2013 Joseph Drouhin Griotte-Chambertin

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 94.6 points

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  12/23/2021 - Cailles wrote: 93 Points

  Mostly Champagne & Burgs (VVF, Krug, DP, Rousseau, Fourrier,…): Tasted double blind. This wine delivered a convincing performance thanks to an impeccable structural frame and the substance that is there. Unfortunately, it remained rather muted and closed over the span of the tasting. But with its depth it seems to be a promise for the future. Give it at least 5 to 10 more years in the cellar.
  
  TN: Medium+ expressive nose, vegetal aromas, dark fruit more than red. On the palate this is still a touch muted, dark fruited. With time more open, a touch vegetal, rather dark fruited and masculine with lots of minerality. The substance is impressive but even with more air, the wine is still quite closed. The frame is good with round, silky tannins and a medium, well-integrated acidity, slightly creamy texture.
  
  Decanting: Decanted for roughly 2 hours which wasn’t enough.

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  12/23/2021 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points

  Tasted blind. This was very closed with lots of structure, compact fruit. Only giving a hint what it can do. I recently had some older vintages of this and they all are easy in the 96/97 point region, so if you own this, put it aways for a few more years and you will have greatness in the glass. 94-96.

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  12/21/2021 - sirpat00 wrote: 94 Points

  Tasted as part of a Champagne and Burgundy tasting (plus pirates). Nicely perfumed, almost soapy, plenty of floral layers, sweet, sugar-coated red berry fruit. The palate shows perfect balance but did not feel entirely harmonious. Developing nicely in the glass, adding more rhubarb and sweet notes, lots of grass and hey. Impressive versatility that keeps sucking you back into the glass. Second bottle in a few months and I hoped a good 2h decant would fast-forward this to the sweet spot the previous bottle was in on day 2 of consummation. But that definitely didn’t cut it and you should either go for 4-6h in the carafe or just store it away another 5 years.

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  12/21/2021 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 96 Points

  And another total winner in this insane line-up. Super balanced, with pure notes of red and darker berries, beautiful minerality, notes of tar, dark flowers, spices, just overall the complexity is building up with more air. Still super young, this has medium-full body, medium-high acidity and medium-high tannin that is super silky and superb quality especially considering the vintage that sometimes produced slightly harsher tannin. A beautiful Griotte that still has a lot of potential to grow, it seems still very young but so amazing to drink already. (96+)

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  10/9/2021 - sirpat00 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Decanted approx. 1h. Surprisingly dark and meaty, reminding me much more of a Rhone Syrah than a Burg Pinot. Also dried herbs, black tea and mineral notes. On the palate very juicy and fruit-forward. Tannins make their presence felt quite prominently. This is a puristic and intellectual wine. If you‘re looking for a hedonistic rollercoaster, you‘re wrong here. But if you‘re about to cosy yourself up at the chimney with some heavy literature, then this is perfect.
  
  Kept half the bottle in the fridge and poured 24h later. On the second day this shed some of its darkish flair and revealed a much fresher, clearly red berry type of fruit, a whiff of sweet spices while maintaining a meaty character. Still if not even more purisitic. This is an elegant, linear and straight-forward wine at the very early stage of the drinking window. I've been told on countless occasions by Sommeliers that one should not decant Burgundy Pinot Noir as these wines were too delicate and you would risk them breaking down. I completely disagree and this wine at this stage will definitely benefit from a long decant, I would even go up to 4h.

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