The Les Sentiers climat, located in the extension of the prestigious Grands Crus of Chambolle-Musigny, is one of the most renowned plots of the appellation.
With this 2024 vintage, Domaine Tortochot reveals all the delicacy and depth of this great terroir of the Côte de Nuits
Chambolle Musigny Premier Cru 2024 - "Les Sentiers"
Complex
Powerful
Mineral
Fruity
Woody
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru "Les Sentiers" 2024 – Domaine Tortochot
The Les Sentiers climat, located in the extension of the prestigious Grands Crus of Chambolle-Musigny, is one of the most sought-after terroirs of the appellation. With this 2024 vintage, Domaine Tortochot reveals all the delicacy and depth of this great terroir of the Côte de Nuits, by producing a Pinot Noir of remarkable elegance, combining aromatic finesse, precision and length.
The colour is a brilliant ruby with garnet reflections. The nose, refined and complex, opens with aromas of cherry, raspberry and wild strawberry, sublimated by notes of violet, sweet spices and a delicate touch of undergrowth. With aeration, fine nuances of liquorice and noble wood enrich a bouquet of great elegance.
On the palate, the attack is silky and airy, the signature of the most beautiful Chambolle-Musigny. The substance, of great finesse, is based on velvety tannins and a perfectly controlled freshness. The whole offers a remarkable balance between intensity, purity of the fruit and minerality. The finish, long and persistent, leaves an impression of grace and precision.
This great Pinot Noir will ideally accompany veal fillet, roast pigeon, duck breast, Bresse poultry or even soft mature cheeses.
A Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru of great distinction, where the finesse of Pinot Noir is expressed with remarkable precision, faithful to the elegant and authentic style of Domaine Tortochot.
Full, round Burgundy red wine: pasta and risotto, grilled or roasted pork, roasted veal, sauce or pan-fried, Lamb, poultry, rabbit, roast beef, game birds, liver, kidneys in sauce, skewers, kebab, woks, camembert, brie
Appellation
Premier CruType of Wine
StillWine Making
Oak casksGrape Variety
Pinot NoirHarvest
ManualBurgundy Region
Côte de NuitsVintage
2024Service
14 to 16 degreesCustody potential
2035
Chambolle-Musigny is a red wine, often regarded as the most “feminine” wine of the Côte de Nuits; its intensity and delicacy express themselves with elegance and subtlety. To the eye, it presents a bright ruby hue with luminous highlights. It may darken a little over time but with no loss of impact. Its bouquet, easily recognisable, is composed of violet and small red fruits (raspberry, strawberry). With further aging it tends towards spiced ripe fruits and prune, or towards truffle, underbrush and animal notes. Rich, fragrant and complex, it lines the palate with silk and lace. Its delicate but fleshy texture in no way detracts from its solid and durable structure. On the sweet side with little trace of acidity, its tannins remain silky-smooth.
With a personality that allies power and feminity, it demands high-flavoured and sophisticated dishes like feathered game (in sauce, for example), well-roasted lamb or a free range capon. Roast veal’s subtle texture would be delicately enveloped by the dense but silky tannins of the Chambolle (especially the Premiers Crus). Cheeses - preferably mild: Brillat-Savarin, Reblochon, Cîteaux, Vacherin, Brie de Meaux or Chaource. Soft-centred cheeses will respond to its great aromatic complexity.
Serving temperatures: 12 to 14°C for young wines,14 to 16°C for older wines.
This little village of the Côte de Nuits, formerly an adjunct of the Abbey of Cîteaux, is unwilling to expand, since to do so would mean encroaching on its precious land (though it has given space to a lime-tree with a girth of 5 metres!).
Two superb appellations Grands Crus are grown here: BONNES-MARES, which links its vineyards to those of Morey-Saint-Denis, and MUSIGNY which overlooks the Clos de Vougeot. The village also boasts among its fine wines a prestigious Premier Cru, Les Amoureuses. Its AOC dates from September 1936, making it one of the first French vineyards to be thus designated.
The slope faces east at altitudes of 250-300 metres with only a shallow covering of soil overlying the parent rock, but fissures in the hard Jurassic limestone allow the roots to seek nourishment deep within the sub-soil. Boulders and gravels in the valley bottom ensure good drainage.
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Chantal Tortochot is part of a new generation of producers of great Burgundy wines who wish to respect the terroir and the vines as much as possible while leaving as much as possible the wines to express themselves.
Adepts of less interventionism, the Tortochot domain is in organic farming since several years.
In addition, the wines are neither filtered nor glued.
Domaine Tortochot offers for sale several red wines from the Côte de Nuits, village appellations, Premiers Crus and Grands Crus:
- Gevrey Chambertin "The Young Kings"
- Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru "Lavaux St Jacques"
- Mazis Chambertin Grand Cru
- Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru
- Chambertin Grand Cru
- Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
- Morey Saint Denis.
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