2019 Gevrey Chambertin Lavaux St Jacques
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The 2019 Gevrey-Chambertin Lavaut Saint-Jacques 1er Cru has a strange nose of blackcurrant pastilles and blueberry, almost as if there was some carbonic maceration going on. The palate is medium-bodied with saturated tannins—fleshy in terms of mouthfeel, but missing nervosité and the energy of the superior Lavaux wines this vintage. I am not convinced that this is a representative bottle. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.
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William Kelley, Wine Advocate
Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
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A high point of the range in this vintage is the 2019 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint-Jacques, a medium to full-bodied, ample and perfumed wine evocative of sweet berry fruit and plums mingled with rose petals, peonies, orange rind and warm spices. Layered and seamless, with melting tannins and a succulent core of fruit, it concludes with a long, saline finish.
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.