Les Corbeaux

An entrancing bouquet of lifted red fruit notes and good acidity are evident on this charming Gevrey-Chambertin Les Corbeaux 1er Cru from Domaine Sérafin which has great length and weight – altogether thoroughly satisfying.

This is very fine, with beautiful and lively dark currant fruit leading the nose and judged with perfect extraction. Succulent fruit comes to the fore through the middle, yet it still shows delicacy with good tannins and excellent length.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Director

The last few vintages have shown a freshening up of the Srafin style, though absolutely not at the expense of the concentration which is a hallmark of this domaine. The concentration of the fruit comes from their meticulous work in the vineyards, the fresher style from a little less extraction during fermentation. Christian himself thinks that 2010 is notably more concentrated than 2009 and as everywhere else, yields are down this year.

These vines are approaching 50 years old. Just medium purple in colour, this has a really elegant nose. With perfect balance, there is a fine intensity all the way through the wine, rather than overt weight, and beautiful acidity. Drink 2022-2032.
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer

Christian Sérafin’s niece Frédérique follows very much in her uncle’s footsteps, using the same vinification and maturing principles as before, though possibly with a fractionally lighter touch. She is also reviewing the management of the soil in the vineyards to encourage more microbial life. They made what turned out to be the excellent decision not to do any leaf plucking in 2015, thus avoiding any burning of the grapes and so maintaining a respectable yield.