Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Capita 2020 - Domaine Trapet

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 Jean & Jean-Louis TRAPET

Wine from 3 selected plots: Combottes, Corbeaux, Ergot

(90 - 92)+/100 Parker

When to drink this wine : Drink now until 2035.

Tasted by William Kelley on January 20, 2022: "Blending cherry and red berry aromas with licorice, rose petals and spice, the 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin Ostrea is deep and full-bodied, with bright acids, powdery tannins and a long, perfumed finish. Made from old vines in the commune of Brochon, it is, as usual, a little more structured and tightly wound than the estate's usual Gevrey cuvée."

The 2020 vintage

It has proved brilliant here: as elsewhere along the Côte, the wines are more primary than their 2019 counterparts at the same stage, and tighter, displaying deep, saturated hues, vibrant fruit cores and ripe tannins. While not in the least austere, they will require some patience to realise their potential - but what potential! Boosted by the growing involvement of his sons, Pierre and Louis, Jean-Louis Trapet has initiated a viticultural revolution: in 2020, seven whole hectares of the estate's vineyards were converted to both trellises and higher posts and wires, depending on the steepness of the slope. Since then, the changes have been rolled out to other plots. And given the extent of Trapet's operation in the best climates, this means that the walk from Morey-Saint-Denis to Gevrey-Chambertin suddenly has a different face. In the winery, the vinification remains very classical, with large percentages of whole bunches. There are also more small cuvées, including a Gevrey-Chambertin 1859, made from old vines in a place called Champerrier, and a bottling of Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Aux Combottes. 

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