2008 Latricieres Chambertin
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Cherry, menthol and saline, smoky minerality on the nose and palate, with the wine's oak element currently blocking its aromatic purity. Then spicy, dry and quite closed in the mid-palate, but with a penetrating, sappy quality to the rather glyceral flavors. Dense but backward wine, finishing with serious dusty tannins. Showed a purer cherry character with long aeration, but this seems the most difficult of the 2008 Faiveley wines to taste today.
(vinified with 25% whole clusters) Good medium red. Ripe, pure aromas of wild strawberry, crushed stone and saline minerality. A silky, savory wine with outstanding energy but no easy sweetness today. Wonderfully sophisticated, tactile minerality shows off the well-judged extraction here. Finishes savory, long and perfumed, with suggestions of raspberry liqueur and violet. Probably not best suited for Burgundy neophytes. Hervet planned to bottle this on the early side.
About the producer
Domaine Faiveley is one of Burgundy’s most important wine producers. The family-owned estate, now in the hands of the seventh generation, is one of the largest in the region, with significant holdings in both the Côte d’Or and the Côte Chalonnaise.