2021 | Domaine Belle Crozes-Hermitage Cuvée Louis Belle | Rhône Faizeau The 2013 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru

The 2013 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru is a wine that I have not tasted since in barrel

peppery wine of refinement – clean and fresh – dark plum fruit with more mineral qualities than barnyard

when he started with concrete (in the past it was 100% in oak)

Ideal to accompany seafood

2021 | Domaine Belle Crozes-Hermitage Cuvée Louis Belle | Rhône Faizeau The 2013 Charmes-Chambertin Grand CruThe wine matures in a mix of new and used oak barrels for 18 months. In the glass, this elegant, old vines Syrah has a glass staining, blue purple color, almost opaque at the center, with flashes of bright violet just at the edge. Aromas of sun warmed black cherries, Santa Rosa plums, crushed violets, and kalamata olives, along with aromatic suggestions of cracked peppercorns, freshly sanded cedar, roasted chestnuts, and smoked charcouterie, all move