Medium-deep red. Complex, high-pitched perfume melds blackberry, cherry, wild herbs, black pepper, underbrush and dried flowers. Classic Clos des Lambrays in its combination of red and black fruits, dried flowers, minerals, spices, licorice and earth and its pungent inner-mouth energy. This wine actually reminded me of a 1978! Finishes with firm, noble tannins and terrific piquant length. This is actually easier to taste today than the village wine but should evolve very slowly.

Here there is gentle wood setting off a similar if more complex nose that displays prominent floral and spice scents. There is very good volume to the utterly delicious medium weight and wonderfully vibrant flavors that possess really fine delineation before culminating in a mineral-inflected, saline and focused finish. I very much admire the sleek mouth feel as well as the impeccable balance. Lovely juice that is quite firmly structured and a bit less youthfully austere than usual.
– Burghound.com, Issue 61. Tasted: Jan 2016

Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru is a divisive wine, not one for those seeking layer upon layer of fruit. It is more mature in appearance than its peers, perhaps missing the fruit intensity one would anticipate from a grand cru of this stature. There is something a little "dusty attic" here although that ebbs away with time in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with a slightly leafy entry, gentle and elegant, full of personality. It is missing the weight and volume that a more benevolent vintage would have lent and it does not quite possess the structure or substance to suggest long-term. Yet, it remains a well-crafted and to put it prosaically, is absolutely delicious. Tasted September 2016.

Extraordinary nose – beautifully open-knit, very floral (unlike the 2017), supercharged intensity. Finely ground tannin that provides firmness and chew, persistence on the finish supported by the structure. This is what all the burgundy fuss is about! (RH)

Wild, spicy, this sample seems rather volatile, then a big hit of stems on the palate. A lot of character here, all chaotic now, but the elements of a thrilling bottle are there. (AH)

Mid cherry red. There's a hint of that stemmy/nutty character that plagued the 2004s , hence my low score. Dry and a bit chalky on the palate with a slightly bitter finish because of that stemminess. (JH)