The 2021 Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru from Burgundy, France, is a wine that immediately captivates with its deep, garnet color. The nose is filled with an enticing blend of dark berries, dried herbs, and hints of leather, evoking memories of walking through a rustic French market. On the palate, this Grand Cru is full-bodied and velvety, with layers of black cherry, plum, and black pepper. As the wine lingers, notes of earth and spice emerge, adding complexity to its already impressive depth. The tannins are firm yet well-integrated, promising a wine that will continue to evolve and improve with age. This vintage is a testament to the excellence of Domaine des Lambrays, showcasing their commitment to producing exceptional wines that truly embody the essence of Burgundy.
Critic Reviews
97 POINTS
Zekun Shuai - JamesSuckling.com
This is so delicate and trim, which is a big contrast to the ripe, rich and dense 2020 that was tasted alongside. Nuanced, medium-bodied and linear on the palate, with elegant red berries, moss, citrus and a touch of spearmint spreading across the palate. Poised, fine and lengthy. Already very attractive, but will age well for a decade or more.
97 POINTS
Neal Martin - Vinous
The 2021 Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru is tasted from separate cuvées and as a final blend. Containing around 80% whole bunches and 60% new oak, it has a beautifully-defined bouquet with dark berry fruit, bay leaf and a touch of white pepper that unfurls in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannins, raspberry and red plum, sage and white pepper, leading to a very harmonious finish with a hint of underlying citrus fruit. Heavenly.
Points: 96-98
97 POINTS
Neal Martin - Vinous
The 2021 Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru continues to impress. Lighter in hue than the 2019 served alongside, it has a lovely nose, the 80% whole-bunch imparting a patina of herbaceousness, damp forest floor, that marries beautifully with the dark berry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with a fresh, supremely poised entry. Notes of cedar and sage develop, the tannins more pliant than when I tasted this from barrel, with a piquant finish. Outstanding. Tasted at the Clos des Lambrays vertical in Morey-Saint-Denis.
97 POINTS
Charles Curtis MW - Decanter
The product of a difficult vintage, the 2021 Clos des Lambrays is almost the antithesis of either the 2020 or the 2022, yet this wine has a charm and elegance all its own, and I count it among the great successes of this trying year. The colour is lighter, and the fruit is more perfumed and less powerful than its siblings, but there is a charm to the spicy pomegranate and lilac-scented fruit aromas and the elegant, silky finesse on the palate. The yield was half of an average year. The grapes were picked at 13.1 and chaptalised to 13.6, yet the overall impression is decidedly ahead of the pack.
96 POINTS
Neal Martin - Vinous
The 2021 Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru has an intense nose with perfumed red cherry and raspberry fruit laced with white flowers and pencil box aromas. Fine definition and good use of whole cluster. The palate is medium-bodied with edgy tannins. This is a tensile Clos de la Roche, overtly spicy with a pleasing sour cherry note and a persistent graphite-tinged finish. Utter class. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.
94 POINTS
William Kelley - Robert Parker Wine Advocate
A pretty, perfumed and impressively deep wine, the 2021 Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru wafts from the glass with aromas of dark plummy fruit mingled with rose petals, bergamot, cinnamon and cloves. Full-bodied, ample and satiny, with a fleshy core of fruit that's framed by powdery tannins and lively acids, it concludes with good persistence.
Points: 93-95
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Tasting Notes
The 2021 Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru from Burgundy, France, is a wine that immediately captivates with its deep, garnet color. The nose is filled with an enticing blend of dark berries, dried herbs, and hints of leather, evoking memories of walking through a rustic French market. On the palate, this Grand Cru is full-bodied and velvety, with layers of black cherry, plum, and black pepper. As the wine lingers, notes of earth and spice emerge, adding complexity to its already impressive depth. The tannins are firm yet well-integrated, promising a wine that will continue to evolve and improve with age. This vintage is a testament to the excellence of Domaine des Lambrays, showcasing their commitment to producing exceptional wines that truly embody the essence of Burgundy.
