Domaine David Duband Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru 2018 750ml

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David Duband took over his family's domaine in the Hautes Côtes in 1991 and began to move away from conventional farming by the turn of the millennium, attaining organic certification in 2006—a year after he and investor François Feuillet acquired the prime holdings of retiring vigneron Jacky Truchot. A key stylistic evolution took place in 2008, when Duband—who had previously entirely destemmed his grapes—began to systematically retain an appreciable percentage of whole clusters. Today, gentle extraction is the order of the day, with a délestage and crushing at the end of fermentation to liberate any remaining sugar in unbroken berries, followed by a lengthy débourbage of some three weeks. The wines then mature in barrel, some 30% of which are new, all very lightly toasted. Bursting with perfumed aromatics and structured around fine, powdery tannins, Duband's wines carry a strong signature but remain nicely differentiated within the range.