Vanessa

9.1

🇫🇷 Domaine Pierre Gelin is a renowned producer located in the small village of Fixin, a northerly appellation (AOC) of the Côte de Nuits, and home to some wonderful value Burgundy rouge wines.

🌱 This particular wine comes from a single clos—a walled vineyard, owned exclusively by the Gelin family—called “Clos de Meixvelle,” resting on a gentle hill in the Gevrey-Chambertin AOC.

💪 Pierre Gelin, who founded the estate in 1925, planted these Pinot Noir vines, which are now over 70 years old, creating a family heirloom passed down to future generations.

🍇 With proper care, old vines can produce smaller (but more concentrated) berries, something we observed in this wine’s aromatic intensity and structure.

👀 In the glass, this wine was medium ruby with a delicate haze. With a swirl, it released a perfume layered with dark red fruit—from tart black cherry to mulberry to pomegranate—next to violet, wildflowers, leather, sweet baking spice, clove, licorice, mushroom, peat moss, & wet earth.

👄 The palate was balanced with firm yet approachable tannins and acidity, a gentle warmth and lingering finish punctuated by the wine’s more savory qualities.

👌 While this bottle sells as a village-level wine (Gevrey-Chambertin), it drinks like a cru with plenty of life ahead of it yet. Cheers! — 3 days ago

with Deked1

Matthew Cohen

9.6

Nose: tropical flower nectar.

Palate: hints of minerality. Silky. Mountain stream. Stone fruits.

A knockout.

Fass selections — a year ago

Patrice Conxicoeur

9.0

Very nice showing in a difficult, hot vintage from which many wines are already over the hill. — 6 years ago

Jon S.

9.1

Would have pegged this for Chardonnay. Still delicious. — 7 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

8.9

Nice little dram. — 8 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.3

27 July 2018. Discovery Wines, New York, NY. — 8 years ago

Alexandre Pagliano

9.1

Medium dark rubi robe, nose of crushed flowers and asian spices. Very elegant and round in the mouth, spicy, top soil, dark cherries. Good length and oh so good. This punches well above its weight. — 14 days ago

with Jose, veronique and 2 others

Matt Austin

Owner/Winemaker, Grosgrain Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA

9.5

Open for business. Should hold for another 5 years or so. Like many 2011’s not a long term ager. — 8 months ago

Marc S

9.6

Leather and charcoal in the nose; silky smooth in taste. Plums, cherries, lychee and its characteristic pepper tingle — 9 months ago

Kyle Harvey

9.0

Cellar raid #23 - mini Cornas from GG - brooding, becoming feral, still young. — 5 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.6

The aromatics on this are powerful and complex. Florals, dark berries and savory components. This is generous and rewarding in youth. A beautiful example of savory/briny character accented by rich red fruit. Structured and textured. This shows great complexity, but also inviting freshness. Absolutely great. Social Distance wine #5 — 6 years ago

Jill Schmidt

9.5

Loved this as an autumn red - darker than their others, but still so juicy. — 8 years ago

Rob Kiley

9.3

Nice acidity and green apple — 8 years ago

with Matthew

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

Steak wine — 3 months ago

Robert Torretti

9.2

This was a good Cote-Rôtie for its price point. Meaty and smoky, with a nice nose. Decanted maybe 20 minutes before serving. Served with a reverse-seared whole picanha, accompanied with roasted tomatoes and seasoned Greek yogurt, tomato cucumber and red onion salad, and wild rice medley. Good for a night at home with guests. — 6 months ago

Jack Krawczyk

9.7

ruby red color, bright notes of ripe blackberry - great with duck — 9 months ago

Anne Lebleu

9.3

Délicieux — 3 years ago

Michael Ross

9.2

Pomegranate, rosemary, thyme, cigar box, cocoa,‘multiple layers of flavor. Very nice — 6 years ago

Navin Budhwani

8.9

But young and tight. But great promise. — 8 years ago

with Dinesh, Jay and 2 others

Erik Wochna

9.1

15' vintage — 8 years ago