2012 Chambertin Grand Cru

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Chambertin

Burgundy

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Pinot Noir

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The crop here was small in 2012 but a bit larger than in 2013, according to Jean-Louis Trapet. He considers 2012 to be "a great year that produced satisfying wines," but he believes that they will shut down in bottle. He vinified with a high percentage of whole clusters as the quality of the fruit was high.

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Jean-Louis Trapet doesn't do much leaf pulling, in order to give the fruit some protection against the sun, but he told me there were still some dried grapes to eliminate on his vibrating sorting table in 2012. The '12s, he told me, "have lowish pHs and are marked by fresh acidity--actually similar to the 2010s. In any event, organic farming helps to preserve tension in our wines." The malos were late, only finishing in late August, but the wines beginning with the village Gevrey were still in barrels, not yet racked, but recently sulfited. These very concentrated wines were made with a high percentage of whole clusters, but Trapet emphasized that he carried out only three or four pigeages per cuvee, with one remontage at the end of the fermentation.

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Yields are way down at Trapet in 2012. What else is new? The vintage was brutally difficult, especially for growers like Jean-Louis Trapet who follow the principles of biodynamics. Trapet adds that his oldest vineyards were the most susceptible to the weather, as they flowered earlier, just when the conditions were are their worst. The berries were small and produced even less juice than appearances would have suggested. Trapet will not bottle any of his Gevrey 1er Crus separately because of the minuscule yields. The 2012s were vinified with 50-90% whole clusters. Malos were quite slow and finished just before the 2013 harvest.