Gevrey Chambertin Domaine Rossignol Trapet

Delicate aromas of pure red berry fruits alongside earthy and mineral notes. Smooth and complex on the palate this is an elegant Burgundy style. The Chambertin vineyard is located south of the village of Gevrey-Chambertin and faces due east. It lies directly below the woods that crown the hillside and descends to the Route des Grands Crus.

It is located in the upper part of the Gevrey-Chambertin hillside; it is a little colder than Clos de Bèze, closer to Combe Grisard in its southern part which brings it more freshness.

Our estate is fortunate to own plots covering the entire slope (from the Route des Grands Crus to the woods). Our CHAMBERTIN is thus located in the heart of the Chambertin terroir and ideally reflects the typicity of the terroir.

The vines, with an average age of 55 years (a quarter of the plot was planted in 1919), are planted exclusively with Pinot Noir, at a planting density of 12,500 vines per hectare.
Structured, powerful, and with remarkable aging potential, Chambertin is ranked among the world’s greatest wines.

The Burgundians arrived in the 5th century and one of them, Bertin (Berht-in, that is to say the son of Berht, the Brilliant) owned a field of grain near the Clos de Bèze. 

Legend has it that, following the example of his neighbors, the monks of the Merovingian abbey of Bèze, Bertin planted vines in his field, using the same grape variety and adopting their winemaking methods. The resulting wines being of exceptional quality, the winemakers thereafter referred to the newly created vineyard simply as its owner: “Les Champs de Bertin” (Bertin’s Fields), and later, Chambertin. The powerful abbeys of Langres and Cluny, along with the local lords, subsequently divided the ownership of this noble terroir.

This Grand Cru of Gevrey-Chambertin was called in 1219, in the Titles of the Cathedral Chapter and former abbeys of Saint-Etienne of Dijon and of Prâlon united: Campo Bertuyn “the field of Bertuyn”.

In a document from 1584, the canons of the Saint-Mammès cathedral of Langres speak of their “vines cut in this territory (Gevrey-Chambertin) at the place called Champ Bretin” and “of another piece of vines cut in the said climate of Champt Berthin”. 

The terms “lieudict” and “climat” are both used to designate a plot of vines in this field! This is the oldest known mention to date of the term Climat in Burgundy and it applies to what would later become a Grand Cru Climat.