Winemaker Notes
This legendary wine has great power, depth and a fragrant, floral bouquet.
Serve with roasted or sauced red meat, pheasant, venison or other large game and medium-strength cheeses such as camembert.
Blend: 100% Pinot Noir
Professional Ratings
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Jasper Morris
Glowing fresh crimson colour. The nose shows fresh fruit without detail as yet. I am impressed by the weight and energy of this very promising Clos Vougeot There is plenty up front, muscular, but enough behind too. A beautiful finish as pure class peeps throughout. Very happy with this! Drink from 2032-2040.
Barrel Sample: 95-98 -
James Suckling
Beautiful black fruit, complex spices and a velvety texture give this a brooding, deep and concentrated expression. Packed with black cherry, blueberry, spearmint, bay leaf and moss nuances, it’s complex, full-bodied and superbly balanced. So concentrated, yet structured and age-worthy. Fuller and riper than usual in this vintage, it’s still a great candidate for long aging. Best after 2030.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2022 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru (Domaine Louis Jadot) is rich and structured, delivering aromas of cherries, plums, wild berries, smoke and spices, followed by a full-bodied, deep and layered palate that's framed by youthfully chewy tannins.
Barrel Sample: 92-94 -
Wine Spectator
There is a sense this red is holding back, yet the core of cherry and raspberry fruit is seductive, framed by a luscious texture, lively acidity and refined tannins. It's oak treatment is also nicely meshed, with a slight dusty feel on the earth- and spice-tinged finish.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
Containing the largest Grand Cru in all of the Côte d’Or, Vougeot, the village, takes its name from the small stream flowing through it, called Vouge. Over three quarters of the village retains Grand Cru status, and a single vineyard at that: Clos de Vougeot (or simply, Clos Vougeot). Its mass—over 50 ha—retains the single name chiefly for historic reasons.
But today, Clos de Vougeot contains over 80 owners and shows significant soil and slope variations within its boundaries. The top, bordering Musigny and Grands Echezeaux, is calcareous and gravelly on oolitic limestone and exhibits wonderful drainage. The middle sections are limestone, gravel and clay with less of a slope. The lower part has little slant and is mostly made of clay. Historically the diverse parcels were blended but today the abundance of owners means that everyone has his own style. Exploring and understanding them is part of the allure of Clos de Vougeot.
In general a fine Clos de Vougeot when young will be dense and dark but juicy, with a pronounced austerity, and needs a good ten years to bring it to its full potential.