Top Gevrey-Chambertin 2019 en primeur wines

Rousseau Clos de Bèze is a blend of three plots that total 1.42ha. Cyrielle believes the wine shows better in its youth than Chambertin. Both...

The reference standard in Chambertin. This is every bit the equal of the Clos de Bèze, if slightly less approachable young. Blended from four parcels...

From 0.24ha of Clos de Bèze and 0.05ha of Chambertin, both parcels neighbouring Rousseau. In 2019, the vineyards in Gevrey were picked first because of...

The super-ripe aromas of cassis and currant leap from the glass, coloured with hints of mineral, smoke and spice. The texture is rich, almost fleshy,...

In 2019, Rousseau's large 2.2ha parcel of Clos-St-Jacques produced a wine that is decidedly lighter than the Chambertin and Bèze, but nonetheless impressively aromatic, with...

Fourrier's 0.89ha of Clos St. Jacques next to the Rousseau parcel was planted in 1910 and yields miniscule quantities of very small berries.The bunches are...

Dark in colour, this has pronounced aromas of mulberry and cassis that waft from the glass, adorned with accents of exotic spices and a hint...

From a parcel purchased from Maison Thomas-Bassot located in Ruchottes du Bas, the wine is aged in 70% new casks. With a bit of whole...

Fruit purchased from an old vine plot; nearly 80% of which was fermented as whole clusters using native yeasts. The maturation will continue for 18...

From vines planted between 1907 and 1917. The parcel is planted just opposite to where the Combe Grisard lets out at the limit of Griotte-Chambertin,...

A superb wine, from a parcel planted in 1928 that was purchased by the domaine in 1955. At 0.28ha, it doesn't yield much: a normal...

Produced from old vines located at midslope in the clos, the use of a cold soak, a generous inclusion of whole clusters and a long,...

A superb wine from this terroir just past the Clos-St-Jacques after the Combe de Lavaux. The ripeness here is very apparent, with an almost voluptuous...

From a parcel of nearly 1ha in Clos de Bèze. Two-thirds of the vines were planted in 1912, stretching from the bottom of the hill...

Very successful. On the attack there is a full range of fruit, from ripe blackberry through to high-toned pomegranate, accented by notes of smoke and...

Ponsot has referred to Griotte as 'the Lolita of Grands Crus,' a reference to its seductive nature. He farms 1ha of the appellation's total 2.56ha...

From 1.56ha of several parcels in the Mazis-Haut lieu-dit. Despite a fermentation in open-top wood fermenters, with a proportion of whole clusters punched down daily...

From a 1ha parcel just south of the Esmonin holding, these mature, low-yielding vines have resulted in a wine of monumental concentration. Paradoxically, the wine...

From 0.4ha on the slope just north of Mazis-Chambertin. Half of the vines date to 1920; the balance were planted in the 1960s. Bachelet makes...

Fourrier owns a parcel of 0.87ha planted to very old vines just north of Cazetiers. Ripe red and black fruit is accented with gentle hints...

This 1ha of vines at the centre of the Clos-St-Jacques vineyard is among the jewels in the Jadot holdings, purchased in 1985 from the Clair-Daü...

From a small parcel near the Clos de la Roche in this premier cru nestled amid the grands crus. The vines were planted in 1957...

From a 0.6ha parcel of Cazetiers that lies down-slope from the Bruno Clair holding. The gentle fermentation and ageing in used casks produces a wine...

Gevrey Combottes is right in the line of grands crus, between Latricières and Clos de la Roche, where Dujac has 1.16ha. The whole cluster fermentation...

From a parcel of mature vines at the top of the Ruchottes slope near the Clos des Ruchottes in a steep vineyard planted directly in...