Higher toned with dark red fruit and hints of flowers. More complexity and more alive after the Côte de Beaune.
Vougeraie
2008 Vougeraie Gevrey-Chambertin La Justice
2008 Vougeraie Gevrey-Chambertin Les Evocelles
2008 Vougeraie Gevrey-Chambertin Les Evocelles
Cuvée ‘en foule’. Planted at 36,000 vines per hectare in 2002. This high-density planting returns about two bunches of fruit per vine. Also a little ‘sauvage’. Clearly we have more intensity and a mineral dimension to versus the ‘classic’. Nicely balanced – will surely become ever-more impressive as the vines age.
2009 Vougeraie Gevrey-Chambertin Les Evocelles
2009 Vougeraie Gevrey-Chambertin Les Evocelles
Cuvée en foule. The nose seems to offer up chalk and minerals – no sauvage. Fuller and more tannic than the basic cuvée there definitely seems more material in the glass. Again there is a peak of flavour in the mid-palate but this time with much more complexity. A bigger difference in the two wines in 09 versus 08.