Marie-Thérèse Chappaz, Grain Pinot Charrat 2024

Produktbeskrivelse

“Blending the fruit of two limestone lieux-dits, Champ Dury Les Esserts, and aged in oak barrels for 14 months, the 2024 Grain Pinot Charrat opens with a fresh and initially quite toasty bouquet of red cherries, blackberries and flowers intertwined with spicy notes of cinnamon, cloves and cigar box. On the palate, this is a light, fresh and silky-textured, refined and elegant Pinot with ripe and juicy red fruit, delicate tannins and lingering fine, saline acidity. This is a very enjoyable wine three or four days after you open the bottle. Due to its lightness, purity, vitality and overall elegance, this is an impressive allrounder to many dishes or even just drinking with friends.” 91p. Robert Parker.com

Charrat består af Pinot Noir fra top specifikke parceller. Den ene er Charrat Champ Dury, og så den oprindelige vinmark Les Esserts som Marie-Thérèse fik af sin far da hun fyldte 17 år, og som har skabt grobund for hele vinhuset. Begge parceller er primært tilplantet med Pinot Noir og består af kalksten. Vinen besidder stor friskhed og nerve, men har samtidig en mere urtet og vild karakter end sin søstervin “Les Dahrres”. Hindbær, lakrids, tørrede urter og garrigue præger denne forrygende lækre Pinot Noir.

“The 2021 Grain Pinot Charrat from the La Combe Malindzo terroir displays a dark ruby color with garnet reflections and opens with a deep, pure and fresh yet intense bouquet of ripe and concentrated fruits (stewed cherries), graphite, flint stone and hints of licorice, which gives a rather warm impression, actually reminiscent of the French Rhône and also of Grenache. Smooth, elegant and silky on the palate, this is a full-bodied, intense and generous Pinot with concentrated and intense fruit and a very complex, saline and crystalline finish with fine but muscular tannins. This is a powerful wine to be cellared for at least 4 or 5 years. Excellent aging potential.” Stephan Reinhardt, Robert Parker.com om 2021 årgangen