2011 Gevrey Chambertin Clos St Jacques

The 2011 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St Jacques, has a very reduced nose at first and required vigorous aeration. There is a herbaceous and stem-like element that I had not noticed in previous bottles, before the wild berry and gamy scents emerge. The quality is really delivered on the palate: here there is the purity, the fineness of the tannin, the symmetry and precision we come to expect from both Fourrier and Clos Saint Jacques. It still requires another couple of years in bottle and I would not ascribe profundity to it. But there is something enigmatic and intriguing about this Clos Saint Jacques that impels me to plot its evolution.

Bright, dark red. Knockout nose combines raspberry, cherry, crushed stone and rose petal. Wonderfully sweet, silky and seamless, but with harmonious acidity energizing the mid-palate and keeping the wine's flavors under wraps today. Finishes with penetrating minerality, outstanding verve and a whiplash of red fruits. A beauty in the making, but lay it down.

Deep, bright red. A note of reduction quickly dissipated to reveal brilliantly pure scents of raspberry, rose petal and blood orange. Dense, thick and rich but with superb vinosity thanks to perfectly integrated acidity. Still a bit youthfully unforthcoming in the mid-palate, but finishes tactile and extremely long, with rising flavors of raspberry and salty minerality.