Domaine Jean Louis Trapet - Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru - Rouge - 2017

Wine:

The 2017 Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru delivers a complex, racy wine with exceptional salinity on this warm, precocious terroir with bedrock outcrops. Its extraordinary aromatic refinement unfurls a fantastic framework around slight, tight, sappy tannins. It's vibrant fruit and ethereal finish take this usually square red into a sphere of phenomenal delicacy.

Vinification:

Hand harvested. Traditional vinification. Aged in oak barrels.

Color:

Deep ruby red with hints of violet.

Nose:

Refined aromas of perfectly ripe red fruit.

Palate:

Complex and racy, with vibrant flavors of fruit, this wine has outstanding aromatic refinement and a fantastic fruity structure, giving it a delicate, airy finish.

Temperature:

Serve between 14 and 16°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Game, rabbit with tarragon, duck with spices.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2035 and beyond for enthusiasts

An idealistic and sensitive winemaker, Jean-Louis Trapet is a virtuoso at work on his family estate, which he has raised to the pinnacle of modern Burgundy. Attentive and demanding, a firm believer in biodynamic viticulture, his wines express the most infinite nuances of his terroir, with tannins of rare elegance and a level of complexity and accomplishment rarely attained.

Few estates can claim such grace, especially as it extends across the entire range. From the smallest wine to the grand cru of Chambertin, everything here exudes intelligence and the most exact formulation. With a never-sparing emotion, the sole repository of the truth of great wines.