Domaine Cécile Tremblay
2018Chapelle-ChambertinGrand Cru Red barrel
Score: 92-95
Tasted: Jan 10, 2020
Drink: 2033+
Issue: 77
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Note: from a .38 ha parcel in En Gémeaux
Producer note: Cécile Tremblay was measured but basically optimistic about the ultimate quality of the 2018 vintage noting that “the wines have changed incredibly since they were devatted into barrel and I really think it’s one of those years where they need two winters to really show their stuff. In particular the wines have freshened and picked up energy. The season itself was fairly easy to manage because other than a very wet spring where it was difficult to get into the vineyards, it was hot, dry and largely clement. The flowering was quick and uniform which made for even maturities at the harvest, which we began on the 31st of August for two vineyards, took a pause and then resumed in earnest on the 4th of September. Yields were good at around 35 to 36 hl/ha, which is a bit less than what 2017 gave us with very good sugars. I used a bit less whole cluster than usual, which is to say 10 to 40% except for the Chapelle where I used 50% and the Aux Echanges that saw 100%. I had no problems with the fermentations as the wines converted their sugars fairly quickly. As I mentioned, the wines have changed tremendously and I’m beginning to think they could be excellent and perhaps even genuinely great in time though we will of course have to wait and see.” I would agree with Tremblay’s take that her 2018s are indeed very promising. As I reported last year, Tremblay said that she has adopted the new appellation of Bourgogne – Côte d’Or and thus there will no longer be a Bourgogne designated as Croix Blanche. She also said that there will be a Les Rouges but that it had just been racked and thus was not presented. (Weygandt-Metzler, www.weygandtmetzler.com, PA, USA; Wine Trail and Justerini & Brooks, www.justerinis.com, both UK; L’Imperatrice Fine Wines, www.imperatrice.com.hk, Hong Kong/China).
Tasting note: A cool, fresh and markedly floral-scented nose offers up ripe aromas of purple fruit, especially plum, along with background hints of warm earth and anise. Once again there is a lovely sense of verve to the well-delineated and mineral-inflected and rather linear finish that is muscular and powerful. This is very tightly wound and will need extended keeping to flesh out but the development potential is superb.
Domaine Cecile Tremblay, Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru
US$9,500 / 每箱價格
Domaine Cécile Tremblay
2018Chapelle-ChambertinGrand Cru Red barrel
Score: 92-95
Tasted: Jan 10, 2020
Drink: 2033+
Issue: 77
Don’t miss!
Note: from a .38 ha parcel in En Gémeaux
Producer note: Cécile Tremblay was measured but basically optimistic about the ultimate quality of the 2018 vintage noting that “the wines have changed incredibly since they were devatted into barrel and I really think it’s one of those years where they need two winters to really show their stuff. In particular the wines have freshened and picked up energy. The season itself was fairly easy to manage because other than a very wet spring where it was difficult to get into the vineyards, it was hot, dry and largely clement. The flowering was quick and uniform which made for even maturities at the harvest, which we began on the 31st of August for two vineyards, took a pause and then resumed in earnest on the 4th of September. Yields were good at around 35 to 36 hl/ha, which is a bit less than what 2017 gave us with very good sugars. I used a bit less whole cluster than usual, which is to say 10 to 40% except for the Chapelle where I used 50% and the Aux Echanges that saw 100%. I had no problems with the fermentations as the wines converted their sugars fairly quickly. As I mentioned, the wines have changed tremendously and I’m beginning to think they could be excellent and perhaps even genuinely great in time though we will of course have to wait and see.” I would agree with Tremblay’s take that her 2018s are indeed very promising. As I reported last year, Tremblay said that she has adopted the new appellation of Bourgogne – Côte d’Or and thus there will no longer be a Bourgogne designated as Croix Blanche. She also said that there will be a Les Rouges but that it had just been racked and thus was not presented. (Weygandt-Metzler, www.weygandtmetzler.com, PA, USA; Wine Trail and Justerini & Brooks, www.justerinis.com, both UK; L’Imperatrice Fine Wines, www.imperatrice.com.hk, Hong Kong/China).
Tasting note: A cool, fresh and markedly floral-scented nose offers up ripe aromas of purple fruit, especially plum, along with background hints of warm earth and anise. Once again there is a lovely sense of verve to the well-delineated and mineral-inflected and rather linear finish that is muscular and powerful. This is very tightly wound and will need extended keeping to flesh out but the development potential is superb.
