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96
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95
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94
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93
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Tasting Notes
This is one of the most complete Gevrey village wines you will find: multiple parcels scattered around the village which are vinified in three parts. One part comes from the light stony soil at the bottom of the valley, giving a cool elegance; the second is a cluster of parcels in the middle of the village on clay soil, giving body and structure; the third is a group of parcels below the grands crus, giving a complexity and finesse. The vines are all aged between 45 and 85 years, and the concentration and complexity this wine delivers for the price is hard to beat. It is a serious wine in 2022, with excellent depth of flavour and a distinctly dry, savoury finish.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity
Classification: Red
Variety: Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2022
Bottle Size: 750ml (Bottle)
Country: France
Region: Burgundy, Gevrey-Chambertin
Alcohol %: 13.0%
Cellaring: 15 Plus Years
Scores
96 / 100"Taken from multiple vineyards around the village of Gevrey and then vinified in three separate parts. One component is off light, stony soil, which brings a cool elegance. The second comes from clay soils, which adds its structural intensity. And the third from a group below Grand Cru, giving complexity and finesse. These vines are between 45 and 85 years old. It's medium weight and quite elegant. Make sure you decant this wine, because even within five minutes, it was opening up before me. It has a grainy, gravelly palate feel, with a dry, savoury edge, adding complexity. It has a smooth, seamless finish and extends with ease and focus. Super Wine."
- Ray Jordan
95 / 100
"From multiple parcels and vinified in three parts, the selection combines the terrier of the bottom of the valley, the middle and just below the Grand Crus, all vines aged between 45 and 85 years. A cordial of earthy red fruit, rhubarb and cooked quince, Assam tea leaves and burdock root. Fruit intensifies on the palate with some cooked raspberry and pomegranate, tannins trickle and radiate with lacey tension. There are twinges of bitterness that provide angles and edges, all compliging to be, as expected, structural and finely detailed. The finish shows some of those earthy root tones once again. This is coiled and built for a long haul, drinking well now but would happily lie in wait for another 6-8 years. A wine for meat stocks simmered for hours with bones and dried fungi."
- Shanteh Wale
94 / 100
"A great vintage, a famous location, some highly respected names at the producer and old vines (an average of 60 years). It is almost as though the stars have aligned with this Pinot. A stunning cherry red hue, there are immediate perfumes of kirsch, undergrowth notes, coffee grinds, dried herbs and red fruits. There is a chalky support system. This is still very youthful, but it reflects the quality of the vintage and comes across as impressively composed. There is direction, balance and serious length here, even the very early appearance of the complexity that will emerge more fully in time. Juicy acidity runs the length and there are notes of cherries, raspberries and a whiff of bitter almond on the palate. Satiny tannins are evident. This drinks well above its rank. Six to ten years, longer if needed. Love it."
- Ken Gargett – Winepilot.com
93 / 100
"A light to medium crimson. The bouquet is exquisite, very classy, fully ripe thus becoming almost floral, but not falling over into excess. A good crisp acid balance, and just a little blood orange. Refined, complex Gevrey. Drink from 2028-2034. Tasted: December 2023."
- Jasper Morris MW
