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GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 2013

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Grape variety

100 % Pinot Noir.

Tasting notes

Colour: A bright ruby colour.
Nose: Strawberry, mulberry, violet, mignonette and rose.
Palate: On the palate, this wine impress by its firm structure, velvety tannins and delicate texture. It is everything a great burgundy should be: full-bodied, powerfull, rich and meaty. It has both body and spirit.

Wine and food pairing

Massive, yet velvet-smooth, the tannins of gevrey-Chambertin confer power and solidity to the build and contribute to its great longevity. This is a wine for meat-eaters, its gamery notes giving it a particular affinity for game, whether furred or feathered, especialy when the wine is more fully evolved. It also goes superbly with rib steak, lamb (braised or in brown sauce), and all musky, solidly fibrous meats, that need time in the mouth to extract all their savour.It is at ease with all strong cow-milk cheeses (Epoisses, Ami du Chambertin or Cîteaux).

Serving temperature

15 to 16°C

Ageing potential

6 to 8 years.

Origin

For travellers coming from Dijon, Gevrey-Chambertin is where Burgundy’s Elysian Fields begin. At the entrance to the hollowed hill of Lavaux, a château - once a property of the monks of Cluny - resembles a fortified wine-cellar.

The canons of Langres, too, were for a long time guardians of these vineyards which can be dated back to the year 640 AD, evidence of a long and intimate involvement in the history of Burgundy's wine industry.

Gevrey-Chambertin forms a kind of guard of honour to a set of fabulous Grands Crus whose crown jewels are Chambertin and Clos de Bèze. The appellation dates from September 1936. The village of Brochon is an extension of Gevrey-Chambertin, sharing the same characteristics.

The Pinot Noir is at its peak performance here.

Vinification and maturing

Harvest date: 3rd October 2013. The grapes were handpicked and collected in 20-kg perforated crates. They were sorted a first time in the vineyard and a second time on the sorting table when they arrived at the winery.
At the winery: The grapes were completely destemmed but not crushed (they were left whole) and were gravity-fed into tanks. Maceration lasted a total of 21 days including one week of cold maceration (12°C). Fermentation used indigenous yeasts only (no additives such as enzymes or tannins were used). Infrequent punching of the cap (8 maximum).
In the cellar: Aged on the lees for 16 months with no racking using a proportion of 30% new French oak barrels.

Vintage : 2013

2013 is listed as the vintage with the fourth lowest yield in the past 4 years. The climate situation was not legendary, it was rather modest. The Winter and the Spring were cold, long lasting and wet. Generally, we had hot and dry days in July and August, however the delay in the vegetative growth at Spring was not caught up. September was not pointed out for its generosity either. The sun was discreet and it was raining regularly which didn’t help the maturation process. This kind of late vintages usually play in the favour of the precocious Côte Chalonnaise. Choosing an accurate date of harvest, sorting in the vineyard and at the winery and adjusting the vinification to the vintage will make all the difference.