Now certified organic, a magnificent Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru 2017 brilliantly realized by the renowned Tortochot estate. Delicate, round and powerful, this Charmes Chambertin 2017 will bring you the quality and level of the greatest wines of Burgundy. Wine on sale individually.
Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru 2017
Complex
Powerful
Mineral
Fruity
Woody
Coming from the very successful 2017 vintage in Burgundy, this Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru is a beautiful achievement by Chantal Tortochot: soft, complex and balanced, it brings structure and power at the same time. A Grand Cru of Burgundy that is one of the greatest successes of the Charmes Chambertin appellation in 2017.
Wine with a lively colour, typical of the greatest Pinot Noir. On the nose, the aromas of red and black fruits will be very present. The bouquet is rich and complex, also accompanied by notes of spices or licorice, but also violet.
On the palate a powerful wine, very ample and long in the mouth as it should be when you have to deal with wines of the category of Burgundy grands crus.
Coming from an ideal vintage, this Charmes Chambertin grand cru 2017 is already very seductive. It will of course continue to flourish and evolve as and when a good guard. It has an evolution potential of 10 to 15 years.
Furry or feathered game, coq au vin, lamb in sauce or roties meats, slightly raised red meats.
Powerful and racy Burgundy red wine: steaks or beef ribs, roast beef, sweeteners
Appellation
Grand CruType of Wine
StillWine Making
Oak casksGrape Variety
Pinot NoirHarvest
ManualBurgundy Region
Côte de NuitsVintage
2017Service
14 to 16 degreesCustody potential
2030
Vivid coloration ranging from deep ruby to black-cherry. Their aromas suggest strawberry, blackcurrant, and gooseberry as well as fruit pits, liquorice, and spices. Violet, moss and underbrush are also likely to be present. On the palate, power, opulence and elegance unite to make a full and complex body, full of sap and voluptuosness textured. Keeping potential is 10 years minimum. Although these sumptuous Grands Crus share a family resemblance, each has its own distinctive nuances.
The Grands Crus of Gevrey-Chambertin are iconic Pinot Noir wines; powerful, virile, complex and intense. They demand equally complex, hightoned dishes to keep the pairing in balance. Feathered game (grilled or, better still, in wine sauce) will, of course, be a worthy companion. The power of the wine’s tannins will withstand the shock of contrasting textures while its aromatic complexity and above all its opulence will bring out the differences.
Roast lamb in gravy, chicken in red wine sauce, glazed poultry, and rib steak will also benefit from the match, not forgetting soft-centred cheeses which will get strong support from the wine’s power and aromatic persistence.
Serving temperature: 12 to 14°C for young wines,14 to 16°C for older wines.
Gevrey-Chambertin lies alongside the Route des Grands Crus at the northern end of the Côte which runs from North to South between the Combes of Lavaux at one end and Morey-Saint-Denis at the other. It can be likened to a Cinemascope screen, facing east, at altitudes between 240 and 280 meters.
The Clos de Bèze first appears in the history of the Côte de Nuits in the year 640 AD as a monastic property. In 1219 it passed to the canons of Langres, who retained ownership until the French Revolution (1789). The name Chambertin has been used since the 13th century and once shared imperial approval with Clos de Bèze - Napoleon would drink nothing else. Its boundaries have not changed since the Middle Ages. In recognition of their similarity, the 7 Climats adjoining those of Chambertin and Clos de Bèze attach the name Chambertin to their own names (except in the case of Clos de Bèze where the name Chambertin comes first).
Grand Cru status was officially granted on 31 July 1937.
This hill-slope lies on hard rocks. On the upper portion are brown soils, partly alluvial, partly scree, and some tens of centimetres deep. Lower down are claylimestone soils in varying proportions. Up-slope, the rocks are of bathonien origin, lower down the marls and limestones belong to the Jurassic (Bajocian) and numerous marine fossils are to be found on the surface, recalling the sea which covered this area some 150 million years ago.
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Chantal Tortochot is part of a new generation of producers of great Burgundy wines who wish to respect the terroir and the vines as much as possible while leaving as much as possible the wines to express themselves.
Adepts of less interventionism, the Tortochot domain is in organic farming since several years.
In addition, the wines are neither filtered nor glued.
Domaine Tortochot offers for sale several red wines from the Côte de Nuits, village appellations, Premiers Crus and Grands Crus:
- Gevrey Chambertin "The Young Kings"
- Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru "Lavaux St Jacques"
- Mazis Chambertin Grand Cru
- Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru
- Chambertin Grand Cru
- Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
- Morey Saint Denis.
For more information on the Tortochot estate, click here: Domaine Tortochot
