Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2020 Domaine Louis Jadot Chapelle-Chambertin is full-bodied and packed. TASTING NOTES: This wine excels with aromas and flavors of black fruit, licorice, and overall bold nuances. Serve it with a grilled, well-marbled ribeye topped with Époisses or other washed rind, cow's milk cheese. (Tasted: February 2, 2022, San Francisco, CA)
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Vinous
The 2020 Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru has a strong menthol note on the nose, with aniseed coming through, which detracts from its terroir expression and delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent ripe tannins, more opulent than its peers, exotic and "sunny" with a spicy Piedmont-kissed finish. It is enjoyable if dictated by the vintage.
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Jasper Morris
A fresh clean purple. I am not finding much bouquet but there is quite a wealth of fresh red fruit on the palate with a good acid balance. I think I am slightly missing the nobility, and the tannins slightly dry the finish.
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Wine Spectator
A solidly structured yet fluid red marked by concentrated flavors of cherry, black currant, tobacco, earth and mineral. Shows fine balance and vibrant acidity, keeping the flavors defined and ushering them through the long, resonant finish.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
This small village is home to the Grands Crus in the farthest northerly stretches of Côte de Nuits and is famous for some of the deepest and firmest Burgundian Pinot Noir.
Gevrey boasts nine Grands Crus, the best of which are arguably Le Chambertin and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze. As with all of the fragmented vineyards of Burgundy, it isn’t easy to differentiate between the two, which are situated adjacent with Clos de Bèze slightly further up the hill than Le Chambertin. Clos de Bèze has a shallower soil and if you’re really counting, may produce wines less intense but more likely to charm. Some compare Le Chambertin in both power and plentitude only to the prized Romanée-Conti Grand Cru farther south in Vosne-Romanée.
Two other Grands Crus vineyards, Mazis-Chambertin (also written Mazy-) and Latricières-Chambertin command almost as much regard as Le Chambertin and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze. The upper part of Mazy, called Les Mazis Haut is the best and Latricières-Chambertin offers an abundance of juicy fruit and a silky texture in the warmer vintages.
Other Grands Crus are Ruchottes-Chambertin, Charmes-Chambertin, Mazoyères-Chambertin, Griotte-Chambertin and Chapelle-Chambertin.
The most respected Pinot Noir wines from Gevrey-Chambertin are robust and powerful but at the same time, velvety and expressive: black fruit, black liquorice and chocolate come into play. After some time in the bottle, the wines are harmonious with bright and sometimes candied fruit, and aromas of musk, truffle and forest floor. These have staying power.