From the young vines of their Ruchottes-Chambertin. Medium, medium-plus cherry-red. The ebullient nose still has an extra edge of oak derived vanilla, but behind, swirling releases truffley, high-toned, red fruit. The palate has lovely acidity that pushes the vanilla-tinged finish ever longer – in fact very long. Lovely fruit, this is a nicely textured, medium bodied wine and one that I’m very pleased to have (a few) in the celler.
Medium cherry-red colour. The nose is very high-toned and has more than a hint of the medicinal about it – improves a little with time. Once in the mouth the impression is of medium concentration fruit, slightly forward acidity and quite nice tannins. No obvious Gevrey character though it’s an okay wine without real faults. On reflection I suspect a number of Bourgognes might give it a close run for quality, if not price.
Medium cherry-red. The nose shows more than a little depth and a nice high-toned fruit top-note. The palate has a nice fresh complexion with fruit concentration that’s higher than expected for this cuvée, and nice sneaky length too! There’s just a little fat and mild-mannered tannins. This is never a very extracted wine so is perhaps close to it’s zenith in a year like 2002. Really super value, but I think they may have sold-out!
Medium-plus colour, still quite primary. The nose has spicy, meaty black fruit with a touch of licorice. The palate shows a similarly black aspect, nice acidity and smooth tannins. The finish is surprisingly long with a hint of earthy, minerally cream. An obvious winemaking signature at work, but a tasty wine all the same.
Frankly I’m amazed! This wine was just so full of toasty oak – of which I’m not enamoured – when released, that it took close to 36 hours to reach the limits of my drinkability. Today you’d never know, the toast is in the background and there’s a faint, sweet, coffee tinged, black skinned fruit note in its place. The colour is a deep cherry red, no fading or browning. The palate has real concentration, good acidity and very well mannered tannins. The wine’s currently showing in a subdued and primary way. One to leave – fortunately, I’ve 10 more to go.
The colour has a core of medium-plus ruby red, fading to a watery edge. The nose is very Gevrey with lots of turned earth and eventually a young showing mix of primary red and black cherry. The palate has depth, reasonable fat and pretty much perfect acidity. The tannins are there, but you need to search for them. Good length – helped along by the acidity. Nice wine and still only a youth.
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