Domaine Harmand-Geoffroy Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 2021

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Domaine Harmand-Geoffroy Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 2021As is the case with almost every wine that issues from the Harmand Geoffroy cellars, this cuve is the product of very old vines; in this instance, the vines were planted 55 to 85 years ago. The result is one of the most powerful wines in the cellar that shows dark, almost somber fruit, a wine that is reticent in its youth and quite profound with seven to ten years of age. The parcels for this wine (En Champs, Champerrier, Combes du Dessus) are

and is planted at 240 meters above sea level

succulent red fruit with a caressing texture

troublesome vintage—is the lightest

Conrad Caloz has begun to raise his Humagne Rouge

The palate similarly elicits wonder—a dynamic and potent unfurling of lip-smacking minerality

The wine is raised in large oak “botte” for an extended élevage of 36 to as much as 50 months

a blend of 80% Chardonnay and 20% Savagnin that are co-fermented and aged together sous voile for thirty months in small barrels

The Cheveau family considers this site to be the most prestigious of their holdings

round Blaufränkisch

The wines of the “Ile des Vergelesses” are consistently the most complex and satisfying reds of the appellation and present remarkable value

disrupted neither by phlloxera nor by tilling

Produced exclusively from the Nebbiolo grape planted in a series of vineyards that sit beneath Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) in a broad amphitheatre with full southern exposure overlooking the river

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