2010 Chambertin Grand Cru

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Chambertin

Burgundy

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Pinot Noir

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Jean-Louis Trapet is a quiet man, but when you make wines like these, words aren't necessary. The Trapet 2010s are striking, but like everywhere else there isn't much to go around. Trapet did not make his Gevrey villages Ostrea and the 1er Crus Clos Prieur and Petite Chapelle because yields were so small. None of the 2010s had at the time of my visit. I also tasted a number of 2009s that have turned out as good or better than I had expected. Trapet doesn't seem to get anywhere near the recognition the wines deserve. There may be trendier domaines out there, but few that are at this level.

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"Two thousand ten is about fruit; it's a good mix of 2008 and 2009," said Jean-Louis Trapet. "We had a chaotic flowering but that permitted a tiny crop." Trapet started harvesting on September 26, but he believes that his organic farming, which has forced the vines' roots deeper, helped the domain avoid the potential dilutive effect of the September 24 rain. Also, he added, "biodynamics restores the rhythm of the vines. We rarely have green tannins anymore, even if the grape sugars are just 12% or 12.2%. There's less difference today between our sugar and phenolic ripeness." The malos here finished as late as September but no wines had been racked at the time of my visit. Owing to the short crop, there's just a single Gevrey villages and a single premier cru in 2010.