2012 Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes
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Healthy dark red. Wild, expressive nose combines raspberry, redcurrant, coffee, game and leather. Ripe, broad and sweet, but also with very good energy and thrust to the flavors of raspberry, milk chocolate and minerals. Really saturates the palate without leaving any impression of undue weight. The serious, ripe tannins should support slow development in bottle. "We're lucky always to have healthy levels of acidity in our Gevrey wines," noted Arnaud Mortet. A splendid village bottling.
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Neal Martin
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Deep cherry red. Very dark fruited, oak spice, and a slight smoky reductive note. Rich and sweetly oaky on the palate. Rounded and velvety texture. Finesse and length. (JH)
(cropped at 30 hectoliters per hectare; aging in 30% new oak): Deep red. Pristine aromas of raspberry, crushed stone and minerals. A step up from the regular village cuvee in density of material. Chewy, ripe and energetic wine with noteworthy elegance and floral lift. This is 13% natural alcohol yet has the inner-mouth tension of a 2010. Finishes with suave, building tannins supported by tactile, penetrating fruit. A great village wine in the making.
One of the more expressive, layered wines in the range, the 2012 Gevrey-Chambertin (Vieilles Vignes) boasts stunning depth and pure textural richness. Dark cherry, plum, mocha, licorice, menthol and spice notes all flesh out in a supple, inviting Burgundy loaded with near-term appeal.
About the producer
This estate, today with Arnaud Mortet at the helm, makes some of Gevrey-Chambertin’s finest wines. Working with 16 hectares, as well as a few négociant parcels, this property makes perfumed and chiselled Pinot Noir.