100 % Pinot Noir.
Visual: ruby red color, with garnet highlights.
Nose: aromas of strawberry, blackberry and liquorice. Few pepper notes.
Palate: a powerful wine, with a firm structure and silky tannins.
Massive, yet velvet-smooth, the tannins of gevrey-Chambertin confer power and solidity to the build and contribute to its great longevity. This is a wine for meat-eaters, its gamery notes giving it a particular affinity for game, whether furred or feathered, especialy when the wine is more fully evolved. It also goes superbly with rib steak, lamb (braised or in brown sauce), and all musky, solidly fibrous meats, that need time in the mouth to extract all their savour.It is at ease with all strong cow-milk cheeses (Epoisses, Ami du Chambertin or Cîteaux).
Drink ideally at a temperature of 15°C. (59°F.)
5 to 7 years in good storage conditions.
A Côte de Nuits appellation which takes its name from the village of Gevrey-Chambertin. The appellation extends over 400 hectares, 86 of which are classified as Premier Cru.
Maceration lasted a total of 24 days including one week of cold maceration (12°C). Infrequent punching of the cap (8 maximum). Aged on the lees for 16 months with no racking using a proportion of 40% new French oak barrels that had been toasted at low temperatures for a long time to impart a very delicate touch of oak to the wine.