Domaine Trapet Chapelle Chambertin Grand Cru red 2021

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Domaine Trapet Chapelle Chambertin Grand Cru red 2021 :

Attention, please note that the Trapet family ships their wines without personalized packaging. We prepare your order with reinforced and secure packaging, specially designed to protect these exceptional bottles. The packaging may differ aesthetically from traditional presentation, but your wine benefits from optimal protection and insurance.

RVF Guide to the Best Wines of France 2024 (Sept. 2023) : 97/100. The Chapelle is rich with a firm sap buried beneath delicate and powdery fruit: its persistence is magnificent, enhanced by the sensation of the rock's brilliance. 

Robert Parker's wine advocate (William Kelley, January 2023) : 93-95/100. The 2021 Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru is also very attractive, wafting from the glass with aromas of dark berries, licorice, rich spices, orange zest, roses, and baking chocolate. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and layered, it's deep and textural, with an ample core of fruit that largely conceals its ripe strutting tannins..

Technical sheet written by the domaine :

And if paradise were earthly?
La Chapelle would undoubtedly be its cellar!
The ancients called it great Chapelle or high Chapelle, one of the smallest grand crus of Gevrey is also one of the greatest in complexity and finesse. Its history is marked by devotion!

Grape variety: Pinot noir

Area: 60 ares, 1 parcel the oldest planted in 1945

A stone's throw from Clos de Bèze, there once stood a small oratory. Built in 1155 and dedicated to Our Lady, it fell into disuse in the 14th century. The sadness of the winemakers was great, this chapel was then rebuilt and consecrated again on July 4, 1457. The pious assembly gathered around Bishop Philibert de Beaujeu sends the fruits of their labor up to paradise.
It took work, perseverance, and courage for our grandfather Louis. But he would need even more to acquire this beautiful parcel of Chapelle: this more is called friendship. Around 1890, our grandfather from Chambolle-Musigny met Mr. Truchetet. This mechanical enthusiast, a genius handyman, had developed an injector to asphyxiate phylloxera with carbon sulfide. At that time, phylloxera was severely affecting Burgundy. The fight was organized. Louis Trapet quickly understood the importance of uprooting the old vines and replanting them with an American rootstock resistant to the insect's bites. His old friend "sulfurist" persisted in believing in the virtues of chemistry. The reconstitution of the Côte d’Or vineyard was then prohibited with American plants. No matter! Louis went out at night to fetch his grafts at the station in Chagny in Saône et Loire and planted this Chapelle vine by day.
The old pinots noirs are saved!
Even today, these old "quelles" deliver the sap of their terroir. From this warm, shallow, and well-drained terroir, composed of fine clays and limestone blocks at the surface, fine, rich, and expressive wines are born. And as our grandfather said:
This chapel is the "little Jesus" that goes down your throat in velvet pants!