Elegant, like Lignier's Chaffots, but less tense and more round. Kai reckons it's due to some premature development (due to less than ideal storage), which I agreed. For a 15', the fruit should have been livelier, especially from this producer. Still delightful. Bouquet of dried strawberries, black cherries, cedar, and earth. The palate has a inner sweetness. Intense minerality permeates the mid-palate. Finishes with candied orange and earthy notes. Shorter, compared to the Lignier. Definitely the weaker pino of the night, but that might not have been the case if we had a perfect bottle 😉
Elegant, like Lignier's Chaffots, but less tense and more round. Kai reckons it's due to some premature development (due to less than ideal storage), which I agreed. For a 15', the fruit should have been livelier, especially from this producer. Still delightful. Bouquet of dried strawberries, black cherries, cedar, and earth. The palate has a inner sweetness. Intense minerality permeates the mid-palate. Finishes with candied orange and earthy notes. Shorter, compared to the Lignier. Definitely the weaker pino of the night, but that might not have been the case if we had a perfect bottle 😉
Dec 8th, 2019
Pretty, sassafras, flowers.
Pretty, sassafras, flowers.
May 29th, 2015
Healthier colour , brighter more garnet core slight bricking at the rim . This is a bit more closed and purer red fruit , again with some spice , some slightly earthy notes underneath , but this is younger on the nose . On the palate this is quite sweetly fruited , raspberry , strawberry and red cherry , light saline , mineral notes . This has fresh acidity and lightly grippy tannins . Drinking very well now , with good freshness and a sappy , moreish personality , with good balance . Now and over the next 5-8 years perhaps . Tasted at Hedonism Wines , London .
Healthier colour , brighter more garnet core slight bricking at the rim . This is a bit more closed and purer red fruit , again with some spice , some slightly earthy notes underneath , but this is younger on the nose . On the palate this is quite sweetly fruited , raspberry , strawberry and red cherry , light saline , mineral notes . This has fresh acidity and lightly grippy tannins . Drinking very well now , with good freshness and a sappy , moreish personality , with good balance . Now and over the next 5-8 years perhaps . Tasted at Hedonism Wines , London .
Jul 19th, 2025
Gevrey-Chambertin, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France
