2017 Gevrey-Chambertin, Cherbaudes, 1er Cru, Domaine Louis Boillot & Fils, Burgundy
- Red
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- Pinot Noir
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Product: 20171021268
75 cl Bottle
150 cl Magnum
Description
This enjoys the twin benefits of an outstanding situation, immediately below the Grand Cru Mazis-Chambertin and beside La Chapelle, and of vines planted in 1912. Beautifully open, ripe and succulent, this has a palate of pure spun silk. Irresistible. Drink 2022-2028.
Louis began his harvest on 28th August on his earlier Côte de Beaune vineyards and enjoyed bright sunshine throughout the harvest, which ended nine days later. He volunteers that there is less structure than in 2016 but he likes the fruity, gourmand style. This year he looked for freshness and aromatics. “Quatorze degrés n’est pas Pinot,” says Louis (“14 degrees [of alcohol] is not Pinot”). He will bottle earlier, without fining or filtration, as usual. A very pretty range this year, delicious and pure.
Louis began his harvest on 28th August on his earlier Côte de Beaune vineyards and enjoyed bright sunshine throughout the harvest, which ended nine days later. He volunteers that there is less structure than in 2016 but he likes the fruity, gourmand style. This year he looked for freshness and aromatics. “Quatorze degrés n’est pas Pinot,” says Louis (“14 degrees [of alcohol] is not Pinot”). He will bottle earlier, without fining or filtration, as usual. A very pretty range this year, delicious and pure.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2017
Alcohol % 13
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Property Louis Boillot
About this wine
Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
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