2015 Domaine Arlaud Père & Fils Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
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The 2015 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru has a smudged, rather enervated bouquet that lacks the energy of its peers. The palate is sweet and rather jammy and feels monochromatic and a little fatigued toward the finish. To be honest, I much prefer the 2015 Gevrey Combottes, though perhaps this just fluffed its lines on the day. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Jancis Robinson MW
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Good full red. Very ripe but slightly stunted nose offers soil and oak tones but with fruit in the deep background; one is immediately aware of the vintage here. In a chewy, rather masculine style, not yet expansive. Impressively dense but showing a medicinal reserve. Today the tannins are stronger and drier than those of the Combottes. This wine was reduced from barrel a year ago but nonetheless offered more flavor interest and floral lift (of course, the Arlauds' vines are in Mazoyères). Will this youthfully hard-edged wine gain in sweetness with bottle aging?
Cask sample. Ripe fruit but much fresher than the Morey Aux Cheseaux sample I tasted at Lay & Wheeler (note not included). Dark and spicy and richly textured. These are a distinctive style with much more tannic texture than most of the 2015s I have been tasting today. Firm, dry and spicy on the finish. More power than elegance. Wait. (JH)