Gevrey Chambertin Grand Cru

Medium pink purple , with rather a pleasing seductive nose, as Charmes should have. Luxurious silky, creamy, a little touch of oak, altogether a classical rendition of the appellation. 
Japer Morris MW - Wine Buyer

Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru from Hudelot-Noëllat winemaker, Charles van Canneyt, has a modest bouquet with pretty red plum and redcurrant aromas, the oak lending some lift and neatly embroidered into the fruit. Nice purity here. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, well judged acidity, modest depth with a clean and silky smooth finish that is a tad commercial, if not delivering the same complexity as its peers. However, it does improve and has a pleasant piquancy. Tasted September 2016.
Neal Martin, The Wine Advocate (autumn 2016)

Rich mid-purple, the nose a little bit restrained at first, yet the fruit absolutely fills the mouth on the palate with gentle strawberry notes and amazing persistence. Not the most blockbuster of Chambertins but a lovely stylish example. 
Jasper Morris, MW - Wine Buyer

David Croix picked relatively late for his reds, from October 3rd to 16th, but he wisely took the whites in first from 29th September to 2nd October. Overall he has been able to source more wine than for the pitifully small 2012 crop. These are beautiful wines, a marvellous expression of Pinot Noir, suited for medium term keeping.

The 2013 Chambertin Grand Cru is much more open on the nose than the Clos-de-Bèze with blackberry and briary notes, a Chambertin determined to impress (which it certainly does!) The palate is medium-bodied with strawberry and raspberry preserve, fine, almost filigree tannins and a sensual finish that completes one of Nicolas Potel’s best reds. If you cannot afford Armand R, there is always Nicky P.
Neal Martin - Wine Advocate - eRobertParker.com - Dec 2014

This Grand Cru Chambertin Clos de Bèze  shows agreeably fresh, layered and cool wild red berry fruit aromas that are liberally laced with a sauvage character. There is good richness and plenty of volume to the tautly muscled medium weight plus flavors that possess a subtle minerality that continues onto the impressively long finish. Like several wines in the range this is not especially complex at present but my projected range offers the benefit of the doubt that much more will develop with time in bottle.

Eric and Jean-Luc Burguet succinctly described 2012 as a "difficult vintage that was not easy to manage. We lost a lot of the potential crop because of a poor flowering and then at the time of the harvest we lost more due to a careful sorting process. On the plus side the fruit was concentrated and the vinifications were able to pull out this material into the wine with almost no help from us. As a result the 2012s are quite fleshy and generous with seductive mouth feels that should allow the wines to be very popular as they will be easy to appreciate. For us, 2012 is not a great vintage but it is an attractive one all the same." My take on the Burguet 2012s is pretty much spot on with how the brothers feel about their wines, which is to say that the quality is consistent with the general level of the vintage. The 2012s will be bottled without fining or filtration.
91-93/100 Allen Meadows - burghound.com - issue 53 - Jan 2014

The 2014 Charmes-Chambertin les Mazoyères Grand Cru includes 80% whole cluster fruit this year, a high percentage due to the age of the vines planted in 1902. There is fine delineation here, precise black cherry and cranberry scents with a touch of cold granite. It is a nose that demands respect, deservedly so.

The palate is medium-bodied with fine, supple black and red fruit, very pure and smooth with a graceful, marmalade-tinged finish that lingers. This should grow up to be a very seductive, comely Charmes-Chambertin with a long future ahead. Drink 2017 - 2035
93-95/100 Neal Martin eRobertParker.com #222 Dec 2015

Glowing purple with an impressive density of fruit, though the detail is yet to emerge. Super-stylish, very graceful, yet the weight of fruit builds gloriously on the palate to a very noble finish with great persistence. It is all about the elegance. Superb. 
Jasper Morris, MW - Wine Buyer

The 2013 harvest is the latest ever recorded at Burguet, starting 9th October, in the cold more than the rain – there was even some frost one morning. They have three separate sorting stations, though rot varied by sector. Vinification was normal, a long time in tank but a gentle approach. The 2013 is particularly, and consistently, successful chez Burguet.

David’s deft hand has produced an elegant Charmes- Chambertin, which is very prettily perfumed, with fine raspberry fruit. Everything is as it should be structurally, with neither acidity nor tannins impeding the succulence of the fruit; this has an agreeably persistent finish.

Tasting with David Croix at Camille Giroud is always a pleasure, especially so this year as the range of 2014s is delicious. David feels that the wines are all about drinkability and balance rather than exceptional power. His theory is that the great start to the growing season kept the vines healthy through the cool, damp summer.

Excellent mid-purple, this offers a lovely mouthful of pure, plump cherry and dark raspberry fruit; very modish again, the hallmark this year. Poised and long, the wine has excellent oak integration.

Nicolas and David Rossignol began the harvest on 22nd September, picking over eight days. Yields were up, the grapes were ripe, but some sorting was necessary after a little hail in Beaune and some Suzukiengendered rot in the lower vineyards of Gevrey-Chambertin. They are very pleased with their new Pellenc de-stemmer which leaves the berries intact, while continuing to use a percentage of whole bunches as well.

This grandest of Grands Crus displays a rich, deep purple with a nose to match. Not much detail is on display yet, just a sense of power. There is significant intensity to the palate but more length and strength than plumpness and weight. All quite laid back this year, and none the worse for that.

Nicolas and David Rossignol began the harvest on 22nd September, picking over eight days. Yields were up, the grapes were ripe, but some sorting was necessary after a little hail in Beaune and some Suzukiengendered rot in the lower vineyards of Gevrey-Chambertin. They are very pleased with their new Pellenc de-stemmer which leaves the berries intact, while continuing to use a percentage of whole bunches as well.

From 60-year-old vines, this has an exceptional, dense, purple-black colour. There is a riot of ripe, red fruit driving the bouquet. While the oak is lightly present, there is such a generosity of fruit that it swamps all over the barrels, and the wine finishes on its fruit with some minerals too.

Our jovial friend Jérôme Castagnier has excelled himself this year. The promise we picked up on last year has really been delivered in 2014. He says that the wines have lovely flesh but also a beautiful freshness, and notes some similarities to 2010. His generic Burgundies (available on www.bbr.com/burgundy2014) are also excellent.

The 2009 Chambertin is flat-out stunning. It boasts gorgeous textural finesse and sheer energy from the very first taste. Blue and black fruit lead to spices, mint, licorice and tar as the wine explodes from the glass.

Next to some of the other grand crus in the Dujac lineup, the Chambertin often comes across as quite obvious. Some of the wine’s subtler qualities emerge, but only over time. Layers of fruit crescendo to the palate staining finish. The Chambertin combines power and finesse to a degree seldom seen, even in Burgundy. This is pure sophistication. Anticipated maturity: 2024-2044. 
Antonio Galloni - Wine Advocate - eRobertParker.com - Apr 2012