Domaine Rossignol-Trapet’s example of Petite Chapelle is always one of my favorite premier cru bottlings in the commune and the 2023 is no exception! The wine is utterly refined aromatically, with the bouquet delivering a beautiful blend of red and black plums, black cherries, raw cocoa, gamebird, woodsmoke, a superb base of dark soil tones and a deft framing of cedar. On the palate the wine is deep, pure and full-bodied, with a sappy core of fruit, great soil signature and grip, ripe, buried tannins and a long, well balanced and complex finish. (Drink between 2037-2080)

Along with the Latricières, this possesses the most elegant aromatic profile in the range with is exuberantly spicy and floral-suffused nose of red and dark pinot fruit, violet, rose petal and wet stone. The mouthfeel of the middle weight flavors is a blend of power and refinement while displaying even more minerality on the balanced, long, firm and youthfully austere finale. This is also one to strongly consider.*Burghound Sweet Spot Outstanding!*

A lively crimson purple of medium depth. The nose is less forthcoming than Clos Prieur, with a charming juicy red fruit and then some slightly more present tannins. More of a saline finish here. The Petite Chapelle is slightly more backward but may have a little more backbone. Drink from 2030-2035. Tasted Nov 2024.