The 2012 Gevrey Chambertin Vielles Vignes comes from several parcels and is raised in 30% new oak. It has another extremely pure bouquet, the new oak succinctly embroidered into the pure blackberry and raspberry fruit, the mineralité just lurking underneath. The palate has a candied note on the entry, a sweet core of red berry fruit pricked with hints of orange zest and it displays wonderful tension and vigour on the finish. This is outstanding for a village cru.

The 2012 Gevrey-Chambertin is endowed with gorgeous depth and overall balance. Exceptionally polished and creamy throughout, the 2012 impresses for its resonance and layered personality. Gently spiced, earthy notes add complexity as the wine opens up in the glass. This is a fabulous wine in its class.

Healthy dark red. At once superripe and floral on the nose. Round, silky and seamless but not particularly sweet in the mouth, with dark berry and violet flavors showing wild nuances of game and leather. This very rich village wine will rely more on its tannins than on its acidity for longevity.

There is enough wood to be easily perceptible though not so much as to impede an appreciation of the spicy dark berry fruit, earth and underbrush suffused nose. The seductively textured medium-bodied flavors possess a velvety mouth feel thanks to the abundance of palate coating dry extract that also does a fine job of buffering the moderately firm tannic spine on the ever-so-slightly rustic finish. A fine Gevrey villages. - Burghound.com, Issue 53. Tasted: January 2014

75-year-old vines. 1.5 ha in total. A vineyard that was particularly badly hit by the poor fruit set. Relatively dark crimson. Very rich and dense – more concentrated than most. Really thick almost! Such a very different style from the more transparent wines of, say, Fourrier. A slightly bitter note on the end. (JR)