Joseph Drouhin : Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand cru 2023

Cask sample. Like walking through the (Narnia?) wardrobe. Wood and doors and wooden panels and dark dust-musk-fragrant corners and then, boom, light and cloves, dark plums and wild-plums grilled on dark-rye toast. Very wood spicy. Toasted cumin. Tannins that scratch and pull and resist and draw you in and push you back. Very, very exciting and insistent. Long green-lead line. Leafy, meadowsweet fragrance on the finish. Absolutely thrilling. (TC)