Aromas of sweet grilled meats, spicy cassis, cherries, and rich soil tones introduce the 2017 Gevrey-Chambertin Village, a medium to full-bodied, ample, and impressively layered wine that includes some premier cru juice. With good depth and length, it's a decided success at the communal level this year.
Drouhin's 2016 Gevrey-Chambertin unwinds in the glass with a youthfully reserved nose of dark berry fruit, grilled meats, licorice and bergamot. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with tangy acids, a tight-knit core and powdery structuring tannins. This is a serious Gevrey that will demand and reward bottle age.
Drouhin's 2015 Gevrey-Chambertin is showing very well from bottle, offering up an incipiently reserved nose of raspberry, cherry, dark chocolate, currant leaf and undergrowth. On the palate, the wine is supple, fine-grained, and beautifully balanced, with succulent acids, a deep core and lovely persistence, defined by the understated reserve that is this Maison’s calling card. While this Gevrey's structural refinement will mean that it can give pleasure young, in the 2015 vintage this is decidedly a bottle which will reward some time in the cellar, and it should drink well for over two decades. Note that this incorporates full 30% premier cru fruit.
