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Domaine Humbert Frères

Emmanuel Humbert, who runs this small family domain with his brother Frédéric, told me that he has preferred 2016 to 2015 from the beginning “for its great impression of acidity.” His vineyards in or close to the Combe de Lavaut benefited from fresh acidity but crop levels were also seriously reduced by the late-April frost. The Humberts started harvesting on September 26, with potential alcohol levels between 11% and 11.5%, chaptalizing about 1.5%. Emmanuel begins his winemaking regimen with a cold soak lasting five to seven days, then does one pigeage per day for the first seven to ten days of the fermentation. In ’16, Humbert vinified his crus with about 15% whole clusters and aged the wines entirely in new oak. They were still in barrels at the time of my tasting, but Humbert planned to assemble them in tanks about ten days before bottling them in mid-February.

The Humberts, who are typically among the earliest pickers in Gevrey-Chambertin and are known for their precise wines (Emmanuel noted that he would much rather chaptalize than pick too late and lose acidity), made dense, rich ‘15s that nonetheless maintain their shape. They were surprisingly easy to taste in January, and Emmanuel pointed out that wines bottled without fining or filtration are less likely to shut down in the period after the bottling.

From Red Burgundy '16 & '15: Superb Vintages, Different Styles (Jan 2018) by Stephen Tanzer

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