Domaine Huguenot - Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 2018
Burgundy
Red
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Made from old vines aged 85 years or more, this Gevrey offers a powerful, generous style. With ripe fruit, the body is suave, deep and juicy. The mid-palate is powerful tannins and a spicy finish. A superb cru for laying down.
Features
Estate
Domaine Huguenot
Cuvée
Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes
Vintage
2018
Designation
Gevrey-Chambertin
Region
Burgundy
Grape varieties
100% Pinot Noir
Terroirs
Parcels located in the middle of the slopes on a clay terroir with entrusted limestone, which gives this Gevrey a very fine structure. Vines aged 85 years and over
Viticulture
In conversion to organic farming until vintage 2018
Harvest
Manual - Selective sorting in vines, then on vibrating and blowing tables
Winemaking
Traditional and meticulous
Breeding
12-15 months in oak barrels. Barrels of different origins and coopers, with medium and higher toast in the heart of the wood.
Alcohol content
13%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Intense ruby
Nose
Intense notes of fresh cherry and spices
Mouth
Powerful and generous. With ripe fruit, the body is suave, deep and juicy. The mid-palate is restrained in its power, with pulpy tannins and a spicy finish.
Serve
AT 15-17°C
Drink from
2022
Drink before
2034
Guard
5 to 15 years
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with prime rib, braised lamb or lamb in brown sauce, beef bourguignon, but also with game birds or game hairs, pike-perch fillet or tuna in red wine sauce. It also goes well with all cow's milk cheeses, even those with character, such as Epoisses or Ami du Chambertin, which are regional cheeses.
Domaine Huguenot
Gevrey-Chambertin
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
3*Star rating (High-quality production, a benchmark in its sector)
About the domain :
Philippe Huguenot is a pragmatist. Certified organic since 2013, he initiated this approach to enable his vines to regain the good rusticity he was no longer finding. Mechanical harvesting has also been abandoned. The estate is forging ahead, and its wines are increasingly elegant, with a pleasant fruitiness that seduces from their earliest youth. The acceleration in quality has been spectacular over the last few vintages. A man of rare kindness, with wines that reflect his image, he likes to welcome his customers to the cellar when many have closed their doors in the face of commercial success. The quality here is particularly consistent.
Guide Hachette des vins
Domaine noté (guide 2023) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)
About the domain :
Since 1790, ten generations have succeeded one another on this 21-hectare estate, renowned for its Marsannay, Gevrey and Fixin wines. Philippe Huguenot took over from his father Jean-Louis in 1996 and launched the organic conversion of his vineyard (certification in 2013).
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Domaine noté (guide 2023) Sélectionné (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and as such, all the estates that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).
About the domain :
Heir to ten generations of Marsannay winemakers, Jean-Louis Huguenot, who died in 2019, produced technically irreproachable wines for a long time. More discreet, his son Philippe and his wife Valérie have given their wines more personality, without compromising their fundamental qualities. The range as a whole includes precise, solid wines, which have been certified organic since 2019, but over-ageing diminishes the nuances of terroir expression with dry finishes. We hope that Philippe Huguenot, now fully in charge, will change this style. Major renovation work on the winery and buildings is currently underway.
Vinous A. Galloni
Rated domain (guide 2022) Recommended
Customer reviews
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