Burgundy Deep Dive: Gevrey-Chambertin, Wednesday 4th December 2024
Tutored Tastings
Treat yourself, your family or a client to one of our exclusive tutored tastings. One of our experts will guide you through a range of wines or spirits while educating you on the evening’s topic. From style and regional focusses to cheese and wine pairings, these are unmissable chances to broaden your wine and spirits knowledge.
When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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Description
Join us for an evening exploring the magnificent terroir of Gevrey-Chambertin, home to some of the finest expressions of Pinot Noir. Guided by your expert host, we will begin with a comparative tasting of village-level wines made by some of the appellation’s most esteemed producers, including the highly sought-after Domaine Fourrier. This will introduce the key characteristics of Gevrey-Chambertin, so you can discover how winemaking impacts style.
Following this, we'll taste two wines from the highly-lauded Premier Crus of Les Champeaux and Lavaux St-Jacques before sampling an example of the hallowed Chambertin Grand Cru, from which the village takes its name. To conclude the evening, two additional Grand Crus with over a decade of bottle age will be served, showcasing why these wines have been cherished by collectors for centuries. For any Burgundy or Pinot Noir collector, this promises to be an incredibly special occasion, with the opportunity to taste some of the region’s most revered wines.
Wines to be tasted:
Apéritif: Champagne Leclerc Briant, Réserve, Brut
2021 Gevrey-Chambertin, Cuvée Bertin, Lignier-Michelot
2021 Gevrey-Chambertin, Benjamin Leroux
2021 Gevrey-Chambertin, Domaine Sérafin Père & Fils
2021 Gevrey-Chambertin, Vieille Vigne, Domaine Fourrier
2018 Gevrey-Chambertin, Les Champeaux, 1er Cru, Domaine Duroché
2016 Gevrey-Chambertin, Lavaux St-Jacques, 1er Cru, Domaine Denis Mortet
2013 Chambertin, Cuvée Vieilles Vignes, Grand Cru, Domaine Ponsot
2009 Charmes-Chambertin, Grand Cru, Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Denis Bachelet
2005 Latricières-Chambertin, Grand Cru, Domaine Rossignol-Trapet
Dress code: smart casual
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