(By Christy Canterbury, January 2025)

TASTE: Red raspberry, licorice, and a touch of smoke

BODY: Medium to full with soft tannins

FINISH: Fruity and elegant

PAIRING: Rosemary brined pork chops on the grill

An excellent Gevrey-Chambertin village that already gives so much pleasure. The allspice aromas are married to deep Damson plum fruit, and there's a subtle savory element woven into this on the medium- to full-bodied palate. Quite some weight at the long, ample finish. Drink or hold. (Stuart Pigott, June 2024)

Dark berry fruit here with mulberries, licorice and dried flowers on the nose. Some tobacco. Cool and firm on the palate, with a medium body and tight tannins. Gently astringent and austere, but enough fruit sweetness to carry this. Try in 2024.

A rich, juicy style, this red delivers cherry, raspberry, floral and spice flavors aligned with a supple texture and refined structure. On the elegant side, yet with a hint of earth that adds robust dimension. Shows the length. Drink now through 2032. (November 2023, USA)

This nose is more direct, there's a precision to this fruit with a floral accompaniment. Extra depth and clarity of flavour - here we have something excellent. Good structure and persistent in the finish. This could be excellent!

An impressive Gevrey-Chambertin that has so much fruity charm and the gentle tannins underline this very nicely. Thankfully, no attempt was made to make some kind of bold statement. Quite dry finish, but this helps to give the wine vitality. Drink or hold.

This is quite ripe yet manages to retain reasonable freshness on the earthy and sauvage-inflected aromas of cassis and plum liqueur. There is very good vibrancy and detail to the delicious medium weight flavors that exhibit mild warmth on the moderately rustic and persistent finale. This will need at least a few years of patience.

Dark forest fruit, slightly smoke, spicy wood, power, compact; beautifully intense, powerful, some warmth, large grip and length. (October 2024)

A bright red, with black cherry and blackberry flavors, whose juicy fruit finds nice equilibrium with dusty tannins. Delivers tobacco and mineral notes, which add depth as this winds down with solid grip. Best from 2024 through 2036. -BS

Full red-fruit aromas with a touch of smoky oak, plus a generous tannin structure make a bold statement. Slightly robust on the mid-palate, but more polished at the finish. Drink or hold.

Shy in aromas, yet full of black cherry and blackberry fruit, shaded by earth and spice. A meaty style, it leads with fruit and closes with slightly gritty tannins, in a good way. Drink now through 2028.— BS

A slightly ripe nose is composed of gamy dark berry, plum, floral and freshly turned earth where the latter element continues onto the bigger and richer though quite supple flavors that enjoy an excellent sense of vibrancy. This is really quite good and a Gevrey villages that has promise. 2025+

Hmm, a dark wine, this is concentrated but there's a nice and actually quite elegant top note of aroma. Lots of freshness - a big mouth-filling wine but one that's open and accessible. Not quite my style but a wine that avoids major excess. The finish is excellent with a little graphite minerality...

Pretty if slightly tight fruit - dark-red. Fresh, intense - serious, not easy wine. Waves of great flavour here - delicious once more. (Bill Nanson, UK)

Structured & firm with fine red fruits & acidity, this is a wine that brings out all the structure of the appellation. It has acidity & red cherry & berry fruits that are shot through with a crisp texture. (USA)

A tantalizing earthiness pervades this cherry-laced red, with accents of iron and tobacco. Powerful and dense, yet remains fresh and long on the finish. (USA)

An overtly sauvage-suffused nose reflects notes of forest floor, red currant and a touch of freshly turned earth. There is good punch and minerality to the relatively sleek and attractively textured middle weight flavors that possess a beguiling mouth feel, all wrapped in a refreshing if somewhat rustic finale. In contrast to the prior wines that should drink well on the earlier side, this will require at least a few years first. 2022+ Allen Meadows (USA)

A succulent red, laced with cherry, spice and stone flavors, this has a silky texture that gives way to moderately firm tannins. Hints of earth and stone on the finish. Drink now. By Bruce Sanderson (USA)

Here the cool and restrained nose is more deeply pitched with notes of earth, dark berries and forest floor. There is once again very good freshness and verve to the equally delicious middle weight flavors that possess good precision on the moderately long finish where a subtle minerality is present. While not a wine of finesse per se this is more elegant than usual thanks to the relatively fine-grained tannins. /2021+

Allen Meadows

A ripe style, revealing kirsh, raspberry and plum fruit, accented by earth and tobacco notes. Firm tannins leave their grip on the moderately long finish. Vibrant, but needs time. Best from 2018 through 2028. By Bruce Sanderson (USA).

If your taste in red burgundy is for richer, fully mature reds, scoop up this one. It is crammed with deftly oaked, fine, tasty, beef tea, tobacco and mocha flavours. Don't hang on to it for long; it's ready for drinking now. (50 best red wines for summer - UK)