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Chambolle Musigny 2008, Domaine Alex Gambal
Chambolle Musigny 2008, Domaine Alex Gambal
Bottle Price: £36.95
Case Price: £421.2
- Country: France
- Region: Burgundy
- Grape Variety: Pinot Noir
- Alcohol: 13%
- Bottle Size: 75cl
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Delicate, silky texture, with elegant light flavours of strawberry, cherry and slightly spiced fruit. Elegant Pinot Noir.
The Gambal 2007 Vosne Romanee Vieilles Vignes smells of ripe cherry, purple plum, moss, and game; is fruit-filled but tinged with forest floor notes; possesses fine-grained, well-integrated tannins; and finishes with satisfying length. I’d plan to enjoy it over the next 3-5 years. 90 points Wine Advocate Jun 2010
Have with: lighter meat dishes, rabbit, hard cheese
Domaine Alex Gambal - Beaune, Burgundy
Very few people are so passionate about Burgundy and its wine that they move continents to start their own wine business. But for Alex Gambal it was worth it. Nearly fifteen years on, the Gambal Area has become firmly established within the traditional French wine establishment as a rising star.
Alex Gambal make all his wines in an artisanal manner - in small batches by hand. He bottles by gravity Fining or without filtering his reds and only lightly Fining the whites. The result is full in body, flavor and style, and the extraction of fruit and time spent in barrel gives a voluptuous style that is balanced with a finesse and elegance second to none.
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The world famous and ancient Burgundy vineyards cover more than 31,500 square km and stretch like a thin finger for 110 km from Chablis in the north, through the Côte de Nuits to the Côte de Chalonnaise, the Mâconnais and Beaujolais, just north of Lyon. The climate is ideal and the soil rich and fertile, the wines strong, well-structured, balanced and very aromatic. The result is 30,000 growers and over 700 different Appellation Contrôlées. The region may be fragmented but with the emergence of some young and dedicated growers and some superb recent vintages, quality is at an all time high.
The Côte de Nuits is a located in the northern part of the Côte d'Or, the limestone ridge that is at the heart of the Burgundy wine region. It extends from Dijon to just south of Nuits-Saint-Georges, which gives its name to the district and is the regional center. Though some white and rosé wines are produced in the region, the Côte de Nuits is most famous for reds made from Pinot noir. The Côte de Nuits covers fourteen communes. Six produce grand cru wines, in the central district between Gevrey-Chambertin and Nuits-Saint-Georges, with four lesser villages either side. The Grand Crus of the Cote de Nuits are some of the smallest appellations in France.
Also among the northern villages, the vineyard soils of Chambolle are particularly chalky, giving the wines a lighter body and finer edge of aromas that complements the usual Côte de Nuits backbone of flavor notes
