Gevrey-Chambertin 2024: The best of the year’s ‘crisp and fresh’ wines

True to form, Rousseau’s 2024 Charmes-Chambertin is among the most approachable wines in the cellar, with a forward raspberry and blackberry aroma, hints of lavender,...

‘What we left on the vines in 2023 we found again in 2024,’ was how Cyrielle Rousseau described the experience of harvesting the Clos St-Jacques,...

Vibrant and lively, a delightful wine with aromas of mulberry fruit and accents of violets, spice and smoke that grow over time. The structure is...

‘The king of the red,’ according to technical director Jérôme Flous, this is superb, with a ripe plum and raspberry fruit accented with notes of...

A top-level wine and not just for 2024, it would be a good wine for any year, with a hedonistic depth of ripe mulberry and...

My initial reaction to this? ‘I could drink this all day long!’ It is a wine of uncommon exuberance with lush, forward aromas of mulberry...

Silky and accessible out of barrel, impressing with its ripe, lush cherry and blackberry fruit, hints of smoke and spice. The texture is structured but...

A charming surprise for the vintage, with a forward, ripe aroma of black cherry, violet and earth. The texture is dense and silky, and the...

Concentrated and powerful, boasting a rewarding aroma of black cherry, rose petal and liquorice, with a bright burst of limestone minerality. The texture is impressively...

Extremely successful, particularly for the vintage, with dense, ripe plum and blackberry fruit aromas with hints of leather and bramble. The texture is supple and...

Fairly closed on the initial attack, in contrast to its exuberance in the last several vintages. On the palate, it opens slowly, revealing black plum...

The domaine managed just 10hl/ha in the Clos St-Jacques in 2024, resulting in three and a half barrels from 0.8ha. Fortunately, what remained was delightful,...

The bright black cherry fruit, with hints of earth, smoke and spice, is seductive and elevates this to a higher level. The texture is elegantly...

Riper and more approachable than many of the grands crus, with a medium-deep garnet colour and ripe, plummy fruit aromas on the initial attack. The...

The evocative cherry fruit aromas with hints of rose petal and anise spice make this a classic expression of this grand cru. The lovely texture...

In the Fourrier cellar, the 2024 Champeaux has a deeper colour and a firmer texture than its premier cru siblings, yet the black cherry fruit...

Lovely, sweet aromas of pomegranate and mulberry, scented with liquorice and earth, charm on the initial attack. The texture is a step denser than the...

A delight in 2024, with a lovely, sweet fruit aroma of ripe cherry and rose petals. Despite the exuberant fruit, it has structure and grip,...

Sunny, seductive and not far off the mark of Chambertin itself, boasting expressive, ripe plum and black cherry fruit, with hints of lavender, earth and...

Has a lovely, dark mulberry fruit with hints of liquorice spice, and more weight and density than the other premiers crus in this cellar, despite...

Jadot’s delicious Clos St-Jacques is a wine of a different order. Medium-deep ruby in colour, it is fragrant with blackberry and plum fruit aromas adorned...

The Mazis from Millemann is delicious, with rich black plum and mulberry fruit aromas, hints of bramble, bay leaf and a mineral undercurrent. This has...

There is a marvellously expressive blackberry fruit, with notes of violets, spice and a slightly exotic, savoury, gamey edge. This is an impressively concentrated wine,...