2013 Gevrey Chambertin Cazetiers
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Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Gevrey Chambertin 1Er Cru Cazetiers has a refined and quite floral bouquet, nicely integrated here, pure with fine mineralité. The palate is fresh and vibrant, light on its feet -- what you might call a nimble Gevrey! There is an engaging poise and tension here with copious red cherry and strawberry fruit on the finish that is certainly on the oaky side. That said, this is an absolute delight, though I did notice that it lost a little substance in the glass. Tasted September 2016.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Bright medium red. More sauvage than the Clos de Vougeot, showing a note of camphor along with restrained dark fruits. Then sweet, fat and silky in the mid-palate, offering impressive intensity and amplitude. Turns more savory toward the back, finishing with chewy tannins that spread out to saturate the palate.
Medium red. Wild dark berries, licorice, violet and game on the nose, plus some high-toned suggestions of spicy oak and a note of graphite minerality. More concentrated and delineated than the village wine, but a bit musclebound too, showing a medicinal quality to the flavors of black cherry, licorice and mint. In a distinctly dark fruit style, with a firm tannic spine calling for patience.
About the producer
Joseph Drouhin is one of the largest and most famous producers in Burgundy, making both domaine and négociant wines. It remains family-owned and run, now in the hands of the fourth generation.