Gevrey Chambertin, Les Cazetiers, 1er Cru, 2015
An engaging, seductive and pure Gevrey, all charm and brightness. Both sensual and vital at the same time, impeccably balanced. This boasts flavours of red cherry and red berry with a welcome, rather indulgent but not too decadent hint of cherry confit. A first rate Gevrey 1er Cru vineyard high up on the slope next door to Clos St.-Jacques, whilst there is a similar aromatic quality to the wines of its neighbour the taste profile is very different, with suaver, rounder fruit coming through thanks both to the plant itself, a different type of Pinot ‘massale’ selection, and the white clay soils found here in this limestone-influenced parcel in the upper-part of the vineyard.
critic reviews
The 2015 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers 1er Cru has a gleaming bouquet with transparent red cherry and white-tipped strawberries that contain such brightness and vivacity. There's wonderful mineralité both aromatically and on the palate, where one finds filigree tannins. Irresistibly pure and elegant. Arthur Clair told me that when he made this wine at the beginning of his career, his father, Bruno, quipped that he had made a Rosé, due to its pallid hue. Well, just goes to show!