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The March 2022 Auction: Part 5
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Estimate: $3,250
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"Revisited after a year in bottle, Lachaux's 2018 Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru lives up to my glowing review, mingling aromas of wild berries, oriental spices and orange peel with hints of coniferous forest floor, violets and peonies. Full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it's immensely concentrated, with powdery tannins, lively acids and a long, penetrating finish. This is well worth a special effort to seek out. I've been singing the praises of what has been going on at Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux for several years now, and the market is fast catching up. Prices are soaring, and even other journalists are beginning to take an interest in what I consider one of the most exciting estates in the Côte de Nuits. Far from resting on his laurels, however, young Charles Lachaux continues to push the boundaries: the 2019 vintage was the first produced from vines that were never trimmed during the growing season across the entire domaine, and yields ranged from the modest (24 hectoliters per hectare) to the nugatory (13 hectoliters per hectare). He picked early, with modest alcohol levels, and once again didn't destem. As in 2018, macerations were notably short, lasting scarcely a week, and the presence of new oak further diminished (fûts from Stockinger now being increasingly abundantly represented in the cellar). And since then, work hasn't stopped: in 2020, Lachaux tested the limits of the possible by deciding not to cultivate his soils, nor even to mow the ensuing grass, and combined with the year's hydric deficit, yields were even more radically diminished. Organic certification is forthcoming, and a sheep pen in Chambolle-Musigny, combining weed control with fertilization, is turning heads. Indeed, there are so many new projects at this address that they merit—and will receive—more extensive treatment in a feature article in 2021. But what of the 2019 vintage? This is another brilliant success, equalling and in some cases surpassing what Lachaux achieved in 2018. The wines will see a slightly longer élevage than their immediate predecessors, and they hadn't been racked when I visited, but even in their more tightly wound condition, their quality was impossible to miss. Sadly, the only challenge will be finding them, as allocations are sure to be substantially down on even last year."
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"Revisited after a year in bottle, Lachaux's 2018 Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru lives up to my glowing review, mingling aromas of wild berries, oriental spices and orange peel with hints of coniferous forest floor, violets and peonies. Full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it's immensely concentrated, with powdery tannins, lively acids and a long, penetrating finish. This is well worth a special effort to seek out. I've been singing the praises of what has been going on at Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux for several years now, and the market is fast catching up. Prices are soaring, and even other journalists are beginning to take an interest in what I consider one of the most exciting estates in the Côte de Nuits. Far from resting on his laurels, however, young Charles Lachaux continues to push the boundaries: the 2019 vintage was the first produced from vines that were never trimmed during the growing season across the entire domaine, and yields ranged from the modest (24 hectoliters per hectare) to the nugatory (13 hectoliters per hectare). He picked early, with modest alcohol levels, and once again didn't destem. As in 2018, macerations were notably short, lasting scarcely a week, and the presence of new oak further diminished (fûts from Stockinger now being increasingly abundantly represented in the cellar). And since then, work hasn't stopped: in 2020, Lachaux tested the limits of the possible by deciding not to cultivate his soils, nor even to mow the ensuing grass, and combined with the year's hydric deficit, yields were even more radically diminished. Organic certification is forthcoming, and a sheep pen in Chambolle-Musigny, combining weed control with fertilization, is turning heads. Indeed, there are so many new projects at this address that they merit—and will receive—more extensive treatment in a feature article in 2021. But what of the 2019 vintage? This is another brilliant success, equalling and in some cases surpassing what Lachaux achieved in 2018. The wines will see a slightly longer élevage than their immediate predecessors, and they hadn't been racked when I visited, but even in their more tightly wound condition, their quality was impossible to miss. Sadly, the only challenge will be finding them, as allocations are sure to be substantially down on even last year."
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