Jasper Morris MW
25% whole bunch. Clear full purple. Rather an elegant nose, has avoided over-ripeness, plump deep red fruit with some violets, lovely detail here, fills the mouth too, but a fine long elegant finish. Especially gracious texture. Tasted: November 2019
Vinous Media - Neal MArtin
The 2018 Chambolle-Musigny Lavrottes 1er Cru comes from the youngest vines of the domaine, at 20 years of age, and this vintage includes 30% whole-bunch fruit. It feels tightly wound at first and needs coaxing from the glass, offering menthol-tinged red fruit with time, and later crushed violets. The palate is medium-bodied with crunchy tannins, well-judged acidity and nicely integrated oak (to the point where I assumed it was 50%). There is plenty of cassis fruit on the finish. A precocious Burgundy that is not complex but packed full of flavor. Drink 2022-2042.
Wine Advocate - William Kelley
Notes of cherries, raspberries and cassis mingle with hints of forest floor and spices in an incipiently complex bouquet, introducing the 2018 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Lavrottes, a medium to full-bodied, rich and structured wine that Felettig observes is always one of the slowest-evolving wines in the cellar. Mineral and youthfully firm, this is promising for the future.
Domaine Gilbert and Christine Felettig
