Appellations
Grand Cru · Côte de Nuits
Latricières-Chambertin
Gevrey-Chambertin · red · 7
Directly south of Chambertin, at the mouth of a combe.
Under the vines
Thinner and cooler than Chambertin, with cold air draining down the valley beside it.
In the glass
Firm, savoury, slightly austere young; more mineral than fleshy.
Why it sits here
Sits on the Morey boundary and is the last of the Gevrey grands crus going south.
Commonly misread
That adjoining Chambertin makes it a near-equal. The combe beside it changes the temperature enough to matter.
Names worth knowing
Trapet, Faiveley, Leroy, Rossignol-Trapet