2017 Domaine Des Chezeaux Griotte Chambertin

2017 Domaine Des Chezeaux Griotte Chambertin

2017 Domaine Des Chezeaux Griotte Chambertin The character of this 2017 vintage wine is a rare. It has a ruby hue, sensuality, breeding and elegance; a confiture of cherry flavours, red fruits, licorice and spices – a mineral note too. It is a wine with round tannins that suit perfectly the natural low acidity of the climate. Soft in the mouth, it is opulent and glossy – a wine of silk and lace.

Pinot Noir

One of France’s most legendary grapes and the grape that earned Burgundy its reputation. The parent of varietals like Pinot Gris/Grigio and Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir is blue to violet to indigo in color with relatively thin skins, and it is said to have been cultivated in France for more than 2,000 years. At its best, Pinot Noir creates elegant wines that are filled with primary red fruit aromas and flavors while young, revealing with an array of secondary characteristics like earth, smoke, violet, truffle and game with age. The varietal is also known, perhaps better than any, for its ability to translate terroir, or a sense of place. While the best Pinot Noir still comes from Burgundy, it is being produced with increasing success in cooler climates around the world. In France, it is part of the trifecta of grapes that can go into Champagne, and it is also grown in Alsace, Irancy, Jura, Savoie, Lorraine and Sancerre. Outside of France it is produced under the names Pinot Nero and Blauburgunder in Italy’s mountainous regions, as Spätburgunder in Germany and as Blauburgunder in Austria. In the US, Pinot Noir has found suitable growing conditions in the cooler parts of California, including Carneros, the Russian River Valley, the Anderson Valley, the Sonoma Coast, Monterey County, the Santa Lucia Highlands and Santa Barbara County, as well as in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.