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About This Wine:

Domaine: Domaine Chauvenet-Chopin
Producer: Hubert Chauvenet
Variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Country: France
Region: Burgundy

Background

We first began working with the family Chopin in the 1987 vintage, with Daniel Chopin of Domaine Chopin-Groffier in Comblanchien. Daniel’s daughter soon married vigneron Hubert Chauvenet, forming the Domaine Chauvenet-Chopin. The two families combined their vineyard holdings, many of them planted with very old vines, with eight hectares from the Chopin side adding to the nine already owned by Chauvenet. Daniel continued to work along side and help his son-in-law until 1996, when he officially “retired”. Daniel is still helping out in the vineyards, but Hubert is now solely responsible for the winemaking. Continuing in the style of his father-in-law, Hubert is crafting classic wines with fine delicacy of fruit and rich complexity. The barrel regiment Hubert uses includes a little more new oak than before, but not too much. Roughly one-third new barrels are used for the village and premier crus, and up to two-thirds for the grand cru. Always supple, opulent, seductive, and fruit-driven, the offerings from Chauvenet-Chopin are friendly, smile-inducing wines.

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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate:
"Plum, cherry, cinnamon, and white pepper scent the Chauvenet-Chopin 2008 Vougeot, then carry into a brightly juicy and invigoratingly spicy and pungent palate performance, with which the spiciness and caramelization of new wood (here, as in the corresponding Chambolle, representing 40%) manage to play well. There is a smoother texture and more enveloping sense of fruit here which my somehow explain why the cohabitation of brightness and torrifactive notes doesn’t come off as awkward bifurcation in the way I experienced with that Chambolle. This persistently lively and satisfying Pinot ought to show well for at least 6-8 years." - David Schildknecht (June 2010)