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Cecile Tremblay, Vosne Romanee Vieilles Vignes 2011
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Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
(this was the last 2011 to be bottled, in July of 2013): Good dark red. Reticent aromas of blackberry, menthol and earth. Then ripe, sweet and dense, with a creamier mouthfeel than the Chambolle and lovely spicy depth. The menthol quality returns on the firmly tannic, slightly dusty finish. Has serious spine for a 2011. Cecile Tremblay told me that 2011 was the most complicated harvest of the past four years, requiring a very careful triage.
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!
