Producer: Domaine Joseph Roty 
Region: Charmes-Chambertin, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France 
Varietal: Pinot Noir 
Year: 2020 

Wine Advocate, 97+ points 

"There were only seven barrels of the superb 2020 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes, as the Roty family's ancient vines yielded a mere 18 hectoliters per hectare. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of cherries, cassis and plums mingled with licorice, sweet spices, violets and loamy soil, it's full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, with huge concentration, velvety tannins and lively acids, concluding with a long, resonant finish. This monument in the making will require a decade's patience, and prove essentially immortal thereafter." 

John Gilman, 96 Points 

"The 2020 Charmes-Chambertin “Trés Vieilles Vignes” from Domaine Roty is another stunning young wine. The nose delivers scents of cassis, black cherries, grilled meats, mustard seed, bonfire, a complex base of dark soil tones, bitter chocolate, cedary oak and a touch of anise in the upper register. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, broad-shouldered, with a rock solid, sappy core, fine mineral drive and grip, ripe, fine-grained tannins and a long, focused and nascently complex finish. This will be stunning in due course!" 

Jasper Morris, 96 Points 

"More black than purple, but the fruit is very far from being dried out. Just an immense volume of very succulent super-dark strawberry. Very intense dark fruit, some raspberry, some blueberry, but will clearly need a long time. The tannins are a little rougher than the Griottes-Chambertin but it doesn’t really matter as they will integrate by the time the wine should be drunk." 

Vinous, 96 Points 

"The 2020 Charmes-Chambertin Très Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru has a very fragrant nose, quite similar to the Griottes-Chambertin in many ways but maybe with a touch more definition. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, intense black cherries and bilberry fruit. It feels candied towards the very persistent finish with residues of white pepper. Superb." 

Burghound, 95 Points 

"Note: from a .16 ha parcel in Charmes proper of vines planted in 1885 that have never been pulled up though Roty points out that those that have died over the years have been replanted. Dense aromas of newly turned earth, poached plum, dark berry fruit coulis and a whisper of the sauvage are a bit more complex but not as elegant as those of the Griotte. The succulent, delicious and mouthcoating broad-shouldered flavors possess a highly seductive mid-palate texture that contrasts noticeably with the mildly warm, compact, serious and equally built-to-age finale that just goes on and on. This beauty is also a "buy and forget you own it" wine." 

Alcohol: 13.5% 

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