Louis Jadot Chapelle Chambertin 2009

The tiny Grand Cru of Chapelle Chambertin is located in the ancient village of Gevrey-Chambertin. Chapelle-Chambertin is the most feminine of Gevrey's Grands Cru's, characterized by exceptional delicacy and an intoxicating perfume. Domaine Louis Jadot is proprietor of just under an acre of vines in this great climat, acquired in 1985 through the purchase of Domaine Clair Daü and Jadot's parcel has the oldest vines in the entire Jadot domaine portfolio. It produces an ethereal wine with a fragrant, alluring bouquet, lacy structure and silken texture, finishing in refined, complex notes of pure red fruits, sweet earth and vanillan oak.
Wine Advocate reports: 'I tasted an impressive range of wines with Jacques Lardiere at Louis Jadot and his successor Frederic Barnier, who is slated to take over when Lardiere retires at the end of 2012. In 2009 Jadot began harvesting on September 6. All of the reds were made from 100% destemmed fruit. Maceration times varied from wine to wine, but according to Lardiere all of the wines were made with essentially the same approach. Lardiere is another of the producers who compares 2009 to 1959, and believes the wines will age well because of their density of fruit and minerality. Many of the estate's own vineyards are farmed biodynamically, but of course Jadot also sources wine from other growers that is not necessarily from biodynamically farmed vineyards.'