Tasted in Fixin, with Pierre-Emmanuel Gelin the 14 November 2023.
Domaine Pierre Gelin
22 Rue de la Croix Blanche
21220 Fixin
Tel: +33 3 80 52 45 24
www.domaine-pierregelin.fr
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Pierre-Emmanuel on 2023 & 2022:
“The volume of 2023 was about 10% down – we had much less 2022 but that was down to the dryness – it can’t compare to the 70% losses in 2021 though. We martket our wines later so it’s the 2019s that will soon be coming onto the market – so the hole in our volume won’t be visible for a while. The 2022 Bourgognes have been bottled but it will be August – after 20 months of elevage – before the other wines will be done. They will be racked, probably, in May 2024.”
The wines…
Lovely wines from Pierre-Emmanuel – some are rather and intense and will benefit from a few years in the cellar – but all have great texture!
The domaine certified AB since 2019 – started certification in 2016:
2022 Côteaux Bourguignons
Bottled in August. All destemmed gamay from Fixin this one with tank elevage…
Pretty fresh red fruit. Silky, quite direct. Ooh that’s a lovely texture. There’s mouth-watering energy and fine fruit – broad finishing, it’s absolutely delicious!!
2022 Bourgogne Côte d’Or
Quite a lot of new oak in this one so there was less to buy in 23! Also the pinot here from Fixin, 70% destemmed.
Yes, a little dark oak spice but also there’s some good red fruit. More direct and structured but juicily balanced with energetically flavoured. I’d still keep it 2 years in the cellar before attacking but there’s a lot of wine in this glass and the finishing fruit is lovely!!
2022 Fixin
From about 3.5 hectares of vines, the biggest cuvée of the domaine. An assembly of parcels from higher in the village
Bright and pure red fruit – it’s very attractive. A fine flavour that rolls over the palate into the finish – a middle and finishing flavour that grows in intensity – it’s large and mouth-watering here, faintly saline too. Lovely! Wait 2-3 years here too!
2022 Fixin Coquard
NE of the village.
Also pure, more direct red fruit – here with a hint of cream. Hmm, more depth, plenty of width – juicy flavour again. This is more intense and for keeping a similar length of time. I love this zinging intensity!
2013 Fixin 1er Les Hervelets
With a ‘tiny’ amount of Arvelets too – actually nearly 20%
Good width – here’s a more composed and generous nose with slightly darker, deeper fruit. Silky an direct – wonderful texture that resembles the Côteaux Bourguignons. Lots of finishing complexity – small fireworks of energy and interest – really super wine – and more approachable and accessible today than most of the previous pinots!
2022 Fixin 1er Clos Napoleon
1.83 hectares – just like Romanee-Conti! – the smallest 1er of Fixin. We blend a higher and lower parcel (samples) in the glass:
A little less forward but similarly shaped and even more complex – that’s a great invitation to drink. Hmm – that’s lovely. The structure – architecture – is more visible but this wine is open and complexly flavoured – really sinuous and deliciously mobile in flavour – a darker fruit. Finishing with a super beam of intense red fruit, perhaps faintly mineral at the end too. Super wine. Keep a little longer than the Arvelets – perhaps 4-5 years but it’s simply excellent Fixin.
2022 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos des Meivelle
Old French which means middle of the village. Not deep soil, fine soil some clay with stones.
A small nose – rather shy but with very pretty small notes of dak red berries. Hmm, very silky again – there are lovely textures to PE’s wines. Quiet broad and concentrated finishing, with a tiny finishing tannin – beautiful!
2013 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Clos Prieur
Smallest production, only 4 barrels – in 12 there was none – okay, maybe 100 litres. Always very small berries.
A little oak spice on the nose of this. Broad quite a mineral wine – open – a tannin that brings velour but not grain. Lovely finishing – holding an impressive width. Super.
2022 Chambertin Clos de Bèze
From 2 parcels, one near the parking which is the oldest, and a smaller young vine (2002) section. Their total is about 0.5 ha.
Quite airy red fruit – not full focus with this yet – but some pretty floral notes are growing in the glass. Clearly full, a suggestion of reduction – a wine with more scale. Brilliant intensity in the finish with plenty of finishing bitters – more citrus than barrel. Only showing half of what it has – I’ll bet – It’s going to be a very proper Bèze – I can’t help wishing for an extra sip despite the intensity of that finish!