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.

Brisk, bright purple, the nose is very backward. Some weight with good intensity, the best is at the back, which offers red fruit and some brambly notes. This has good length but is not a massive wine. Light on its feet with a good finish, it is an elegant expression of Latricières. 
Jasper Morris, MW - Wine Buyer

It was difficult at the start and difficult at the end but OK in between”, says Nicolas, who began harvesting on 6th October. Younger vines flowered better, giving more volume than 2012, and only the Beaune vineyards were hailed on. There were no grave problems with rot, and they avoided heavy extraction as the colour came easily enough. Nicolas noted that cool vintages such as 2013 are best for terroir definition, and certainly the hallmark of his wines this year is elegance, and precision.

An attractive medium deep colour starts this Grand Cru wine on the right road. A bright and energetic nose with plums and ripe strawberries leads to an impressively complex palate with a touch of liquorice. There is still a trace of austerity which will round out in the next few years.
(Jasper Morris MW, BBR Buyer)

Latricières Chambertin is the probably the stand-out wine in the 1995 vintage for Domaine Louis Remy. The fruit is stunningly pure, wonderfully expressive on the nose, leading to a a refined, mineraly-laden palate, with gorgeously textured flavours, powerful but harmoniously integrated with each other. A wine that oozes Grand Cru class.

This boasts the classic exotic nose of the vintage but it makes one salivate, enormously juicy rather than over alcoholic. Very succulent with just a few tannins which will keep everything in place over the years or possibly decades to come. But there is no reason not to enjoy it now.
(Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director)

Nicolas Potel, took his first steps as winemaker in the family Estate in Volnay, Le Domaine de la Pousse d’Or. He established his own negoce operation in 1996 , followed by Maison Potel-Aviron in Beaujolais region in 2000 and his efforts culminated in his own Estate, Domaine de Bellene in 2005, with 15 ha of organically-farmed vines in Côte de Beaune.

In 2008, after leaving the SAS Nicolas Potel company, Nicolas Potel launched a new, "Haute Couture"-style negociant business called "Maison Roche de Bellene" which focuses on offering the rare and fine cuvées.

The Bellene range encompasses wines from the Côte de Nuits, and has the widest selection of Grand Crus from Burgundy, as well as a number of prestige 1er Cru cuvées such as Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses, Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Les Combottes.

Recently , Nicolas Potel introduced a range of very rare older vintages, under the name "Collection Bellenum".
These exceptional wines, dating back from 1959 are the result of a strict selection of old vintages originating from the cellars of some of the most acclaimed wine producers in Burgundy.

As usual, from a combination of contract grapes and purchased wine (with the same sources here since 2003), the Camille Giroud 2008 Latricieres-Chambertin presents peat and black pepper, crushed stone, and ripe, lightly-cooked cherry in a lovely nose, rich yet tart palate impression, with a pungently smoky, peppery, and stony finish.

It lacks the sweetness and charm of the Charmes but its formidable density and grip backed by abundant fine-grained tannin suggests a wine worth forgetting in the cellar for a few years and that should hold up well for 12-15.
David Schildknecht - Wine Advocate - eRobertParker.com - Jun 2010

A stunning, almost ethereal bouquet announces this rich, rounded and sensual wine, yet there is a pure and precise backbone underlying the charm of the fruit and an exceptionally long aftertaste. Fabulous!

A charming, deep pink-purple colour with lovely stylish cherry and raspberry fruit. The class shows throughout here, with good weight. It is pretty and discreet, then many-layered and almost ethereal this year. Very persistent.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director

Quantities were down a further 15% on the previous two vintages. However Nicolas Rossignol reports that there were no problems in vinification, and they have added a further refinement this year with a new state-of-theart de-stemmer, which leaves the individual berries whole as it takes them off their stems. Given the natural concentration of the fruit in 2012, there was no need to seek much extraction. Once again this domaine offers superb quality at reasonable prices.

This Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru from Domaine Rossignol-Trapet has beautiful, elegant, deep red fruit and is very graceful and subtle. The fine fruit stretches all the way to a lovely finish with an amazingly perfumed aftertaste.

Despite just a little touch of oak on the nose, this is quite rich and provides a great complexity of fruit. Plenty of weight and refinement is in evident alongside floral notes and fruit that reappears at the finish to give a long, warm feeling.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Director

Several years down the road since they switched to biodynamic farming, the Rossignol brothers are looking at ways to fine-tune the finished product with a few tweaks in their cellar work. They have been careful to aerate their excellent 2010s throughout the vinification process to avoid any problems of reduction and to soften the end palate of the wines. Some stems were used again this year, albeit less than in 2009.

Burgundy 2011 En Primeur Best Buys - Grand Crus
Near to Clos de la Roche, this has a real intensity of rich fruit sweetness and a huge amount of Grand Cru finesse in each glass. Perfumed and full of promise, the tannin, texture, structure and acidity are perfectly balanced right through the long finish.
Laura Atkinson, Private Account Manager

Very perfumed on the nose this year and quite sensual, it is a fine result. 50% stems offer roses and graceful red fruit on a very suave palate with several layers of fruit and a lingering finish.
Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director

The early growing season in 2011 was beneficial to ripening the stems, so Nicolas and David Rossignol opted to use more this year, as they also did in 2009. The wines below were made with 25% stems in general and up to 50% for the Grand Crus. This will have influenced the structure of the wines, but it does not show in the fruit profile. The Rossignols continue to develop their style towards finesse, especially in the finish of their wines and these show very good result this year.