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Joseph Roty, Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru Tres Vieilles Vignes 2017
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Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2017 Charmes-Chambertin Très Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru has a backward, primal bouquet of dense red berry fruit, scents of briar and wild hedgerow and wilted rose petals. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins and a fine bead of acidity. Fresh and focused. showing a touch of blood orange and quince toward the detailed yet surprisingly muscular finish. This has a long future ahead. Excellent.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2017 Charmes-Chambertin Très Vieilles Vignes is the darkest in colour of Roty’s three Grand Crus. It also has the most backward and stoic bouquet at the moment, only reluctantly unfolding with blackberry, briary and crushed stone aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with a slight torrefaction note on the entry, plenty of brown spices with great depth on the muscular but supremely focused finish. Superb, but maybe the Griottes and Mazis could surpass it this year?
Reviewed by: William Kelley
The 2017 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes has turned out even better than I anticipated, unfurling in the glass with a magical bouquet of cassis, plums and blackberries mingled with dark chocolate, spices, sweet soil tones, licorice and black truffle. Full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it's extraordinarily sumptuous and concentrated, framed by velvety tannins that caress the palate, and underpinned by lively acids, concluding with a long and expansive finish. Pierre-Jean Roty compares it to the 2012 and 2009 renditions, which readers who follow this domaine will know is high praise indeed.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2017 Charmes-Chambertin Très Vieilles Vignes is the darkest in colour of Roty’s three Grand Crus. It also has the most backward and stoic bouquet at the moment, only reluctantly unfolding with blackberry, briary and crushed stone aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with a slight torrefaction note on the entry, plenty of brown spices with great depth on the muscular but supremely focused finish. Superb, but maybe the Griottes and Mazis could surpass it this year?
About the Producer
The Roty family has been brewing in Burgundy for over 300 years, and the earliest time they could trace the lake was in 1710. Joseph Roty began his studies at the winery in 1968, full of talent and his own style. In the world of wine, Joseph Roty indulged in his talents, elevating the winery's reputation to its highest point. He himself became one of the greatest winemakers in Burgundy. The winery's biggest asset was the well managed vineyard, from Gevrey Chambertin to Marsannay, which he later acquired, a nearly 12 meter vineyard, Under the careful care of generations, they criticize the highest quality of local wine. Among them, three super levels of Charmes Chambertin, Mazy Chambertin, and Griottes Chambertin were purchased by Joseph Antoine, the grandfather of Joseph. The winery's precious honey is located, among which Charmes Chambertin, over 60% of the grapes were planted in 1881. After the death of the old villa owner Joseph Roty, his wife took care of his two sons, Philippe and Pierre Jean, to jointly inherit the family Industry. Joseph Roty follows a natural way of brewing, with over 70% of the vines in his berry circles being over a hundred years old, and the yield is also very low. The combination of low yield and prolonged soaking gives Roty's wine a rich oak flavor and unusual fruit depth, with occasional bitter to sweet flavors. It is also one of the best representatives of traditional Legendary red wines in this region.
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