Domaine Gabriel Tortochot
2017 ChambertinGrand Cru Red 750 ml
Score: 93
Tasted: Jan 10, 2020
Drink: 2035+
Issue: 77
Note: from a .40 ha parcel
Producer note: Chantal Tortochot, who directs this biologically farmed 11 ha domaine that is now ECO certified, and who has done so since 1997, briefly described the 2017 growing season as one that “gave us an early season frost scare that ultimately did no damage. The flowering passed well and this was a good omen for quantities. After that the season was relatively easy to manage. We picked from the 9th of September and brought in basically similar quantities to what we realized in 2018. Sugars and acidities were very good and I made no corrections of any kind. As I did in 2016, I used 25% whole clusters in the vinifications. During the élevage the wines saw varied percentages of new wood which is to say 10 to 15% for the villages, 25 to 30% for the 1ers and 60 to 100% for the grands crus. Overall, 2017 is a good to very good vintage though it’s not a great one. Still, the wines are refreshing and satisfying and should make for good drinking both early and with age.” The Tortochot 2017s were bottled between November 2017 and March 2019. Note that the Tortochot wines are generally relatively old school in terms of style and structure though they do evidence noticeable wood when the wines are young. (Bertin Henri Selections, www.bertinhenriselections.com, FL, Simon N. Cellars, www.simonncellars.com, VA, Milton Road Trading Corp, LLC, www.miltonroadtrading.com, CA, P. Comms International, www.pcommswines.com, NC and T. Edwards Wine, NY, all USA; Waitrose Cellar, www.waitrosecellar.com, Waterloo Fine and Rare and O.W. Loeb, www.owloeb.com, all UK).
Tasting note: More evident wood stops short of fighting with the fresh, cool and restrained aromas that features notes of forest floor, herbal tea, wild red and dark cherry and a hint of humus character. The equally restrained big-bodied flavors brim with minerality on the palate coating, youthfully austere and beautifully complex finish that delivers sneaky good persistence. This is presently very tightly wound and will need most of decade to just become approachable.
Domaine Tortochot, Chambertin Grand Cru
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Domaine Gabriel Tortochot
2017 ChambertinGrand Cru Red 750 ml
Score: 93
Tasted: Jan 10, 2020
Drink: 2035+
Issue: 77
Note: from a .40 ha parcel
Producer note: Chantal Tortochot, who directs this biologically farmed 11 ha domaine that is now ECO certified, and who has done so since 1997, briefly described the 2017 growing season as one that “gave us an early season frost scare that ultimately did no damage. The flowering passed well and this was a good omen for quantities. After that the season was relatively easy to manage. We picked from the 9th of September and brought in basically similar quantities to what we realized in 2018. Sugars and acidities were very good and I made no corrections of any kind. As I did in 2016, I used 25% whole clusters in the vinifications. During the élevage the wines saw varied percentages of new wood which is to say 10 to 15% for the villages, 25 to 30% for the 1ers and 60 to 100% for the grands crus. Overall, 2017 is a good to very good vintage though it’s not a great one. Still, the wines are refreshing and satisfying and should make for good drinking both early and with age.” The Tortochot 2017s were bottled between November 2017 and March 2019. Note that the Tortochot wines are generally relatively old school in terms of style and structure though they do evidence noticeable wood when the wines are young. (Bertin Henri Selections, www.bertinhenriselections.com, FL, Simon N. Cellars, www.simonncellars.com, VA, Milton Road Trading Corp, LLC, www.miltonroadtrading.com, CA, P. Comms International, www.pcommswines.com, NC and T. Edwards Wine, NY, all USA; Waitrose Cellar, www.waitrosecellar.com, Waterloo Fine and Rare and O.W. Loeb, www.owloeb.com, all UK).
Tasting note: More evident wood stops short of fighting with the fresh, cool and restrained aromas that features notes of forest floor, herbal tea, wild red and dark cherry and a hint of humus character. The equally restrained big-bodied flavors brim with minerality on the palate coating, youthfully austere and beautifully complex finish that delivers sneaky good persistence. This is presently very tightly wound and will need most of decade to just become approachable.
