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Tasting Notes
There are two new barrels of the 2012 Chambertin Grand Cru this year. It comes from a single parcel of 0.15-hectares next to David Duband and Jean-Louis Trapet. It has a beguiling bouquet with dark cherries, forest floor, hints of bergamot and bay leaf, opening with time in the glass to reveal wonderful mineralite. The palate is medium-bodied with an opening that shimmers in the mouth. This is very harmonious and filled with nervosite and energy. It is more understated than say, Bernard Dugat’s Chambertin, erring more towards Rousseau in style. This will be hard to find, but you will have one exquisite wine if you do track one down. Dec 2013, www.robertparker.com
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Neal Martin
About the producer
This estate, today with Arnaud Mortet at the helm, makes some of Gevrey-Chambertin’s finest wines. Working with 16 hectares, as well as a few négociant parcels, this property makes perfumed and chiselled Pinot Noir.