2023 Gevrey Chambertin Champerrier Vieilles Vignes
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Tasting notes
These vines are around 70 years old – and their power comes through in the wine. It’s expressive on the nose with floral aromas and dark fruit, cherry and black plum. The palate speaks of its old-vine roots with an intense core of blackberry, refreshed by mouth-watering acidity. It’s long, tightly packed, with soft, chalky tannins and a savoury, saline note on the crunchy finish.
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Neal Martin
Jancis Robinson MW
More reviews and scores
Also earthy, like their Morey-St-Denis. Like putting your hands in the soil after the rain. Moss and decaying flowers. Wild raspberries. Wonderfully rumpled tannins – the texture itself is beautiful. So much energy and enchanting elan. (TC)
The 2023 Gevrey-Chambertin Champerrier Vieilles Vignes presents a pretty nose of redcurrant, wild strawberries, crushed stone and wilted rose petals. The medium-bodied palate opens with bright spice, offering real flesh and presence. Quite peppery on the finish, this Gevrey has substance and should age well in the bottle.
About the producer
Situated in the village of Gevrey-Chambertin, Domaine Tortochot may not carry the cachet of the very top domaines in the village, but it does offer some of the best value, producing wines with great terroir transparency in their top Premiers and Grands Crus, and fabulous village wines.