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2016 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Fonteny 1er Cru

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Gevrey Chambertin

Burgundy

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Pinot Noir

Vintages
20172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998199719961995
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Drinking Window

2026 - 2040

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Winemaker Frédérique Bachotet had just racked the 2016 Bourgogne Rouge and Gevrey-Chambertin the week before my January visit, but the rest of the Sérafin ‘16s were still in barrels. “The malos took their time,” said Bachotet, and the Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes only finished during the 2017 harvest. Perhaps partly for this reason, she found the young ‘16s a bit closed and tannic at the time of my tasting. The estate lost 50% of its production overall in 2016, bringing in its fruit beginning on September 24 and picking in just five days, vs. a normal seven or eight. Grape sugars were a healthy 12.5% to 13% but Bachotet chaptalized lightly. She prefers to bottle her wines with 13% to 13.2% alcohol “because we make vins de garde."

She likes the balance of the ‘16s and believes that their acidity is a bit more mellow that that of the ‘15s. Still, she added, the ‘15s have been good to drink from the start. She believes that the ‘16s will need “longer in bottle to taste good” but is confident that both vintages will last well. Incidentally, all of the Sérafin wines, including the Bourgogne Rouge, are aged in 100% new oak.