Clos Saint Jacques

The Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St Jacques 2011 has an earthy bouquet, the stems quite prominent, though it is still well defined and full of freshness and vitality. It opens beautifully in the glass.

The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannins, more linear than its peers, the acidity pitched higher, but that just lends tension and race on the finish. The aftertaste is long with plenty of spicy black fruit and blackcurrant pastilles. This is a very commendable, more masculine, structured Clos St. Jacques that has improved since I last tasted it a few months ago, putting a gap between itself and Rousseau's fellow premier cru.
Neal Martin - Wine Advocate - eRobertParker.com - Nov 2014

Bright crimson. Very rich and voluptuous on the nose. More transparent and open than Sylvie Esmonin's. Slightly fizzy. Tense and flirtatious. Some transparency that's the savour of Ruchottes. Sweet fruit. Teenage! 
Jancis Robinson MW - jancisrobinson.com - Jan 2009

A spicy, peppery nose is a result of the stem component here, where there is a significant touch of class to the fruit too. Quality really shows on the palate, which is a brilliantly hedonistic mix of red and black cherry fruit with exceptional persistence.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Director

Sylvie began picking on 28th September in 2010 and continued into October. Early in the season, once the flowering had produced so much millerandage – “Pinot Noir berries like little peas” – she felt it could have been a vintage of the century, though it would have taken better weather in August to deliver the early promise. As it is, the fine fruit and fresh finish to the wines reminds her more of 2002. The style of the domaine is for a high proportion of stems to be included, supported by new barrels.