Winemaker Notes
This is a deeply colored and sturdy red wine with solid structure and significant tannins to suggest a long aging potential. Aromas include bing cherries and black fruits with an earthy foundation note. Acidity is bright and adds length to the finish.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Jadot has acquired 2.68 hectares of this vineyard, so the 2023 Fixin 1er Cru Clos du Chapitre is the first iteration of what will become a fixture for the domaine. Offering up aromas of cherries, raspberries and petals, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and suave, with refined tannins and a chalky, mineral finish.
Barrel Sample: 90-92 -
Vinous
The 2023 Fixin Clos du Chapitre 1er Cru is a new release, a 2.78-hectare acquisition of 55-year-old vines from the Dufouleur family (who kept a couple themselves so it is no longer a monopole). One hectare is being regrafted by Jadot with Chardonnay. It has a well-defined bouquet of perfumed red fruit, and a touch of blood orange seeps through with aeration. The palate is fresh and vibrant with lively red fruit, a twist of orange rind and a nicely composed finish that exudes joie-de-vivre. The 2023 is a welcome addition to Jadot's red portfolio.
Barrel Sample: 90-92 -
Jasper Morris
2.78ha have been purchased from Dufouleur, with 1ha pulled out to plant in white in the upper part. Good bright ruby. Rich and supple on the palate, much less tannin than many a Fixin, quality pinot plant, nothing rustic, with considerable depth behind. A furry moment at the finish. Barrel Sample: 90-91
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.”
Inhabiting the northern reaches of the Côte de Nuits of Burgundy, the Pinot Noir vineyards of Fixin abut Gevrey-Chambertin and produce wines of similar character. The appellation is full of well-reputed Premier Crus that offer some very fine Pinot Noir, even if not quite delivering the exact precision and elegance—nor price tag—of a Gevrey-Chambertin Grand Cru. These are Les Arvelets and Les Hervelets, Clos de la Perrière, Clos Napoléon and Clos du Chapître. A classic Pinot Noir from Fixin will be rich in dark fruit, underbrush and exhibit good structure and minerality.