2021 Dominique Laurent Chambertin Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes

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Dominique Laurent Gevrey-Chambertin Grand Cru Chambertin Grande Cuvée Vieilles Vignes. Depending on the vintage, this wine may not be labelled Vieilles Vignes.

Le Chambertin is the most important Grand Cru vineyard in Gevrey-Chambertin, and one of the northernmost wine villages in Burgundy's Côte de Nuits.
 
The vineyard produces exclusively red wines made from Pinot Noir, which rank among the world's very finest.
 
Napoleon famously drank Chambertin wine, even during his military campaigns abroad. He consumed it daily, diluted with water, from bottles embossed with the letter N.

Classic Chambertin wine has a rich ruby color (fading to brick-red with age) and a deeply perfumed nose of plums, red cherries, earth, and sweet spice.

The vineyard is easily one of the Côte d'Or's most prestigious, challenged only by the Romanée-Conti and Montrachet Grand Crus.