2011 Domaine Rossignol-Trapet Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru

Pale to mid cherry. Sweet red fruit, firm and more savoury on the palate. Rounded, relatively rich and dense, but lively too. (JH)

This is ever-so-slightly more elegant than the Latricières with a more expressive nose of ultra-pure, cool, complex and mineral-tinged floral, red currant, herbal tea and spice scents. There is really lovely intensity to the stony and energetic larger-scaled flavors that possess an attractive underlying tension on the textured and sophisticated finish that is shaped and supported by quite fine-grained tannins and very solid length. Like the Latricières this lacks the necessary depth to be at the next level though more may very well develop with time in bottle. Tasted: Jan 15, 2014. Drink: 2021+

Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2011 horizontal tasting in Beaune. The Chapelle-Chambertin 2011 from Rossignol-Trapet has a more reserved bouquet than Cecile Trembay’s, the fruit blacker, with hints of licorice developing in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with quite fine tannins and a keen thread of acidity, although there is bluntness on the finish, as if the fruit is whipped away before I’m ready. Nov 2014, www.robertparker.com