Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet with Sébastien Caillat, 11 October 2023.
Domaine Lamy-Caillat
Place des Grands Puits,
21190 Chassagne-Montrachet
Tel: +33 (0)6 73 39 05 00
www.lamycaillat.fr
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Sébastien on 2022:
“We have 7 cuvées this vintage as there was no frost – it’s a vintage, mainly of good memories. Starting 24 August, harvesting the Grand Montagne before the Romanée this year. The grapes were good with no maladies, Juice extractions were harder than 21 as the skins were a little thicker. Fermentations were fine, a little long sometimes but easier than in 2021. I’m still a year away from bottling but at this stage the wines surprise me as I expected the extra heat vs 2020 to be showing but quite the reverse for now.”
The wines…
As close as there is to a goto domaine – in any village.
Attractive and airy – this could be be villages + at another domaine. A subtle reduction but just enough fluidity to mask the weight, or fat, of the flavour. A small citrus bitter in the finish – classy wine for any label – but great Bourgogne.
2022 St.Aubin Les Beau Pins
Planted in 2015 on a steep slope – cold at night, hot in the day. This the 5th harvest from those vines.
A most vertical nose of very fine depth. Broader, faintly more muscular but lithe muscle. The intensity building considerably after you swallow. Sustaining a super-long, rather mineral finish perhaps with a faint lime citrus in tow. Simply excellent.
Ooh – that’s a super nose, a little fleshy & ripe with crystalline fruit on the nose – yes! Rounder, more flesh but interestingly not fat – a saline extra here too. That’s a wine that just keeps getting more impressively intense – bravo villages!
2022 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Champs Gain
Here is the deepest soil with some of the most clay and least stones – a rich soil that gives a lot of vigour to the vines
Very elegant and very floral – we are in a completely different world to the Pot Bois! Broad, mouth-filling – still with lots of energy. Rolling waves of finishing flavour here and long finishing too – simply excellent once more.
Actually in Tonton Marcel. 22 was the first year that this was harvested earlier than La Romanée – 4 days in this case. ‘I’m satisfied with the decision – the grape clusters are not the same in these two locations.’
A hyper elegant, slightly floral nose today. Hyper mineral in the mouth too – but balanced with energy and fruit – there’s practically no austerity here. Great texture and then a fine burst of flavour – slowly fading in mouth-watering style. A beauty and such a baby too!
2022 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Romanée
All these premiers seem very subtly aromatic today – airy but not powerful. A little extra structural buttressing – here the architecture is present and impressive. Wide and very mineral faintly finishing with a faint citrus bitter to remember it.
From Champs Gain all the way to the top of the vines.
A little more open – vibrant and mineral – not really reductive but there’s a little of that energy. Ooh – that’s overtly next step today with intensity, minerality but balanced by a wonderful fluidity.