- Producer
- Trapet Père & Fils
- Grape variety
- Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder)
- Region
- Côte de Nuits
- Country
- France
- Vintage
- 2010
- Alcohol
- 12.5 % vol
- Volume
- 0.75 l
- Item no.
- 9910222186
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Gevrey-Chambertin "Alea" 1er Cru 2010
The Gevrey-Chambertin "Alea" 1er Cru 2010 is a pure Pinot Noir from Burgundy, grown on the biodynamically farmed premier cru vines of Trapet Père & Fils.
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About this wine
Character
A premier cru from Gevrey-Chambertin that favours finesse over power. Domaine Trapet produces no powerhouses, but wines of aromatic depth, fine-grained tannin and terroir transparency: structure without heaviness, complexity without opulence. Jean-Louis Trapet, seventh generation, has run the estate since the 1990s on the principle of guiding the grapes, never forcing them.
Terroir and origin
Gevrey-Chambertin in Burgundy, where the estate farms 18.5 hectares; the three Grands Crus Chambertin, Chapelle-Chambertin and Latricières-Chambertin form its heart. The village's soils were once a seabed. Jean-Louis Trapet found fossilised oyster shells in his Gevrey-Chambertin vineyards, the source of the saline, chalky signature that lies beneath the cherry fruit.
Grape variety and vinification
Pure Pinot Noir. Jean-Louis Trapet has farmed biodynamically since 1996, Demeter-certified since 2009, built on precise soil work and observation rather than intervention. In the cellar, intervention stays minimal: gentle, gravity-led work, with new oak capped at 50 percent.
On the palate
Dry and lean in build, at 12.5% Vol. Ripe cherry and dark berries, floral notes and fine spice, beneath which runs the saline, chalky trace of the oyster-shell soils. The tannin is fine-grained, the acidity lively, the finish calm and long.
Distinctive features
The house's pioneering spirit goes back to Arthur Trapet, who in the 1880s secretly grafted vines onto American rootstock: illegal at the time, legalised in 1888. His credo still holds at the estate today, "Les hommes passent et la terre reste". The Guide des meilleurs vins de France awards it three stars, the highest rating.
