Chapelle-Chambertin, Domaine Clair-Daü, 1979

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Domaine Clair-Dau Chapelle Chambertin Grand Cru 1979 Wine has been always stored in the underground wine cellar, below ground level, ensuring a steady temperature and humidity. The fill level of the wine bottles is excellent, 2 cm Grape Pinot Noir About the wine The wine brought tears to several eyes at the table, as if it were transmitting a sense of sadness. It smelled of broken twigs, crisp earth, dried cherries and pheromones; it tasted tart and chalky, with soft tannins and an amazingly fresh cherry fruit. In the 1960s and 1970s Chapelle-Chambertin was owned by a handful of proprietors, the most prestigious being Drouhin-Laroze and Clair-Daü. This Grand Cru is known for producing the most delicate and light colored wines of all the Gevrey-Chambertin Grand Crus (with a little healthy competition in delicacy from Ruchottes). The name "Chapelle-Chambertin" has origins with a chapel destroyed in the French Revolution and originally built by monks at Bèze Abbey. In 1985 the Clair-Daü domain was split up after 76 years of winemaking (it was founded in 1919 by Marsannay). Over the years, Joseph Clair and Marguerite Daü have built up the domain's reputation. The incessant family quarrels, that had originally been the making of the house, eventually became too much and the domain was sold to the Maison Louis Jadot in 1985. Bruno Clair, Joseph's grandson, successfully pursued the ancient family tradition by adding his parent's and sibling's parcels to his own (Clos de Bèze, Cazetiers, Clos St-Jacques, Vosne-Romanée, Clos du Fonteny and Chambolle-Musigny). Today he is at the head of a 23-hectare domain, which has several grand crus parcels at Gevrey. The few remaining bottles of the domain benefit now from a true cult among lovers of great Burgundy wines.