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Sylvie Esmonin, Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St Jacques 2018
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Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2018 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques 1er Cru is dense and forward on the nose, slightly more concentration and just a little more confit in style. The new oak becomes more prominent with aeration. The palate is sweet and slightly candied on the opening with blood orange infused black fruit, grippy and quite bold. Not a subtle Clos Saint-Jacque, but it retains delineation throughout, finishing with cracked black pepper and mineral notes. This will need several years in bottle. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2018 red tasting.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2018 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques 1er Cru includes 75% whole-bunch fruit and is matured in 75% new oak this year. It has an intense bouquet of black cherries, <em>crème de cassis</em> and crushed violet aromas that billow from the glass. The medium-bodied palate delivers crunchy black cherry and blueberry fruit on the entry, and a sweet core of orange sorbet and marmalade leads to a lightly spiced, blood-orange-infused finish of good length.
About the Producer
Sylvie Esmonin runs a 7.66 ha domaine in Gevrey-Chambertin. When she arrived at the domaine 1985 the wine was still sold in bulk. She changed that. The wine was bottled at the domaine under the Domaine Michel Esmonin et Fille label. In 1998 it was changed to Domaine Sylvie Esmonin. The domaine is not particularly old, but the family is. The family goes back to the time of the Dukes of Burgundy. The family was here long before Burgundy became French. We are a family of small winegrowers. Thanks to marriages the domaine has become what it is today. The main part of the domaine’s vineyards are located in and around Gevrey-Chambertin. In addition to that there is a small part of Volnay Santenots, as well as some Bourgogne blanc in Meursault.
