Domaine Trapet

Chapelle Chambertin Grand Cru - 2018 - Jean Louis Trapet

Burgundy

TRAPET jean-Louis

A cuvée of Pinot Noir from a parcel very close to the Grand Cru Clos de Bèze. Chapelle Chambertin is one of the smallest climats to be ranked a Grand Cru, with a soil of fine clay, and blocks of limestone on the ground. A parcel of just 60 ares, with vines planted in 1945. Vinification: traditional, without SO2, with indigenous yeasts and gravity... The fruit of environmentally respectful viticulture.
Jean-Louis Trapet is part of an extremely select circle of the 10 greatest vignerons of the Côte de Nuits. His family estate, founded by his great-grandfather in 1870, is composed of around 15 hectares of the most beautiful vine parcels around Gevrey. With his wife Andrée, the couple also runs an estate in Alsace, with 6 hectares near Riquewihr. Jean-Louis is a vigneron who respects his environment, is very attentive to his vines, is a committed biodynamic winemaker, is non-interventionist in the winery, and uses little to no sulphur. His wines undergo long, gentle maturation, and certain cuvées are even vinified whole cluster and focused on fruit aromas. Other, more classic cuvées are made to best express the complexity of these legendary climats. A few words from Jean-Louis: “Wine is one of the most civilized things in existence. In my capacity as a wine grower, the path of gentleness and respect enables me to make my way towards the highest degree of expression of my soils.”