Louis Jadot – Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru 2005 – Burgundy France

Chambertin-Clos de Bèze is the older of the two great Gevrey Grands Crus — monastic land since the seventh century, and the only vineyard entitled to label itself Chambertin without being it. Jadot's 2005 is the dark, uncompromising face of a legendary vintage: enormous, structured and built to outlive most of what was made that year.

🍷 At a Glance

• Grape: 100% Pinot Noir
• Appellation: Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru, Gevrey-Chambertin
• Region: Côte de Nuits, Burgundy
• Vintage: 2005
• Producer: Louis Jadot — bottled under Domaine Louis Jadot, from vines the house owns rather than buys
• Holding: A 0.42-hectare parcel acquired in 1985 with the purchase of Domaine Clair-Daü, plus further rows under long-term contract
• Vine density: 11,500 vines per hectare
• Vineyard: Around 15 hectares in total, on the upper part of the Gevrey Grand Cru slope just north of Le Chambertin, on shallower soil
• Serving temperature: 15–17°C
• Style: Dry red wine

👃 Tasting Notes & Experience

• Color: Deep, dark ruby moving to garnet
• Nose: Deep black cherry, charred meat, rose and licorice
• Palate: Mouth-filling and intense, with black licorice, wet stone, smoky black tea and dark tobacco
• Structure: Firm tannins and a savage grip through the finish
• Finish: Long, dense and mysteriously complex

2005 was one of the great modern Burgundy vintages, and Jadot's Clos de Bèze took its darkest possible reading of it. Critics who tasted it early were clear that it traded some of the refinement the site usually shows for sheer intensity and depth — a wine of formidable structure rather than immediate charm. Two decades on, that structure is exactly the point. The vineyard itself has been continuously cultivated since 640 AD, first as monastic property and then under the canons of Langres until the Revolution; Napoleon reportedly drank nothing else.

❤️ Why We Love It

• A domaine-owned parcel of one of Burgundy's two greatest Gevrey Grands Crus
• The dark, structured side of the celebrated 2005 vintage, now with twenty years in bottle
• A full twelve-bottle case, which is rare at this level

🍽️ Food Pairing Ideas

• Roast duck, goose or game birds
• Boeuf bourguignon and game pâté
• Strong washed-rind and aged cheeses

👤 Who This Wine Is For

✓ Collectors who want a mature Gevrey Grand Cru with decades still in front of it
✓ Drinkers who prize power and grip over prettiness
✕ Not the bottle to open young or without serious decanting