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Cecile Tremblay, Chambolle Musigny Les Cabottes 2013
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Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2013 Chambolle-Musigny les Cabots has an open bouquet that is well defined and infused with orange zest, blackberry leaf and a touch of wet granite. The palate is medium-bodied with quite firm tannins on the entry. This is all about focus and linearity, the acidity well judged with a touch of black pepper furnishing the linear finish. This is an assured les Cabots, one that should turn out to be a very “correct” Chambolle.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
(from three parcels of vines, in Les Fremières, Aux Echanges and Les Maladières, ranging in age from 6 to 95 years): Good medium red. Fresh aroma of wild raspberry complicated by exotic notes of peach and lees. Juicy and fresh on the palate, and tighter than the village Morey; less opulent but more gripping. Still a bit youthfully clenched on the back end but I find the notes of vineyard peach and blood orange fascinating.
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!
