Description

Red Wine: 1999 | Domaine Rene Leclerc | Griotte-Chambertin

The Griottes-Chambertin is a serious wine that requires time in the glass. Impenetrable at first, it gradually reveals a complex nose of black and red cherries, chocolate, game and exotic spices.

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Producer: Domaine Rene Leclerc

Vintage: 1999

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

The Griottes-Chambertin is a serious wine that requires time in the glass. Impenetrable at first, it gradually reveals a complex nose of black and red cherries, chocolate, game and exotic spices. The palate is rich and full, with good structure, real concentration and a lingering finish.

Producer Information

René Leclerc and his brother Philippe are two of Gevrey’s most conspicuous ‘characters’, and reviewers often spend more time discussing their looks and habits than their wines. The fact of the matter is that René is a true Burgundy vigneron in the finest sense of the word, a man who spends more time outdoors than in the laboratory or in the cooperage. He knows his vines intimately, and devotes his energies to producing the best and most authentic fruit from a series of well-located vineyards. Vinifications are traditional, because fancy winemaking techniques are not needed when one has top quality grapes. The result is a range of rich, terroir-driven reds, unmistakably Gevrey-Chambertin in both flavour and style. Each vineyard bottling displays the subtle nuances that differentiate one ‘cru’ from another. New oak is used more than before, but never so much as to mask these complexities. Both Robert Parker and Pierre-Antoine Rovani (Parker’s nominated Burgundy expert) have lavished praise on this domaine, which is now rated among the very best in the important village of Gevrey-Chambertin.