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2013 Olivier Bernstein Chambertin

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RATINGS

96Stephen Tanzer

Wonderfully plush and fine-grained in the middle palate, with dominant flavors of black raspberry, licorice pastille and violet.

95Wine Spectator

This is dense, beefy and taut, with black cherry, blackberry, sweet spice and earth flavors fused to plentiful fine-grained tannins.

93-96Vinous / IWC

A huge wine, the 2013 Chambertin makes a strong entrance with its voluptuous fruit and pure, unbridled intensity.

93-96Burghound.com

...big-bodied and brooding flavors seem as though they're constructed on a firm base of minerality before terminating in an explosively long finish. This is a classic Chambertin that is impeccably well-balanced and built-to-age.

18.5Jancis Robinson

Really tight and layered and very savoury and uncompromising.

PRODUCER

Olivier Bernstein

Olivier Bernstein is a small negociant in Beaune. It was created in 2007 by Olivier Bernstein, who gave up a career in music management to pursue winemaking. He earned a degree in viticulture in Beaune, then in 2002 purchased a 20-acre wine estate in Roussillon, where he made wines under the Mas de la Deveze label. But his interest in Burgundy took him back to Beaune, where he now makes very limited amounts of Grand and Premier Crus from parcels in Chambertin, Bonnes-Mares, Mazis-Chambertin, Clos de la Roche, Clos Vougeot, Gevrey-Chambertin and Chambolle-Musigny.

REGION

France, Burgundy, Côte d'Or, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin, Le Chambertin

Chambertin is a 32.5 acre Grand Cru vineyard in the Gevrey-Chambertin appellation. More than 25 proprietors own parcels, and some parcels are as small as about 50 square yards. The famous vineyard gets its name from a 7th century peasant, Monsieur Bertin. The name is assumed to come from the phrase “champ Bertin,” or Bertin’s field. Chambertin has an altitude that varies from 275 to 300 meters and is tucked under the Montagne de la Combe-Grisard, sheltering the site from strong winds. The soil is limestone, though there is also clay and gravel. Principal proprietors by acreage owned are Armand Rousseau, 5.38 acres; Jean and Jean-Louis Trapet, 4.75 acres; and Rossignol-Trapet, 4 acres.

TYPE

Red Wine, Pinot Noir, Grand Cru

This red wine is relatively light and can pair with a wide variety of foods. The grape prefers cooler climates and the wine is most often associated with Burgundy, Champagne and the U.S. west coast. Regional differences make it nearly as fickle as it is flexible.