2006 Gevrey-Chambertin, Cuvée Brunelle, Domaine Joseph Roty
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Allen Meadows - burghound.com - Jan 2009
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Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.
Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.
The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.
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As with the old vines Chenys, here the wood is also quite discreet and if not invisible, certainly not intrusive with exceptionally pretty red and black pinot fruit aromas and distinct animale notes that are captured on the rich, full and intense flavors that are serious, long and mouth coating. There is a touch of wood that surfaces on the finish though again, it's not enough to disturb the balance and is more of a style element that one either likes, or, doesn't. This should offer 6 to 8 years of cellar potential.
Allen Meadows - burghound.com - Jan 2009
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