2007 Gevrey Chambertin Clos St Jacques

Ripe, lightly-cooked plum and black raspberry; charred red meat; rose petal; and fungal forest floor render Esmonin’s 2007 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St.-Jacques aromatically complex and its subtly silken palate similarly multifaceted and intriguing. A hint of salinity helps preserve a lip-smacking savor in the haunting finish, even given the slightly austere note of wet stone that emerges. This ought to be one of those few 2007s worth following for more than a decade. Jun 2010, www.robertparker.com