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Rossignol Trapet, Latricieres Chambertin Grand Cru 2016
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Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2016 Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru showed even better here than at the Domaine a few months earlier. It has a more austere but compelling bouquet with dark berry fruit, briary and tobacco aromas, becoming ever more earthier with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannin, a fine line of acidity, poised and focused. A very detailed and precise finish lingers long in the mouth. This is an outstanding Grand Cru, one beautifully crafted. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2016 Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru showed even better here than at the Domaine a few months earlier. It has a more austere but compelling bouquet with dark berry fruit, briary and tobacco aromas, becoming ever more earthier with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannin, a fine line of acidity, poised and focused. A very detailed and precise finish lingers long in the mouth. This is an outstanding Grand Cru, one beautifully crafted. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting.
About the Producer
Nicolas and David Rossignol oversee 13 hectares principally situated in Gevrey-Chambertin which, from 1997 to 2004, they slowly and fully converted to biodynamics. Their range entails 3 magnificent Grands crus that many a Burgundian wine lover only dreams of: Chambertin Grand Cru, Latricières Chambertin Grand Cru and Chapelle Chambertin Grand cru all of excellent quality and currently not stratospherically priced, at least for the moment! Thereafter are their 5 premier crus: Rossignol Trapet Gevrey Chambertin 1er cru "Clos Prieur", Rossignol Trapet Gevrey Chambertin 1er cru "Cherbaudes", Rossignol Trapet Gevrey Chambertin 1er cru "Aux Combottes", Rossignol Trapet Gevrey Chambertin 1er cru "Les Corbeaux" and Rossignol Trapet Gevrey Chambertin 1er cru "Petite Chapelle". Finally, their range is completed by 6 additional wines: a Rossignol Trapet Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes, a remarkable Gevrey Chambertin "Les Etelois" (a climate that borders the Griotte Chambertin Grand cru), a Beaune 1er cru Les Teurons, a Beaune Les Mariages", a Savigny-lès-Beaune "Les Bas Liards" and finally a regional red Burgundy. The wines of Rossignol Trapet are pure, elegant, dense, but not over extracted, and are capable of going the distance.
