2016 Gevrey Chambertin Lavaux St Jacques
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Tasting Notes
This is also perfumed and exceptionally pretty with its broad ranging nose of both red and dark berry fruit, the sauvage, floral and soft wisps of earth and spice. There is excellent mid-palate fat and volume that imparts a succulent mouthfeel to the powerful and muscular flavors where the minerality really comes up on the moderately austere, firmly structured and ever-so-slightly rustic finish. This is built-to-age and will need it.
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Neal Martin
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The 2016 Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint Jacques includes 35% whole bunch fruit and matured in 40% new oak for 17 months. It has a tightly wound bouquet with dark berry fruit, a touch of damp soil and dried blood with good vigor all around. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly sharp tannin and plenty of sour cherry and strawberry fruit, but it falls short on the finish. Hopefully this will find more matiere with time. Dec 2017, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Although the Bichot family settled in the region in 1350, Albert Bichot was founded in 1831 by Bernard Bichot. Today the producer is one of Burgundy’s most respected, making wines from both its own vineyards and with purchased fruit.