2008 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Gevrey Chambertin

Burgundy

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Pinot Noir (2023 vintage)

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2013 - 2020

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Claude Dugat farms 16 hectares, of which only 3 are owned. Dugat waited until September 20 to start harvesting. The fruit was 100% destemmed and spent 15 days on the skins with two punchdowns a day and no pumpovers. The wine was pressed, left 48 hours to decant and moved into barrel. The wines were racked the following April and were bottled with no fining or filtration. The Bourgogne is aged in neutral oak, the villages and 1ers see 50% new oak and the grand crus see 100% new oak.

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Dugat carried out green harvests in July and again in early September in an attempt to get his fruit ripe, then started to pick on September 25. In the end, rotten grapes were more of a problem than underripe berries, and these could be eliminated prior to vinification, which Dugat described as "exactly the same as always." Dugat compares his young 2008s to his 1996s, "but with better fruit." He noted that his 2007s steadily gained in weight and structure during their final months of elevage. (Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, D.C.)