Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru 2020 - Domaine Trapet

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Direct from the Domaine Jean & Jean-Louis TRAPET

(94 - 96)/100 Parker

• When to drink this wine: A great wine for ageing that needs a few years in the cellar and can evolve for decades. 
• Tasted by William Kelley on 20 January 2022: "Deep and complete, the 2020 Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru unfolds in the glass with aromas of dark berries, spice, loamy soil, peony and plum. Powerful and velvety, it is concentrated, with ripe, powdery tannins and lively, balanced acids. This is another magical interpretation of this Trapet vintage."

The 2020 vintage

It 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 vintages, including a Gevrey-Chambertin 1859, made from old vines in a place called Champerrier, and a bottling of Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Aux Combottes. 

The estate tells you about it: 

"Just a stone's throw from the Clos de Bèze, a small oratory once stood there. Built in 1155 and placed under the invocation of Notre-Dame, it fell into disuse in the 14th century. The sadness of the winegrowers is great, this chapel is then rebuilt and consecrated again, on July 4th 1457. The pious assembly gathered around the bishop Philibert de Beaujeu brought the fruits of their labour to heaven.

Work, perseverance and courage were all needed by our grandfather Louis. But he needed much more to acquire this beautiful parcel of Chapelle: this more is called friendship. Around 1890, our grandfather, who came from Chambolle-Musigny, met Monsieur Truchetet. This mechanics enthusiast, this genius tinkerer had developed an injector bearing to asphyxiate the phylloxera with carbon sulphide. At that time, phylloxera was rampant in Burgundy. The fight was organized. Louis Trapet quickly understood the importance of uprooting old French vines and replanting them with an American rootstock resistant to the insect's bites. His old "sulphurist" friend persisted in believing in the virtues of chemistry. The reconstitution of the Côte d'Orien vineyard is then forbidden with American plants. No matter! Louis left at night to fetch his grafts from the Chagny station in Saône et Loire, and planted the Chapelle vine during the day. The old Pinot Noir vines were saved!  Even today, these old vines still deliver the sap of their terroir to us. From this warm, shallow and well-drained terroir, composed of fine clay and limestone blocks, fine, rich and expressive wines are born. And as our grandfather used to say: "

• Plot: Chapelle-Chambertin of the TRAPET estate
• 60 ares, 1 parcel: the oldest planted in 1945

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