Domaine Perrot Minot Mazoyeres Chambertin Grand Cru 2018, 750ml

Mazoyères-Chambertin Grand Cru 2018 comes from a 0.84-hectare parcel planted in 1957, located in the southern part of the climat. The soil is shallow, composed of brown and blond clay-limestone mixed with limestone gravel. Grapes were fully destemmed, followed by a cold maceration in stainless steel tanks for 5–7 days at 14°C. Fermentation was carried out with indigenous yeasts, using daily punch-downs and pump-overs for around ten days. The wine was aged for 16–18 months in 20–30% new French oak barrels and older barrels (1–2 years), without racking, fining, or filtration, and bottled by gravity.

Tasting Note:

It has a complex bouquet of pure brambly black fruit, crushed stone, undergrowth and subtle hints of cassis and violet that emerge with time. This is quite mercurial in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannins, wonderfully pitched acidity and a sense of harmony and precision that renders this perhaps the more graceful of the Mazoyères-Chambertins that Perrot-Minot has produced.

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Region: Mazoyeres Chambertin

Variety: Pinot Noir

Rating: Jasper Morris 94-97