Domaine Trapet Pere et Fils, Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru, 2021

Name: Domaine Trapet Pere et Fils, Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru, 2021
Brand: Domaine Trapet Pere et Fils
SKU: NYC-POL-`FTR479`-011824-16
Price: 899.0 USD
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Red Wine from Burgundy, France

by Domaine Trapet Pere et Fils

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The 2021 Domaine Trapet Père et Fils Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru is a profoundly elegant Pinot Noir, showcasing the finesse and complexity of one of Gevrey-Chambertin’s most esteemed Grand Cru vineyards. Domaine Trapet Père et Fils, a benchmark estate in the Côte de Nuits, is celebrated for its commitment to biodynamic viticulture and minimal intervention winemaking, allowing the terroir to shine through with remarkable clarity. The Chapelle-Chambertin vineyard, nestled below the slope of Clos de Bèze, is known for its limestone-rich soils and fine, expressive wines.

In the glass, the wine reveals a luminous ruby hue with garnet highlights. The nose is intricate and perfumed, offering layers of red cherries, wild strawberries, and raspberries, complemented by floral notes of rose petals and violets. Subtle hints of spice, such as cinnamon and clove, mingle with earthy nuances of forest floor and a touch of smoky minerality. On the palate, it is medium to full-bodied with a velvety texture, supported by fine-grained tannins and vibrant acidity. The flavors are harmonious and layered, featuring a core of juicy red fruits, savory herbs, and a refined mineral streak, leading to a long, elegant finish with a whisper of spice and graphite.

The 2021 vintage, characterized by cooler and more challenging growing conditions, imparts this wine with remarkable freshness and precision, emphasizing its purity and balance. This Grand Cru pairs beautifully with roasted game, duck confit, or beef tenderloin, and it will complement dishes featuring truffles or rich mushroom sauces. While approachable now for its aromatic brilliance and polished structure, this Chapelle-Chambertin has the depth and complexity to age gracefully over the next 15–20 years, revealing further layers of nuance and sophistication.

Domaine Trapet Père et Fils’ Chapelle-Chambertin is a masterpiece of terroir-driven winemaking, offering an exquisite balance of power and elegance that makes it a treasure for collectors and connoisseurs of fine Burgundy.

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Domaine Trapet is not exactly a new name in Burgundy. They've been growing grapes in Gevrey-Chambertin since the 1800s, and have amazing parcels in all the best vineyards, up to and including Le Chambertin. Back in the day, they sold their best grapes to the likes of Domaine Drouhin and Maison Leroy.

But since the 1960s, they've been bottling their own wines. The style has fluctuated a bit, as styles have varied with the generations. Today the domaine is run by Jean-Louis Trapet, whose style can best be summarized as a laser-like focus on making delicious Pinot Noir.

Here are the technicalities of that: light extraction (a touch of bâtonnage or punching down at the beginning of fermentation, but just remontage—pumping over—after that), very little new oak, and whole-cluster when the grapes are ideally healthy (which is quite often, as the farming is biodynamic).

This sounds like what many of Burgundy's best are doing today. But in one area Trapet departs: while "reductive" wine-making is all the rage (limiting the wine's exposure to oxygen), Trapet likes to make his wines open and accessible from release, including by using as little sulfur as possible in the process. That's how he makes his Pinot Noir so delicious!

Professional Reviews

Burghound

BH 93

"from two parcels of vines in Chapelle proper measuring .55 ha, one planted in '65 and the other in '38 This too is quite firmly reduced. There is a bit more power if decidedly less minerality to the attractively textured medium-bodied flavors that deliver outstanding length on the serious, compact and built-to-age finale."

Antonio Galloni

AG 97

"The 2021 Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru, the first Grand Cru to be picked with 50% whole clusters, has a fragrant, pure and (unlike Latricières) inviting bouquet that just wants to seduce. Very sensual. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins that frame the crystalline red fruit, supreme mineralité with one of the most elegant finishes you will find in this vintage. Reminiscent of Dugat's Chapelle-Chambertin, this is divine." -Vinous

Robert Parker

RP 95

"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."

Decanter

D 93

"The first Trapet grand crus shows admirable concentration, with a smoky side to the ripe plummy fruit. Pierre Trapet remarks that a modest proportion of whole clusters were used in 2021, even in this parcel planted in thin soils over the limestone base where the grapes ripen early. The key was selection; what was left after sorting produced a wonderfully supple, silky wine with enough density and grip to ensure it ages well. The grapes come from from Trapet’s 0.60-hectare old vine parcel in Chapelle-Chambertin."

What importer Polaner Selections has to say about this wine...

VINEYARD
Trapet owns 0.55 hectares in this Grand Cru vineyard
SOIL
Warm, shallow, well-drained soil, composed of fine clays and blocks of limestone subsoil.
VITICULTURE
The vineyard is farmed using biodynamic practices and all grapes are harvested by hand, sorted once in the vineyard and again at the winery. Up to 10% of the crop may be rejected.
VINIFICATION
Vinification with traditional methods, open vat fermentation using native yeasts, 30% stem inclusion and minimal use of sulpher.
AGING
The wine is aged in French barriques of which 30-75% is new depending on vintage.

Details

Grape Variety

Pinot Noir
Vintage

2021
Size

750ml
Farming Practice

Biodynamic
Sweetness

Dry
Body

Medium Bodied

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