Domain Bachelet Charmes Chambertin 2006 Bottle (75cl)
Domaine Bachelet Charmes Chambertin 2006 is a red Burgundy wine made from 100% Pinot Noir. Hailing from the Charmes-Chambertin parcel, it falls under the Gevrey-Chambertin appellation and the Burgundy Grand Cru classification. This vintage is presented under the producer name Jean Claude Bachelet.
The bottle offered
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Wine details
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Gevrey Chambertin
- Producteur / Domaine
- Jean Claude Bachelet
- Parcelle / Cru
- Charmes-Chambertin (Gevrey Chambertin)
- Millésime
- 2006
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Jean Claude Bachelet
Located in the hamlet of Gamay in Saint-Aubin, Domaine Jean-Claude Bachelet is now managed by brothers Benoît and Jean-Baptiste Bachelet. Its 10.5 hectares are spread across Saint-Aubin, Chassagne-Montrachet, and Puligny-Montrachet, featuring around twenty appellations mostly dedicated to white wines. Average production reaches approximately 40,000 bottles per year.
- Owner
- Benoît Bachelet et Jean-Baptiste Bachelet
- Surface (ha)
- 10.50 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 40000
Histoire du domaine
The Bachelet brothers trace the earliest roots of the family estate back to 1620 with Pierre Bachelet; the Burgundy interprofession, for its part, documents his presence as a vigneron in Chassagne-Montrachet as early as 1648. The family settled in Saint-Aubin around 1900. In 1965, following the death of his father, Jean-Claude Bachelet took over a 7 to 8-hectare estate at just 19 years old, then mostly planted with Pinot Noir and still including plots of Gamay. Benoît joined the estate in 2000, followed by Jean-Baptiste in 2005. The two brothers eliminated chemical weedkillers in the early 2000s and concurrently began building a vat room starting in 2003 to replace several small, scattered cellars. Organic and biodynamic trials began in 2012; the entire vineyard was converted in 2016 and obtained organic certification in 2023. Benoît and Jean-Baptiste have managed the estate since 2020. They have developed parcel-by-parcel vinifications, replanted a significant portion of the vineyard with Chardonnay, and complemented the family heritage with a few acquisitions, notably in Les Murgers des Dents de Chien in Saint-Aubin and La Boudriotte in Chassagne-Montrachet.
Charmes-Chambertin (Gevrey Chambertin)
Charmes-Chambertin is a red Grand Cru appellation and a physically demarcated terroir within the commune of Gevrey-Chambertin, comprising the lieux-dits Aux Charmes and Mazoyères. The vineyard occupies a slight piedmont bench, between 260 and 280 meters in altitude, at the mouth of the Combe Grisard. Its shallow, carbonated and well-draining soils combine limestone gravel, clays and red silts; the parcels of Aux Charmes face mostly east to east-northeast, while Mazoyères is oriented more towards the south. The demarcated area of Mazoyères-Chambertin coincides with that of Charmes-Chambertin, the latter name being commonly claimed.
- Vineyard commune
- Gevrey-Chambertin
- Origin of the vineyard name
- "Charmes", close to "chaumes" (stubbles), is thought to refer to lean, stony and dry soils. "Mazoyères" evokes an ancient, vanished group of houses.
- Exposure
- East to east-northeast; Mazoyères is more south-facing
- Altitude
- 260–280 m
- Slope
- Gentle slopes
- Soil
- Slightly developed, carbonated and shallow soils, rich in limestone gravel, clays and red silts, with good drainage.
- Subsoil and geology
- To the west, hard Bajocian limestones; to the east, tertiary formations of the Bresse plain, beneath a calcareous clay-gravel alluvial fan originating from the Combe Grisard.
Histoire de la parcelle
The reputation of the climats Aux Charmes and Mazoyères is attested as early as the 18th century. In 1855, Jules Lavalle classified them partly as first cuvée and partly as second cuvée. A 1931 ruling by the Dijon court sanctioned the addition of the name Chambertin and established the boundaries of the appellation d'origine; the AOC Charmes-Chambertin was subsequently recognized by decree on July 31, 1937. The parcel area currently specified in the product specification cahier des charges was approved by the INAO on May 17 and 18, 1984.
