1995 | Domaine Trapet | Chambertin Grand Cru

The Chambertin Grand Cru produced by the domain is complex, virile, meaty and opulent with an exceptionally aromatic depth and a lovely tannic structure.

Reviews:

• Stephen Tanzer: Excellent dark red-ruby color. Subtle, nuanced aromas of black plum, redcurrant, iron and pepper, plus an almost mentholated suggestion of austerity and a vegetal/spicy hint of soil. By no means an outsized grand cru, but suave and silky in the mouth, with superb intensity and penetration of flavor. Plenty of backbone. Very subtle and extremely long, with a burst of black cherry flavor. Fine, toothcoating tannins fill the entire mouth. Appears to be the best wine bottled to date by the young Trapet.
  

• Burghound: (Domaine Jean et Jean-Louis Trapet Chambertin Grand Cru Red) (opened from personal storage). A mature and solidly complex nose that is very Gevrey exhibits plenty of game, earth and sauvage character as well as aged fruit (though no sous bois). There is good mid-palate richness with an abundance of minerality to the middle weight plus flavors that are underpinned by still somewhat firm tannins that are very '95, which is to say that there is a slightly edge to them that is not enough to upset the balance though "smooth" is not an apt descriptor for the finish. To my taste this is drinking as well as it's going to but given the punch and still moderately firm tannins this should hold for years to come.

Producer Information

Domaine Trapet is a wine company comprised of two estates, one in Alsace, the other in Burgundy. The company in its current dual-region configuration formed when Andrée Trapet inherited her parents' vineyards in Alsace in 2002. Her husband Jean-Louis has run Domaine Trapet Père et Fils in Gevrey-Chambertin since 1990, when he took over from his father Jean. The latter property is one of the great historic estates of the Côte de Nuits. There are 16 hectares (39.5 acres) of estate vineyards, led by parcels in Le Chambertin (a very substantial 1.9ha), Latricières-Chambertin and Chapelle-Chambertin. The deep, concentrated wines from these grand cru sites are the flagship bottlings, but the Trapet Père et Fils portfolio also includes fine Pinot Noir from three premier cru and two village-level vineyards, as well as highly rated red and white Marsannay and Bourgogne Rouge and Blanc. The portfolio of Domaine Trapet-Alsace includes bottlings from five grand crus: Schoenenbourg, Schlossberg, Sporen, Sonnenglanz and the recently added Mambourg. Village wines (Riesling and Gewurztraminer) come from Riquewihr and Beblenheim. A multivarietal Alsace Blanc, A Minima, is the counterpart of a Bourgogne Passetoutgrains Gamay-Pinot Noir red.

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