2021 Domaine Henri Magnien Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes
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Notes of plums, warm spices, red berries and peony introduce the 2021 Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes, a medium to full-bodied, ample and melting wine with a pretty core of fruit and an easygoing, accessible profile.
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Matthew Hayes, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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A mixture of 40-year-old vines and vines a century old (the oldest planted in 1915), the 2021 Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes, aged in 25% new oak, is perfumed and floral on the nose, displaying a melange of incense and iris flower with dark cherries and raspberry. Full of joie-de-vivre . The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins. It's quite fleshy and ripe but with underlying mineralité that pushes through on the finish. Excellent.
Eight different parcels (including En Champs, Les Cerceuils, Les Epointures, Les Crais and Puits de la Baraque) across the village with an age of 40–107 years. Mid cherry with garnet hints. The same red fruits, cherry and strawberry but with a complex smoky note on top of the florals. Lovely zip and zest to the fruity, juicy acidity. Excellent length, persistence and substance. Refined and savoury in style. Really lovely (now). (MH)