2012 Domaine Louis Jadot, Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru 1x750ml

Robert Parker 93

Tasted blind at the annual "Burgfest" tasting in Beaune. The 2012 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru from Louis Jadot has a lifted, licorice-tinged bouquet with plenty of guts to it. There aromatics do not hold back. The palate is medium-bodied with chewy tannin, dense black fruit with a structured finish that does not quite deliver the complexity the aromatics suggest at first, but with aeration, manifests subtle nuances and fine mineralite. This is a great success for winemaker Frederic Barnier and his team. [Neal Martin, 28/09/2017]

Anticipated maturity: 2017-2035

Vinous 92+

Full red. Perfumed aromas of ripe red berries, red cherry, licorice pastille and flowers. Sappy, savory and a bit youthfully clenched and four-square on the palate, showing a rather austere, medicinal character accentuated by a slightly herbal peppery quality. Today the fruit is kept under wraps by the wine’s firm spine of acids and tannins. Revealed a note of maraschino cherry with 48 hours in the recorked bottle but retained its menthol and licorice qualities. This will require patience. [Stephen Tanzer, 03/01/2015]

Anticipated maturity: 2023-2037