Gevrey Chambertin, Clos St Jacques, 1er Cru, 2001

Name: Gevrey Chambertin, Clos St Jacques, 1er Cru
Brand: Bruno Clair
Price: 4829.47 GBP

Available Vintages

all 1995 2001 2006 2008 2009 2011 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022

justerini & brooks tasting note

Heaps of flavour and real complexity, black cherries sloes and damsons in abundance, the finish has real lift and demonstrates such purity.

critic reviews

90/100Stephen Tanzer,Vinous

Good medium red. Musky, evolved bouquet of chocolate, spices and porcini. Supple, spicy and sweet but fully evolved, with the mushroom and chocolate qualities carrying through on the palate. In a fairly simple, slightly pinched style, and past its fruit stage. Bruno Clair described 2001 as a tough year for us, with a difficult flowering and a bad July. We didn't have problems with cleanliness of the fruit but there was a wide range of ripeness within the same bunches ever since the flowering. (Clair also showed me his Gevrey-Chambertin Cazetiers, and that wine was a bit funkier on the nose, with its acidity taking over the palate; it was in decline.)

DRINKING WINDOW 2017 - 2021

date of review 04/2017

88-90/100Pierre Rovani,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Aromatically, the ruby-colored, medium-bodied 2001 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques is a deep, structured wine. Lush and expansive, it slathers the palate with powerful black cherry fruit. This spicy, muscular offering reveals a firm, yet ripe character. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2010. Bruno Clair, one of the only vignerons to own vines from Savigny-Les-Beaune in the south to Marsannay in the north, said 2001 was a nice year for the Cote de Nuits but a difficult one in the Cote de Beaune, a true vigneron vintage where conscientious vineyard work was essential. Once the harvest began, it was a race against botrytis. Importer: Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL; tel. (205) 980-8802

DRINKING WINDOW 2005 - 2010

date of review 06/2003