2023 Griotte Chambertin
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Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com
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The 2023 Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru opens in the glass with ethereal aromas of sweet berries, petals, potpourri and spices. Medium to full-bodied, lively and fine-boned, it's elegantly structured, with bright acids and a perfumed finish.
Dark crimson purple with also a darker cherry fruit, the Griotte-Chambertin unsurprisingly comes across as a little sterner and less sensual when tasted immediately after Les Amoureuses. Instead, it is much more structured, with fine tannins and fair persistence.
Cask sample. Almost plump! Meaty. Pillowy. Fatty. There’s a fatty density to this wine combined with sinewy chewiness that reminds me a bit of rare steak. Very resistant right now. Liquorice length and bitterness and resistance. Stately magnificence but at the moment more edifice than wine. (TC)
About the producer
Joseph Drouhin is one of the largest and most famous producers in Burgundy, making both domaine and négociant wines. It remains family-owned and run, now in the hands of the fourth generation.