Berry Bros and Rudd (Rossignol Trapet) Gevrey Chambertin 2019
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- This was an interesting tasting for me. This was a bottle of Berry Bros own brand Gevrey Chambertin, which is made for them by Rossignol Trapet. I've also recently tried Rossingol Trapet's Gevrey Chambertin of this same vintage under their own vintage. Are they actually different? I thought so!
To watch the full @TweedyOutdoors "adventure" this was part of, see here: • Stane Street | Halnake...
No doubt the “trickery” of good wine production is a closely guarded secret. It ensures that there remains a surprise hidden within each bottle and each vintage. Thank you Tweedy for another wonderful review. 👏👏👍😀🍷
Yes indeed! As someone who likes "fine" wine but also likes utter junk food (I can't seem to shake a penchant for Monster Munch) I feel I ought to be a bit more wise to the fact my tastebuds probably can be manipulated! I do sometimes wonder if my idea of a great wine isn't as simple as just a certain ratio of sweetness to acidity. Something which could probably be achieved with completely artificial chemicals!
@@BurgundyWithTweedy Thank heavens the wine trade learned from the “diethylene glycol” scandal of the 70’s / 80’s and have steered clear of chemical manipulation! Or have they 🤔 As for “monster munch” I will keep a look out for its appearance in a future wine tasting or Tweedy Outdoors. 👍😀🍷
Sorry but I kept scanning the scene for falling slugs, did you have one on your shirt, or was it a microphone.
Interesting to hear of the symbol indicating whether to lay the bottle down or not. I'm really a complete novice. I did wonder whether the time in the barrel was the key, but maybe I'm thinking of sherries or whiskies.
I still can't work out how you managed to get the train home, masterpiece of logistics.
All the best!!
Trickery being used somewhere. I can't help but think had this trickery not have been used, and it had aged a year or so longer, is there an opportunity cost in the taste being even better somehow?
I notice it says: Drink 2024 - 2028 Has it some how (or by some process) oxidised more?
What I found interesting is that the "other" version of this wine (if that's a sensible thing to say) - the one which is just sold under the Rossingol Trapet label - has a drinking window of 2022-2032: www.bbr.com/products-20198009320-2019-gevrey-chambertin-vieilles-vignes-domaine-rossignol-trapet-burgundy
I made a mistake in the video and it looks like the bottle icon they use for that wine is in fact the horizontal one, not the diagonal one as I said. So despite the fact that the description has a drinking window beginning two years ago, they're still recommending not to drink it now. All rather confusing!
Although I have a certificate in viticulture (so I feel like I have a reasonably good grasp of what goes on in a vineyard) the inner workings of the winery are still a bit of a dark art to me! I have heard talk of "reductive" wine making, which involves starving the fermenting grapes of oxygen (and leads to those struck match notes I really don't like) which presumably means that there's a degree of control the winemaker has over the level of oxidisation. I don't know if that affects the speed of aging (or perceived "readiness") of a wine but I could well imagine it might!