Pinot Noir

The premier cru of Clos Prieur is usually one of the more black fruity wines in Gevrey, but the Rossignol brothers’ 2020 version is again beautifully infused with red fruity tones on both the nose and palate. The wine offers... Read More

A more elegant and more expressive nose is comprised by airy and cool aromas of both red and dark pinot fruit that is laced with hints of forest floor violet earth and a whisper of wood. There is both good intensity and energy... Read More

A fine bright vibrant purple. The 2020 offers a really beautiful nose, prime elegance with just a little more power than the Gevrey Vieilles Vignes. The fruit has moved up towards the cusp between red and black, very juicy, ripe... Read More

As was the case with both Beaune bottlings at the time of my visit, the 2020 Gevrey “Vieilles Vignes” was also already assembled in tank for bottling at the start of the year. The wine is very pure and elegant in profile... Read More

This is aromatically similar to the Latricières though it's even cooler with a bit more earth floral and spice influences. There is outstanding power to the bigger richer and more concentrated big-bodied flavors that also... Read More

Deep and complete the 2020 Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru unwinds in the glass with aromas of dark berries spices loamy soil peonies and plums. Full-bodied layered and velvety it's seamless and concentrated with ripe powdery... Read More

The 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Capita is the last rendition of this cuvée that Trapet will produce because in the future all the domaine's premiers crus will be separated. The swan song vintage derives exclusively from... Read More

Mingling aromas of cherries and red berries with hints of licorice rose petals and spices the 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin Ostrea is medium to full-bodied deep and complete with lively acids powdery tannins and a long perfumed finish.... Read More

Aromas of cherries and red berries mingled with orange rind and rose petals introduce the 2020 Marsannay a medium to full-bodied velvety and charming wine that's elegant and lively with a pretty core of fruit and a long saline... Read More

This is the first wine to exhibit any appreciable reduction and it's enough to overshadow the underlying fruit at present. More interesting are the intense and super-sleek broad-shouldered flavors that exhibit excellent precision... Read More

Old vines. Medium deep pink purple. Fine nose with more muscle than Epenottes. Darker fruit more muscle but the tannins are well integrated. Good length. And still pleasingly understated.

Glowing bright purple. This has a superb nose with vivid lively raspberry fruit fresh after which I am expecting good acidity and getting it. Classic balance here really intense fruit without a sensation of over extraction. Very... Read More

Firm reduction renders the nose impossible to properly assess. More interesting are the finer but not richer medium weight flavors that offer solid depth and length on the balanced finale. While this will need a few years of cellaring... Read More

This too is very firmly reduced. The more refined and slightly denser flavors possess a more sophisticated texture with notably better depth and persistence on the balanced if chalky and slightly austere finale. In contrast to... Read More

Some time ago Vincent Dureuil began replanting his holdings in Mercurey with higher-quality massal selections of Pinot Noir and with the 2020 Mercurey those new plantings are beginning to bear fruit. The result as I remarked to... Read More

The 2019 Rully is a great success offering up an expressive bouquet of raspberries and plums. Medium to full-bodied velvety and succulent its pure and nicely concentrated core of fruit is framed by succulent acids.