2010 Cecile Tremblay Chapelle Chambertin 1.5ltr

An elegant and exceptionally pure nose of plum, stone and black cherry that also displays enough wood to notice gives way to wonderfully silky large-scaled flavors that benefit from the presence of a plenitude of dry extract that buffers the very firm tannic spine. This is a classic Chapelle from En Gémeaux with its intense minerality and rigid but not hard or aggressive tannins that underpin the mouth coating and hugely long finish. There is some wood that arrives right at the end but with the depth of material here it shouldn't take long for it to be successfully absorbed. This is a powerful but well-balanced and focused effort that will require 12 to 15 years of cellar time to reach its full apogee.  Burghound 94