Gerard Seguin - Gevrey Chambertin Terroir Du Domaine 2021

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"Terroir du Domaine" refers to the location of the vines that dominate this cuvee - essentially surrounding the winery. Pierre Seguin planted this 1.8 acres of vines around 1950 and his family has farmed it gently and with care ever since. After manual harvest, sorting, and a gentle two-week fermentation the wine ages around 12 months in barrel. Usually this wine sees only third and fourth-use barrels, but the harvest was so small that some second year casks were used for the 2021.

This is lovely Gevrey and if it reflects a lighter vintage in color and density, there's certainly no lack of lovely Gevrey character. On opening the aromas are positive and savory with smoke, forest floor and iron scents framing the ripe red berry fruit. The wine flows beautifully and even a little delicately across your palate with lovely sweet red cherry, raspberry and red currant fruit underlayed by sweet spice and iron. The tannins and fine and firm enough to showcase the ripe fruit and spice flavors and keep things sustained through a fresh finish that picks up a lift of pomegranate with air. Delicious with even a short decant now already and delightful for 7 or so years to come.

Gerard Seguin Description

Gevrey-Chambertin wine is produced in the communes of Gevrey-Chambertin and Brochon in the Côte de Nuits subregion of Burgundy. The Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) Gevrey-Chambertin may be used only for red wine with Pinot noir as the main grape variety. There are nine Grand Cru vineyards within the commune of Gevrey-Chambertin, Chambertin and eight others called Chambertin in combination with something else, such as Chapelle-Chambertin. While Gevrey-Chambertin also has several highly regarded Premier Cru vineyards, it has a particularly large amount of vineyards at the village level for a Côte de Nuits appellation. This is because the vineyards of the AOC stretch further to the east (beyond the N74 road) than in most neighbouring AOCs.