La Combe Aux Moines Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Pinot Noir

It has potential, but I would wait.

Still a baby. Closed for business

Kind of 4 square. Firm tannins, not much fruit. Old style Faiveley!

Yum! Enjoying watching these evolve

Way more developed and open since last year. Still could benefit from a bit more time, but now starting to feel close to ready.

Dark fruit and iron/blood on the (lightish) palate but quite a reserved nose. Hopefully these just need a while longer to open up

Super promising. Double decant and tool about 5 hours to finally blow off. Cellar

Very weird aromas at first. Hard to identify, but I get dust and iron topping the fruit base. Very tannic and dry at first, but after a while in decanter it opened up with classic Gevrey bouquet of dark cherry, blackberry, cassis and white flowers. Still, expected a bit more.

Steve had this 5 years ago

Lauren had this 6 years ago