Domaine Gabriel Tortochot
2017 Clos de VougeotGrand Cru Red 750 ml
Score: 91
Tasted: Jan 10, 2020
Drink: 2032+
Issue: 77
Note: from a .21 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: This is generously oaked with a menthol top note to the earthy and ripe mix of essence of red berry fruit and pungent underbrush aromas. The energetic and sappy big-bodied flavors also possess good size and weight though the youthfully austere finale is a bit edgy though not particularly short. This bold effort may successfully age out but at present it is less harmonious.
Domaine Tortochot, Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
US$780 / 每箱價格
Domaine Gabriel Tortochot
2017 Clos de VougeotGrand Cru Red 750 ml
Score: 91
Tasted: Jan 10, 2020
Drink: 2032+
Issue: 77
Note: from a .21 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: This is generously oaked with a menthol top note to the earthy and ripe mix of essence of red berry fruit and pungent underbrush aromas. The energetic and sappy big-bodied flavors also possess good size and weight though the youthfully austere finale is a bit edgy though not particularly short. This bold effort may successfully age out but at present it is less harmonious.
