Les Champeaux

Les Champeaux offers a fine, bright purple colour with good depth. There is a wilder bouquet to this wine compared to the Chambolle-Musigny; it’s tightly knit and mineral-infused, while a lovely structural thread supports the vibrant red fruit. The impression is of smaller, more compact berry notes and fine quality oak provides depth and added dimension. The cool site of Les Champeaux always contributes to the marvellous texture of this wine.
Jasper Morris, MW - Wine Buyer

Glowing purple, this wine is all fruit on the nose with lovely deep plum and dark cherry notes. Concentrated dark cherry, blueberry and black fruit dominate on the palate with exceptional intensity in the mouth, and great weight behind. It is suave and concentrated at the same time, while the oak adds a touch of creaminess but in no way distracts from the lovely crunchy coolness of the fruit. 
Jasper Morris, MW - Wine Buyer

 

Still backward when tasted in October, this boasts a really dense purple-black colour, with solid and punchy fruit on the nose. The very rich fruit continues through the middle, backed by fresh acidity, with very good concentration and length. Excellent.
Jasper Morris MW - Wine Buyer

The most northerly Premier Cru of Gevrey, the vineyard is both high and east-facing. This lends the bouquet a mouth-watering note of crushed berry and the palate a certain severity, leading to pinpointed fruit and sculpted tannins. One to keep. Drink 2023-2029.

It is fair to say that Ben is very happy with 2017, describing it as the kind of vintage he would sign up for every year. The whites, he says, are beautiful, and not far from 2014 in style, with purity, finesse, great definition and balance. He describes the reds as pretty, appealing and with body to support ageing, while highlighting the importance of lower-yielding old vines for serious ageing. He eloquently explains that there is no “black sheep” in 2017, that no village has underperformed. For reason of space, the limited volumes of Grands Crus have not been included in this brochure. Since the 2014 vintage, all white wines are bottled under screwcap.

I very much enjoyed Berntein’s 2017 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers when tasted recently. There was great energy on a powerful nose that was persistent of red cherry, rose petal and white pepper. The medium bodied wine will need a couple of years to absorb the oak but the palate is silky and already somewhat fruit forward. From 80 year old vines, Les Cazetiers is complex, precise and has a fantastic length – this was my pick out of the two 1er Cru Gevrey’s and well worth picking up when released.
Felix Stubbings - Private Account Manager