2015 Gevrey Chambertin Les Champeaux
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Tasting notes
Dark red with ruby tones. Superripe yet pungent aromas of crushed cherry, spices and minerals; hints at exotic fruits but there's nothing cooked or tired here. Then silky, highly concentrated and creamy-sweet in the mouth, with surprising acidity giving its fruit a rare sappiness for 2015. Most spectacular today on the explosive, building finish, which saturates the palate with fresh cherry, raspberry and rose petal perfume. This wine made me shiver with its intensity, but Arnaud Mortet believes it's starting to shut down in the bottle. A remarkable Gevrey premier cru from vines that are now between 70 and 100 years of age.
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Neal Martin
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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The 2015 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Champeaux is a blend of four different parcels in the four corners of the vineyard. The vines are between 60 and 100 years old, and suffered a lot of millerandage, therefore Arnaud used 50% whole bunch with 50% new oak during the élevage. It has another extraordinarily pure bouquet with hints of blue fruit tincturing the ebulliant and vibrant red fruit, a floral not emerging with a few swirls of the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, impressive weight and structure, offering a subtle oyster shell note towards the finish that gently fans out. Wonderful from start to finish.
(these vines are now between 70 and 100 years old, according to Arnaud Mortet; vinified with 50% whole clusters and aged in 50% new oak): Deep red-ruby. Distinctly rocky, high-pitched scents of black raspberry, spices, flowers and minerals. Very ripe and deep; a step up in concentration from the foregoing wines, with mineral-driven acidity enlivening the flavors of dark berries, crushed rock and dark chocolate. Finishes with broad, dusty tannins and an element of salty minerality that contributes to the wine's impression of energy. Outstanding potential here.
The 2015 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Champeaux is a blend of four different parcels in the four corners of the vineyard. The vines are between 60 and 100 years old, and suffered a lot of millerandage, therefore Arnaud used 50% whole bunch with 50% new oak during the elevage. It has another extraordinarily pure bouquet with hints of blue fruit tincturing the ebulliant and vibrant red fruit, a floral not emerging with a few swirls of the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, impressive weight and structure, offering a subtle oyster shell note towards the finish that gently fans out. Wonderful from start to finish. Dec 2016, www.robertparker.com
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.