Louis Jadot Griottes Chambertin Grand Cru 2012 750ml

Burghound.com, Apr 15, 2014
A ripe but cool and restrained nose features notes of red currant, earth, spice and soft warm earth nuances. There is excellent volume and vibrancy to the seductively textured, intense and mineral-driven middle weight flavors that possess a sophisticated mouth feel before culminating in an impressively persistent, balanced and complex finish. This is a wine of harmony and grace but underneath the velvet is a sleek muscularity and notably firm tannins so this is not likely to make the best candidate for early accessibility.

Henry Denis Jadot founded Maison Louis Jadot in 1859. But even before then, the story of Maison Jadot had its roots in the vineyards, with the Jadot family's purchase of the Clos des Ursules, a Beaune Premier Cru, in 1826.
The negociant house, under the guidance of Louis Henry Denis Jadot, expanded rapidly, with a focus on the markets of northern Europe, an area he knew well as his family came from Belgium.
His son, Louis Jean Baptiste, took over the management of the company in 1900, and expanded operations by buying numerous vineyards, including Corton Charlemagne and Chevalier Montrachet Les Demoiselles.
The next generation, under the guidance of Louis Auguste Jadot, developed new export markets, particularly those in England and the US, with the help of Rudy Kopf, the founder of the Kobrand Corporation.
In 1954, André Gagey joined the company as Louis Auguste Jadot's deputy. On the latter's premature death in 1962, Andre Gagey succeeded him as Maison Jadot's director. In 1970, Gagey took on a young winemaker, Jacques Lardiere, as his assistant. And, in 1984, Andre Gagey's son, Pierre-Henry, joined the company.
In 1985, in order to ensure the company's future, Madame Jadot decided to sell the company to the family of Rudy Kopf, Jadot's US importer.
Pierre-Henry Gagey became president of Maison Louis Jadot in 1992.

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