2012 Chambertin
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Tasting notes
Tasted at the Denis Mortet Chambertin vertical, the 2012 Chambertin Grand Cru is a quite wonderful wine that vindicates my assessment from barrel. It has quite an understated bouquet with hints of rose petal and damp(ish) earth tincturing the red berry fruit, unfurling with each swirl of the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine detail. There is a succulence to this Chambertin, one that is embroidered with extremely fine tannins and blessed with a vibrant, almost citrus-like finish. It might not covet grand ambitions like the 2010, and yet it stands shoulder to shoulder in terms of its poise and finesse. This is a magnificent Chambertin. Tasted January 2016.
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Neal Martin
Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
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(20% vendange entier ): Bright, deep red. Wonderfully complex nose combines raspberry, smoke, minerals, pepper, licorice and musky underbrush. A bit more timid on the attack than the Clos Vougeot, then sappy and powerful in the middle, displaying great intensity and thrust to its precise flavors of purple fruits, spices and saline minerality. A wine of outstanding finesse and inner-mouth tension. The ripe, noble tannins saturate the entire mouth on the very long, vibrant finish. A splendid young Chambertin with a great long career ahead of it.
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Charming smoky hints on the nose, then a really sudden expansive red fruit on the palate. Lots of potential here, but it needs time for the flavours to meld properly. Soft tannins, so not for the longer term. (RH)
About the producer
This estate, today with Arnaud Mortet at the helm, makes some of Gevrey-Chambertin’s finest wines. Working with 16 hectares, as well as a few négociant parcels, this property makes perfumed and chiselled Pinot Noir.