Olivier Bernstein Chambertin Clos de Beze Grand Cru 2015

Olivier Bernstein Chambertin Clos de Beze Grand Cru 2015A restrained but attractively fresh, cool and airy nose combines notes of spice with those of various floral nuances and dark cherry liqueur. The rich, powerful, full bodied and impressively scaled flavors brim with dry extract that coats the palate and again buffers the decidedly firm tannins on the vibrant and hugely long finish.

There is both fine volume and intensity to the punchy flavors that are more refined than usual thanks to the fine grain of the supporting tannins on the attractively well-balanced and persistent finish

Full-bodied and very sweet

this is actually slightly less structured though I emphasize slightly

cassis and earth aromas

McIntosh apple

The overtly powerful and concentrated broad-shouldered flavors display almost painful intensity before culminating in an explosively long and very firmly structured finish where once again a hint of bitter cherry appears

licorice flavor

but without the nobility

Like the Mazis

culminating in a slightly austere and ever-so-mildly dry finish of solid though not exceptional persistence

large-scaled effort that is not without considerable elegance for its mass and volume

The impression is one of a silky