Retour Domaine Jean Louis Trapet - Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru - Rouge - 2017
COUNTRY/REGION: Burgundy
DESIGNATION: AOP Chapelle-Chambertin
COLOR: Red
VINTAGE: 2017
GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Pinot Noir
ALCOHOL: 13 vol.
CONTENT: 75 cl
The tasting
Color Deep ruby red with hints of violet.
Nose Refined aromas of perfectly ripe red fruit.
Palate Complex and racy, with vibrant flavors of fruit, this wine has outstanding aromatic refinement and a fantastic fruity structure, giving it a delicate, airy finish.
The sommelier's advice
Temperature Serve between 14 and 16°C.
Food Game, rabbit with tarragon, duck with spices.
Cellar ageing From now until 2035 and beyond for enthusiasts
The estate and the wine
The estate and the wine An idealistic and sensitive winemaker, Jean-Louis Trapet is a virtuoso at work on his family estate, which he has raised to the pinnacle of modern Burgundy. Attentive and demanding, a firm believer in biodynamic viticulture, his wines express the most infinite nuances of his terroir, with tannins of rare elegance and a level of complexity and accomplishment rarely attained.

Few estates can claim such grace, especially as it extends across the entire range. From the smallest wine to the grand cru of Chambertin, everything here exudes intelligence and the most exact formulation. With a never-sparing emotion, the sole repository of the truth of great wines.
Wine The 2017 Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru delivers a complex, racy wine with exceptional salinity on this warm, precocious terroir with bedrock outcrops. Its extraordinary aromatic refinement unfurls a fantastic framework around slight, tight, sappy tannins. It's vibrant fruit and ethereal finish take this usually square red into a sphere of phenomenal delicacy.
Vinification Hand harvested. Traditional vinification. Aged in oak barrels.
AWARDS
AWARDS Estate rated 3 stars in the Guide des Meilleurs Vins de Fance 2023 (RVF)
Estate rated 5 stars in Guide Bettane + Desseauve 2023
RVF 2020 Guide: 99/100
Guide B+D: 18/20
Robert Parker : 92-94/100