2012 was a very short vintage that is highly regarded and US retailers are having a very hard time
getting their hands on these wines. When they can get them, prices are very high (the only 2012 wine below that is available in the US is 33% higher than my price).
The 2012 prices are up 50% to 75% over 2011 and there is no wine. Thomas Bouley was down up to 80%. 2013 will be the same, if not worse price and quantity-wise. The Cote de Beaune was way worse than the Cote de Nuits, as it usually goes. But
what was made in 2012, in my opinion is the best young Burgundy vintage I have ever tasted. The volume and amplitude in the mouth combined with almost perfect site character, fresh acids and insane balance make these wines so appealing it is almost sinful. I am thrilled to be able to offer the below wines in very limited quantities.
I have a selection of 2012's from the amazing biodynamic estate Rossignol-Trapet. Rossignol-Trapet is on the up and up and is making some of the purest, cleanest and most age-worthy wines in all of the Cote d'Or.
Below are Burghound quotes on the wines wines I am offering, then below will be the listed wines, BH/WA/IWC scores and the prices.
"This year I met with both of the brothers who told me that "because the growing season was so challenging we were very pleasantly surprised to have wound up with such clean and almost perfectly ripe fruit. In fact generally speaking the fruit was so clean that it required almost no sorting of any consequence though this was not true for our Côte de Beaune vineyards as there we had hail. In this regard we were particularly hard hit in Beaune. Given the hail and the fact that there was a poor flowering that especially affected older vines our quantities were off between 25 and 45%. Because the fruit was so clean we used between 25 and 50% whole clusters in the vinifications. As to the wines they are chiseled, concentrated and energetic and should keep better than people seem to think. - Allen Meadows on 2012 Rossignol-Trapet's
Rossignol-Trapet 2012's
2012 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru "Petit Chapelle" - $114.99 ($329.97 3-pack) (90-93 BH, 92-94 WA) (LIMITED)
2012 Chapelle-Chambertin - $179.99 NET (92-94 BH, 93-95 WA) (VERY LIMITED)
2012 Latricieres-Chambertin - $179.99 NET (91-94 BH, 91-93 WA) (VERY LIMITED)
2012 Chambertin - $259.99 NET (92-95 BH, 94-96 WA) (VERY LIMITED)
Please, if you can place, somewhat balanced orders.
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