Trapet Pere et Fils, Chambertin Vintage:2005 This monumental offering

This monumental offering

A background application of wood serves as a reasonably neutral backdrop for the floral and attractively spicy aromas of plum and dark pinot fruit that is cut with a touch of earth character

It's a wine for fans of the style and needs several years in bottle to balance its tannins

Underneath all of that plush fruit is a stony core of structure and myriad spicy complexities that should sustain it for decades to come

but that period is down to several months from a full year the wine spent in small barrels up until 2001 or so

Trapet Pere et Fils, Chambertin Vintage:2005 This monumental offering(from 3 different parcels that total 2 ha). Firm reduction dominates everything with the exception of a fleeting floral note at present. By contrast there is excellent freshness and underlying tension to the superbly well concentrated and intensely mineral drive big bodied flavors that flash plenty of classic Chambertin muscle on the austere, short and clipped finish where the supporting tannins are tough to the point of being borderline hard. All of