Domaine Dominique Gallois Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru 2014 750ml

Grand Cru Charmes Chambertin

Climat, origin and typicity of the terroir

“Charmes” has the sense of previously communal cultivated fields recovered when
overgrown. The vines face east.

In their very thin and poor clay-limestone soils are found lots of small stones, marls and
iron, an excellent composition for making vines feel at home.

The writer Gaston Roupnel, great-uncle of Dominique Gallois, used to say of this climat:
“Between Chambertin and Charmes, there is the difference through the mellowing of
vigour and robustness that is even, in good years, often compensated by a finesse lessopenly expressed, therefore more sensitive and more affirmed”.

Planting and production

With vines planted in 1910, the parcel is a near neighbour of the appellation “Griotte”
and lying beneath “Chambertin”, benefitting from an excellent climat that confers on it
the elegance of Charmes, the power of Chambertin and the roundness of Griotte.

This vineyard has vines more than a century old. The berries are small with thick skins.

It offers a production of around 1600 bottles per year.

Character of the wine It is a supple and intense wine of great finesse and affirmed
elegance. Characterized by very great length, its texture is silky and velvety. It will be a
real treat for your taste-buds.

Excellent wine for keeping, it will improve further over 7 to 10 years.