Wine Advocate: 89-91 Points
Aromas of cherries and red berries mingled with orange rind and rose petals introduce the 2020 Marsannay a medium to full-bodied velvety and charming wine that's elegant and lively with a pretty core of fruit and a long saline finish. I've written before about the ongoing renaissance at this Gevrey-Chambertin benchmark. Energized by the increasing involvement of his sons Pierre and Louis Jean-Louis Trapet has initiated a viticultural revolution: in 2020 fully seven hectares of the domaine's holdings were converted both to échalas and to higher trellising stakes and wires depending on the steepness of the slope. Since then changes have been rolled out in other parcels too. And given the extent of Trapet's holdings in prime climats that means that the walk from Morey-Saint-Denis to Gevrey-Chambertin suddenly looks rather different. In the cuverie winemaking continues to be very classical with important percentages of whole clusters. There are more smaller cuvées too including a Gevrey-Chambertin 1859 from old vines in lieu-dit Champerrier and a bottling of Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Aux Combottes. The 2020 vintage has turned out brilliantly here: as elsewhere along the Côte the wines are more primary than their 2019 counterparts at the same stage and more tightly wound displaying deep saturated hues vibrant cores of fruit and ripe tannins. Without being in the least austere they'll require some patience to realize their potential?but what potential!
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