fat, sweet, lush and fine-grained; this really fills the mouth with perfume. The berry, pepper and mineral flavors are complicated by a saline, earthy nuance. Finishes with superb breadth of fine tannins and excellent persistence. When I asked Brouin what would happen to the peppery acidity of 2008 with aging, he opened a bottle of the 1998 Clos des Lambrays, which showed a tannic edge but maintained a silky texture with mellow spice, truffle and molasses notes and plenty of energy for further aging. I would not have described this wine as peppery, and Brouin added that the 2008 began life with more fruit than the earlier vintage. [Stephen Tanzer, 03/01/2011]

Robert Parker 93

The 2008 Clos des Lambrays smells of resin, incense, sassafras, and myriad fresh red berries; comes to the palate with terrific brightness, lift, pungency, and verve; and finishes with vibrant spiciness, exuberant sheer juiciness, and admirable clarity. With abundant but fine tannins, I suspect it will justify at least a decade’s attention, during which perhaps mineral and carnal complexities will emerge that are for now at most merely hinted-at. Thierry Brouin claims that a oeextreme selectivity and 4,700 bottles of Bourgogne rosea (of which, however, he didn’t open one for me) was his a oeformulaa for 2008 excellence. I last tasted the wines " some lots of which didn’t finish malo until December " assembled from tank just prior to their March bottling. The 2007s were bottled in that month as well, a oepropera wines " notes Brouin " a oerendered from fruit that didn’t look very good.a Importer: Weygandt-Metzler, Unionville, PA; tel. (610) 486-0800 [David Schildknecht, 30/06/2010]