Felettig Chambolle-Musigny Les Combottes 1er Cru
From Pinot Noir from Chambolle-Musigny, Côte
| Vintage: | 2011 |
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| Description: | 91+ points John Gilman ( View From the Cellar ) : "The Felettigs have fifty year-old vines in the premier cru of Combottes, and their 2011 was bottled in mid-February and had recovered nicely from the mise by the time of my visit. The wine was raised in fifty percent new oak and was showing a bit new oaky on the nose, offering up scents of plums, cherries, gamebirds, a touch of coffee bean, a good base of soil and a judicious base of toasty new wood. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, complex and quite classy on the attack, with a fine core, ripe tannins and a long, nascently complex and promising finish. This is a lovely example. 2021-2045. (May/Jun 2013)". 90 points Allen Meadows ( Burghound ) : "(from very old vines of an indeterminate age). There is a subtle hint of herbal character to the cool and admirably pure aromas of red berry fruit liqueur character that blend with cherry and spice hints. There is a generous quality to the round, rich and seductively textured medium-bodied flavors that possess good verve on the energetic, mouth coating and lingering finish that is clean, dry and attractively well-balanced. (Jan 2014)". Last year when we first introduced Domaine Felettig to the Us market, they were a virtual unknown. Yet, with no Us press, we sold our entire allocation in just one day. Fact is, Chambolle at this price simply doesn't exist anymore. Despite incredible holdings, it was only after Henri Felettig recently handed control over to his son and daughter, Gilbert and Christine, that things began to change. With the assistance of neighbor Louis-Michel Liger-Belair in the vineyards, their raw material vastly improved and the wines took off. In the cuvérie, they began employing minimal intervention and new oak is kept to 40% for the 1er Crus and 20-30% for the appellation Villages. The resulting wines are at once pure, dense and energetic, reminiscent of a hypothetical cross between Mugnier and Roumier. Every wine importer in the country is trying to get a piece of them after John Gilman recently wrote them up as "the next big thing," but our direct sourcing, we are able to offer them at exceptional pricing. Tasting notes: Located in the heart of Chambolle, Combottes is a tiny vineyard Felettig shares with Ghislaine Barthod and Christophe Roumier and is rarely seen on the market. |
| Price: | $ 49.50 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Previously available from Woodland Hills Wine Company
| Address: |
22622 Ventura Blvd. Woodland Hills, CA 91302 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 800-678-9463 |
| Telephone (regular): | 818-222-1111 |
| Fax: | 818-222-3999 |
First added to 1000 Corks on August 9, 2013.
This product was inactivated March 19, 2018.
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