95+ The 2013 Chambertin from the Rossignol brothers is another absolutely stellar young grand cru in the making, offering up a pure and youthful aromatic constellation of cassis, dark berries, grilled meat, cocoa, a superbly complex base of soil tones, woodsmoke and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very, very pure, with a rock solid core of fruit, great soil inflection, ripe tannins and great focus and grip on the very long, tangy and very youthful finish. All this brilliant wine needs is time. (Drink between 2025-2075)

This is also quite restrained and only aggressive swirling coaxes the cool and elegant aromas of essence of red pinot, pomegranate, earth, floral and game hints from the glass. There is excellent power and punch to the broad-shouldered, intense and mineral-driven flavors that display plenty of soil tones that continue onto the powerful, serious and quite firmly structured but well-balanced and hugely long finale. This is old school Chambertin in style but without the rusticity. 2028+

Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Chambertin Grand Cru is deeper in color than its peers. There is a slight reduction here but underneath lies some very fine raspberry and black plum fruit, though it needs to demonstrate more delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly chewy tannin and then it seems to run out of ideas towards the finish and finishes a little "uninspired." Hmm ... this is a Chambertin outclassed by some of Rossignol-Trapet's less revered crus at the moment. Though it remains a very fine 2013, it falls short of how I expected it to perform given its splendid showing in barrel. Tasted September 2016. - Neal Martin