2014 Griotte Chambertin
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The 2014 Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru has a very refined nose not a million miles away from the Mazis-Chambertin, perhaps with even more delineation and mineralité. The palate is very refined with ripe tannin, lively and energetic; it is blessed with super-fine tannin and immense purity of fruit, as well as sensual and captivating on the finish. This is just a divine Griotte - divine. I expect it to ultimately rest at the top of my banded score. Returning to Domaine Joseph Roty two weeks after the untimely passing of Philippe Roty at 46 after a three year battle against cancer, as you would expect, one is filled with emotion far beyond that of appraising a new vintage. However, regretfully I have been in this same situation two or three times before and found that after obligatory condolences, there is always a desire to get back to some kind of normality and restore that sense of life going on. The blood stops running but the sap will always keep rising. And in a sense, Philippe is a strong spirit, a guiding influence at the domaine. Chatting with Pierre-Jean Roty, he told me how his brother had never relinquished until the very end, constantly asking him about the 2015 vintage. Photos and videos of the vines were bought in to his hospital and up until his last visits, he was still inspecting the vines and doing his best to continue as if he didn't have a matter of days left on this Earth. Perhaps one small consolation is that he died knowing that the domaine had been blessed with the 2015 vintage.
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Neal Martin
The Wine Advocate
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Good ruby-red. Distinctly blacker on the nose than the Mazy, offering scents of black cherry, violet, licorice, spices, smoke and crushed stone. Savory, vinous and youthfully closed; tightly wound today and not particularly sweet, with the very firm tannins a bit tough in the early going. Finishes subtle and long but this will need considerable patience.
Bright red-ruby. Initially more reserved and less perfumed on the nose than the Mazy, but opened somewhat with air to reveal aromas of dark berries, licorice, violet and crushed stone. Dense but light on its feet, showing captivating sweetness to its flavors of dark raspberry and minerals. Finishes long and aromatic, with a firm dusting of tannins. These vines were planted in 1919 by Charles Roty, the grandfather of Joseph, who also planted Mazy around the same time.
The 2014 Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru has a very refined nose not a million miles away from the Mazis-Chambertin, perhaps with even more delineation and mineralité. The palate is very refined with ripe tannin, lively and energetic; it is blessed with super-fine tannin and immense purity of fruit, as well as sensual and captivating on the finish. This is just a divine Griotte - divine. I expect it to ultimately rest at the top of my banded score.