D. Faiveley Chambertin Clos de Beze 'les Ouvrees Rodin' Grand Cru 2011

D. Faiveley Chambertin Clos de Beze 'les Ouvrees Rodin' Grand Cru 2011Background notes of oak frame a highly expressive nose that offers up scents of violets, spice, freshly crushed raspberries and wet stone. This is bigger and more concentrated than the regular cuve with exceptionally good richness on the naturally sweet medium full bodied flavors that are utterly seductive. There is a highly beguiling opulence to the textured, indeed even silky mouth feel though the gorgeously long finish tightens up quickly as the

red currant and black raspberry plus a touch of forest floor

jammy blackberries and cassis

cool and airy nose combines notes of spice with those of various floral nuances and dark cherry liqueur

earth and violet-scented nose

There is fine concentration to the relatively powerful sappy and mouth coating flavors that are shaped by wonderfully fine-grained tannins on the hugely long

There is terrific vibrancy to the slightly more muscular large-scaled flavors that culminate in a linear and beautifully delineated finish that really firms up as it sits on the palate

the sauvage and a combination of super-fresh red and dark currant scents

and there's no sweetness whatsoever

The 1993 finishes with slightly greater focus

and Mediterranean herb notes with a smooth

simply put

Otherwise the succulent and opulent massively-scaled flavors possess seemingly endless reserves of dry extract that make the mid-palate and finish of this very firmly structured and almost painfully intense effort appear almost pliant