Charles Noellat Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru 2001 - 3bots 750mlx3

From internet:
Dry with medium-high acidity, medium tannic, beautiful fruitiness lingers better on the palate, stimulating saliva, softening the acidity. Floral notes not really outstanding here. Secondary notes, such as woods, mud, and mineral such as pencil leads lingers quite much, and very decently lighten up the whole palate. Good finishing. Tasting at 1hour after opening: Red fruits are truly "awakened" here, very pleasing sweet-sour notes of cherries, strawberries, and even some raspberries on the palate, with reduced acidity. Very pleasant drinking. Surprisingly nose notes are still traceable, reduced mineral but earthy notes being heightened.

The Noëllat tribe are abundant in this part of the Côte de Nuits. Two brothers, Charles and Ernest, flourished in the early part of the 20th century. Charles had a son, André, who died in 1941, and whose daughter Odile married Alain Hudelot, to form Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat in Vougeot. Domaine Charles Noëllat no longer exists since its purchase by Lalou Bize-Leroy in 1988.

Ernest had two sons, Georges and Henri. Domaine Georges Noëllat has passed down through daughter Marie-Thèrese to her sons Patrice and François Cheurlin. Henri meanwhile married Marie-Thèrese Jayer, daughter of Henri Jayer’s Uncle Edouard. They had a son, Michel – who married a distant cousin, Hélène Noëllat – and their children today run Domaine Michel Noëllat.