René Bouvier
La Justice Gevrey-Chambertin Pinot Noir
Gevrey-Chambertin, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France
Hauntingly smooth and brilliantly powerful. Decanted an hour and it transformed and opened up beautifully. Great showing.
Hauntingly smooth and brilliantly powerful. Decanted an hour and it transformed and opened up beautifully. Great showing.
Sep 9th, 2020
Said my 14-year-son as I decanted this wine and let him take a sniff: "It smells more than any other wine I ever smelled before!" The notes of red PN-typical fruits are really intense and interesting, and, on the one hand, the wine delivers hints of horse-stable and earth, and on the other hand, has a lovely sensual perfume; the mid-palate-dominated wine has soft tannins, a northern-Rhône-like "meat-savouriness", and a rather short finish that nevertheless reveals potential for developmemt. Some new oak is evident on the palate and alcohol seems higher than the restrained 13% indicated. The La Justice commune-appelation plots are located northeast of the Gevrey-Ch. village. Will try again in 2018 (and then I will remember to play the same recording of The New World Symphony as today; music & wine is as important as wine & food to me). Had with gruyere and spanish ham cut from the hiney of a pata negra acorn-fed pig.
Said my 14-year-son as I decanted this wine and let him take a sniff: "It smells more than any other wine I ever smelled before!" The notes of red PN-typical fruits are really intense and interesting, and, on the one hand, the wine delivers hints of horse-stable and earth, and on the other hand, has a lovely sensual perfume; the mid-palate-dominated wine has soft tannins, a northern-Rhône-like "meat-savouriness", and a rather short finish that nevertheless reveals potential for developmemt. Some new oak is evident on the palate and alcohol seems higher than the restrained 13% indicated. The La Justice commune-appelation plots are located northeast of the Gevrey-Ch. village. Will try again in 2018 (and then I will remember to play the same recording of The New World Symphony as today; music & wine is as important as wine & food to me). Had with gruyere and spanish ham cut from the hiney of a pata negra acorn-fed pig.
Nov 20th, 2015
Very nice and very smooth . Good for the price
Very nice and very smooth . Good for the price
Sep 4th, 2020
A rag-tag band of black cherry, red currant and anise refine into a beautiful force as it spirals back on the palate
A rag-tag band of black cherry, red currant and anise refine into a beautiful force as it spirals back on the palate
Jul 7th, 2015
At Bistrot du Coin with beef Provençal. Short wine list, but priced with almost no markup.
At Bistrot du Coin with beef Provençal. Short wine list, but priced with almost no markup.
Apr 2nd, 2017