2011 Latricieres-Chambertin Grand Cru
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Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2011 horizontal tasting in Beaune. The Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru 2011 has a refined, nicely focused bouquet with cranberry, fresh strawberry and lightly spiced fruit that build nicely in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with bright red cherry and strawberry fruit, tangy marmalade and plenty of spice toward the fleshy, candied finish. This is very pretty, but probably not armed with greatest longevity vis-à-vis its peers.
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Neal Martin
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Good bright medium red. Ripe redcurrant and cherry aromas are complicated by brown spices and earth. Less expressive today than the Chapelle and a bit youthfully tart and disjointed. A distinctly cooler, stricter fruit expression here, but with the structure and length to repay cellaring. I'd give it five years. The grand crus in 2011 were aged in 50% new oak.
The 2011 Latricières-Chambertin comes across as a bit wild in this vintage. Dried flowers, red cherries, smoke and tobacco take shape in the glass. The 2011 remains a bit linear at this stage, with terrific energy but less obvious fruit than the other Grand Crus.
(12% potential alcohol, chaptalized to 13%): Bright medium red. Red fruit aromas are complicated by sexy game and soil tones. Less sweet and perfumed than the Chapelle but shows good intensity and thrust to the slightly sauvage middle palate. Soil-driven, smoky wine with dusty tannins and very good length. This fruit from "cold" soil was harder to ripen in 2011, noted Trapet.