| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Burgundy > Côte de Nuits > Gevrey-Chambertin |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
The 2022 Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru is showing beautifully, wafting from the glass with aromas of raspberries, orange zest, exotic spices and petals. Full-bodied, ample and seamless, it's ripe and perfumed, with an enveloping core of fruit and sweet, creamy tannins. In style, it's reminiscent of a somewhat more unctuous, open version of the 2019 vintage.
The 2022 Ruchottes yielded 36 hl/ha, with an alcohol of just 12.7%, apparently it is always lower here. A fresh mid purple. A super-fine complex briary nose, one could believe some stems here but it is the setting of Ruchottes, crushed alpine strawberries, but all destemmed. Superbly poised, with such a refined fruit quality and a pleasing light peppery touch at the finish.
The Mugneret-Gibourg Ruchottes is an extraordinary wine with a laser-like focus to the bright blackberry fruit with notes of violets, earth and smoke. The texture is compact and chiselled but very dense, with firm tannins and an impressively persistent saline minerality on the palate. The grapes are from the domaine's 0.70-hectare parcel in Ruchottes du Bas; they are destemmed and gently fermented before ageing in cask (70% new). Give this five years before opening; the ultimate ageing potential is likely 40 to 50 years. (Drink between 2032-2065)
