2016 Latricières-Chambertin, Grand Cru, Domaine Rossignol-Trapet, Burgundy
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Pinot Noir
Ready - youthful
- Neal Martin MW
- 89-91/100
Product: 20168030276
Description
After losing 50 percent to frost, this was harvested relatively late to get full ripeness. Even with the high sugars, the brothers chaptalized a little to extend the fermentation, and it is their belief that their biodynamic culture has maintained the freshness throughout. There is 50 percent whole-bunch and a gorgeous perfume of violet and black cherry. Drink 2025-2035.
Adam Bruntlett, Wine Buyer
The domaine was created through the marriage of Jacques Rossignol of Volnay with Mado Trapet from a noted family in Gevrey-Chambertin. Their sons Nicolas and David Rossignol have managed the domaine since 1990, moving subsequently to biodynamic farming. The first experiments started in 1997 with their Chapelle- Chambertin, followed by conversion of the whole domaine in 2004. Vinification includes a small proportion of whole bunches, while the trend in recent years has been to look for an increasingly elegant expression of Pinot Noir. It’s a remarkable cellar this year, with brothers Nicolas and David radiating calm and understanding. As elsewhere, this was a very challenging vintage for them, especially in Beaune, the village Gevrey vines and Le Chambertin. Containing the mildew required an incredible amount of work by hand. Their biodynamic strategy seems to have paid off though; after a slow start to the range, the impression was of incremental qualities. Intensity, not density. Nicolas and David referred us to Nono, Love and the Soil by Gaston Roupnel, a novelist born in Gevrey.
Adam Bruntlett, Wine Buyer
The domaine was created through the marriage of Jacques Rossignol of Volnay with Mado Trapet from a noted family in Gevrey-Chambertin. Their sons Nicolas and David Rossignol have managed the domaine since 1990, moving subsequently to biodynamic farming. The first experiments started in 1997 with their Chapelle- Chambertin, followed by conversion of the whole domaine in 2004. Vinification includes a small proportion of whole bunches, while the trend in recent years has been to look for an increasingly elegant expression of Pinot Noir. It’s a remarkable cellar this year, with brothers Nicolas and David radiating calm and understanding. As elsewhere, this was a very challenging vintage for them, especially in Beaune, the village Gevrey vines and Le Chambertin. Containing the mildew required an incredible amount of work by hand. Their biodynamic strategy seems to have paid off though; after a slow start to the range, the impression was of incremental qualities. Intensity, not density. Nicolas and David referred us to Nono, Love and the Soil by Gaston Roupnel, a novelist born in Gevrey.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Alcohol % 13
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Full Bodied
Producer Domaine Rossignol-Trapet
Critics reviews
Neal Martin MW 89-91/100
The 2016 Latricires-Chambertin Grand Cru comprises two-thirds whole bunch fruit within the two and a half barrels, as over 50% of the production was lost to frost damage. It has a straightforward bouquet, a little conservative perhaps, with strict red berry fruit, minerals and rose petals. Keep with this because after five or ten minutes it gradually opens and accentuates the floral aspect. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grain tannin, tensile and focused, not the most complex grand cru from the appellation that you will meet, though nicely balanced with a lightly spiced, elegant finish.Neil Martin - 29/12/2017
About this wine
Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
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Domaine Rossignol-Trapet
Brothers Nicolas and David Rossignol have run this domaine, created by the marriage of their parents, since 1990. The range offers a fine overview of Gevrey-Chambertin terroir, capped by their three, very contrasting, Grands Crus. The Chambertin stands supreme, but a preference between Latricières and La Chapelle varies from year to year. In the vineyard The brothers began their move towards biodynamics in ’97 in their Chapelle-Chambertin vineyard; the whole domaine was converted by 2004. They value that status deeply; the work required in ’18 to combat the pervasive mildew was a true labour of love, with endless applications – by hand – of horsetail teas. In the winery Over the years, their style has defined itself: these are now relatively delicate wines, lightly extracted so never deep in colour, but built around subtle textures. Aromatics are further enhanced using about 50% whole bunches, depending on the year.
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