Tasted out of barrel at the Domaine. The Gevrey Chambertin Village is a little reticent on the nose at first, touches bergamot inflecting the crisp dark cherry fruit, touches of limestone beginning to show through. The palate is fresh and lively on the entry, very good acidity with a sorbet-like freshness. Dark cherry, a touch of cassis and blueberry, firm backbone line the filigree finish. Excellent. Tasted November 2010.

The 2009 Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes powers through the palate with an authoritative core of dark fruit. This shows quite a bit of muscle and density. Minerals and crushed rocks wrap around the intense, building finish.

Full medium ruby. High-pitched aromas of blackberry, pepper and mint. Then rich, creamy and liqueur-like, with compelling sweetness to the blackberry and blueberry flavors. Lush, seamless, impressively broad village wine that retains good verve in spite of its full ripeness. Finishes with very fine tannins.

75 years but being replaced one by one. Mostly in the north of the village. Very dark. Very incense nose with real excitement and density. Very rich and supple and gorgeous. Just lovely – you would never think it was ‘just’ a village wine. Light calcaire pebbly slope – quite like Charmes. To be bottled after full moon in March. Very small bunches. So long and rich. Great reverberant stuff. (JR)