Domaine Robert Groffier Pere & Fils Chambertin Clos de Beze Grand Cru

Nicolas Groffier, who took the reins in 2005, made a deliberate choice to vinify Chambertin Clos de Bèze with 100% whole-cluster inclusion — the only cuvée in the cellar to receive this treatment in full — anchoring stem tannin and reductive lift as structural counterweights to the parcel's natural density. The ~0.42–0.5 ha parcel sits within Gevrey-Chambertin's Grand Cru belt on shallow calcaire brun (brown limestone) over bedrock, forcing century-old roots deep into fractured rock and producing must of extraordinary mineral concentration with minimal intervention required. After cold-soak at 10–12°C for 4–5 days and indigenous-yeast fermentation with frequent pigeage over 17–20 days total maceration, the wine is transferred to 100% new French oak — the sole cuvée in the domaine to receive this regime — before a single racking at ~12 months and return to stainless-steel vat until bottling. The wine is released unfined and unfiltered. What no peer does: Groffier ages grand cru Burgundy for only ~12 months in barrel, an unusually compressed élevage that preserves primary fruit and terroir signal over oak patina. The 2022 shows deep color, iron-edged cherry, and rose petal aromatics with supple structure; given the 100-year-old vine concentration and whole-cluster architecture, a minimum of ten years in bottle is warranted before the wine begins to reveal its full register.