2010 Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Gevrey Chambertin

Burgundy

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Pinot Noir

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Drinking Window

2020 - 2030

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Sylvie Esmonin described 2010 as one the coldest years on record since the 1950s. After a rainy summer, the harvest started at the end of September and finished on October 6. Yields were down 40-60%. Esmonin vinified the 2010s slowly and gently. The malos did not finish until August. I tasted all of the wines from tank. The Côte de Nuits-Villages and Gevrey-Chambertin were too reduced to evaluate, so I will have to wait for another opportunity to taste them. Based on what I did taste, 2010 is a fabulous vintage at this address.

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"In July I thought that 2010 would be the vintage of the century," said Sylvie Esmonin in November. "The grapes were pea-sized and healthy." The weather, alas, did not hold (the growing season featured the sixth rainy August in recent years, along with 2011, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2004), but the fruit ripened slowly and well, and Esmonin picked into October--"like the old days." Esmonin went on to describe her 2010s as 2002-like, noting that the wines were not at all closed and will probably give early pleasure but should also age well as they have excellent structure.