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Cecile Tremblay, Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Les Feusselottes 2013
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Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Fuesselottes was showing some excessive woody character on the nose -- something that I picked up upon out of barrel. It barges past what could be some attractive cassis fruit. There is something animally and feral here. The palate is medium-bodied with ample girth, darker fruit than its peers, but the oak is tending to dry out and curtail the finish. Perhaps this was just a little overdone after all -- a Chambolle that seems to have slipped its leash perhaps? Tasted September 2016.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
(vinified with 60% whole clusters): Bright red. Lovely floral lift to the aromas of strawberry, raspberry, plum and smoke. Rich, dry and fine-grained, with lively red berry flavors complicated by sappy minerality. Verges on exotic in its almost candied berry quality and yet this wine conveys a light touch. Finishes with very suave tannins and lovely rising perfume. Like licking rocks on the aftertaste. These vines are planted on thin soil over mother rock in a combe that features hot days and very cool nights.
About the Producer
Cecile TREMBLAY descends from a long line of vignerons. The story begins in 1921, with the union of Cécile’s great-grandparents, Edouard Jayer, a cooper in Nuits-Saint-Georges, and Esther Fournier who inherited vineyards from her family. Together they established and developed their own Domaine. The domaine’s vineyards were then eventually passed down to their five children. Renée, the youngest daughter, kept her share of the vineyards under métayage. Later on, Renée’s only daughter, Marie-Annick, grew the family holdings with her husband while keeping all vineyards under métayage. Cécile Tremblay, who had studied enology and viticulture in Dijon, reclaimed the family heritage and took over the management of the vineyards in 2002. A year later, Cécile bottled her first wines, Domaine Cécile Tremblay was born!
