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Domaine Frédéric Esmonin

As these wines tend to favor perfume over body, the powerful 2005 vintage could be expected to produce a strong set of wines at this domain. And the talents of Pierre Nawrocki, who was involved in vinifying the 2005s before moving on to Domaine Christian Serafin in the spring of 2006, could only help. In fact the top cuvees here are scented and strong, with atypical oomph, right up there with the best wines made here in the past two decades. "Two thousand five was a great year with superb material and fruit," noted Frederic Esmonin. "The wines have finesse but they're also real vins de garde, a bit like the '78s." Potential alcohols were generally between 12.5% and 13% and most of the wines were chaptalized about half a degree. They had been bottled unfined but with a light kieselguhr filtration just before my visit. I tasted the wines in the Esmonins' office, only slightly distracted by their fragrant Basset Hound. Note that several of the Esmonin 2004s were reviewed in Issue 125.

From 2005 and 2004 Red Burgundies (Mar 2007) by Stephen Tanzer

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2004 Gevrey-Chambertin Lavaux Saint-Jacques

Release Price: $40

Color: Red

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