Gevrey-Chambertin AOC 2023

A Gevrey-Chambertin of refined style. Jean-Louis Trapet, seventh generation of Domaine Trapet Père & Fils, has run the estate since the 1990s according to a simple principle: guide, never force. This is exactly how the wine turns out. Aromatic depth, fine-grained tannin, structure without heaviness, and a transparency that lets the soil speak.

Gevrey-Chambertin on the Côte de Nuits. The estate's 18.5 hectares lie across legendary sites, including the three Grand Crus Chambertin, Chapelle-Chambertin and Latricières-Chambertin. In the Gevrey vineyards, Jean-Louis Trapet found fossilized oyster shells, remnants of a former seabed. They leave a saline, chalky signature beneath the cherry fruit.

Pure Pinot Noir, vinified dry, 13.0% Vol. The estate has worked biodynamically since 1996, out of conviction rather than as a label. In the cellar, restraint prevails: precise soil work in the vineyard, gentle gravity-flow cellar work, and 20 to 25 percent new oak for the village wines.

Juicy red fruit, ripe cherry and dark berry fruit, with fine spice and floral notes. The tannin is silky and fine-grained, the freshness carries the wine, and the finish stays saline and chalky, with great length.

The family history begins with a rule broken: when phylloxera destroyed the vineyards in the 1880s, Arthur Trapet secretly grafted his vines onto American rootstock. The method was legalized in 1888. Jean-Louis Trapet's credo, "Les hommes passent et la terre reste," people pass, the land remains, still guides the estate's work today. The Guide des meilleurs vins de France ranks the estate with three stars.