Winemaker Notes
This is a wine of delicacy and finesse, with notes of berries, earth and oak in a silken texture. This wine will improve in the bottle for 20 to 25 years.
Professional Ratings
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Jasper Morris
Medium deep purple. The bouquet offers great promise, not flamboyant, a savoury red fruit but with depth behind. Nothing on the nose to say this is a stunning wine but just wait till you put it into your mouth! Such an explosion of rich ripe red fruited pinot, with a plush velvet texture which covers the tannins which are surely there for the long term future. Barrel Sample: (96-98)
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Vinous
The 2022 Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru has a well-defined and focused bouquet with attractive brambly red fruit, briar, forest floor, and a touch of rose petal. Very elegant and refined. The medium-bodied palate has supple tannins, fleshy and poised, with a touch of allspice towards the satin-textured finish that fans out beautifully. This is a wonderful Chapelle-Chambertin that should not be ignored.
Barrel Sample: 94-96 -
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Deep and seamless, the 2022 Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru (Domaine Louis Jadot) wafts from the glass with aromas of sweet wild berries, orange zest, peonies and vine smoke. Full-bodied, velvety and layered, with a pure core of fruit and sweet, powdery structuring tannins, this old-vine cuvée is once again a highlight chez Jadot.
Barrel Sample: 93-95 -
Wine Spectator
An opulent, cherry- and raspberry-scented red, with a firm structure underlying sweet spice and mineral accents. Succulent and impeccably balanced, this leaves a chalky, mouthwatering impression on the finish. Generous in a stylish, sophisticated way.
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.