Domaine Pierre Gelin
Clos des Meixvelle Gevrey-Chambertin Pinot Noir
Gevrey-Chambertin, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France
🇫🇷 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!
🇫🇷 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!
