2010 Gevrey Chambertin Evocelles
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The 2010 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Evocelles bursts onto the palate with expressive dark fruit. This is an especially round, generous style of Gevrey. Slightly sauvage notes come through on the finish, but there is more than enough fruit to balance some of the wine's wilder leanings. Vincent used 50% whole clusters here.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2010 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Evocelles La Vigne en Foule emerges from a high-density vineyard planted with 36,000 vines per hectare. It shows awesome depth and richness, with endless layers of fruit that caress the palate all the way through to the long, resonant finish. The Vigne en Foule is more about the expression of this unique site rather than a wine that reflects a ton of village character, but it has tons of personality just the same. There are just two barrels of this wine and it will be bottled only in magnums. Pierre Vincent used 80% whole clusters here. The vineyard was planted in 2002. It will be interesting to see what develops as the vines get older. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2030. This is stunning set of wines from Pierre Vincent and Domaine de la Vougeraie. It is impossible to miss the attention to detail at this impeccably run domaine. No expense is spared. It takes 80 people to work the vineyards during harvest and another 20 in the cellar to take it from there. Production in 2010 was of course down significantly as it was everywhere else. Yields came in at 24 hectoliters per hectare for the Pinot and 29 for the Chardonnay. Vincent used between 30-80% whole bunches, depending on the wine. Readers who want to learn more might want to check out my video interview with Pierre Vincent on www.erobertparker.com. I will report on the domaine’s 2009s in the April issue. For now let me just say the 2009 Musigny is one of the wines of the vintage. Importer: Boisset Family Estates, St. Helena, CA; tel. (800) 878-1123 1
24 hl/ha and 30% whole bunch (a bit less in 2009 but he is increasing each year). Very lively and racy and pretty convincing. Very racy and supple. (JR)
About the producer
Based south of Nuits-Saint-Georges in Prémeaux-Prissey, Domaine de la Vougeraie was created in 1999, grouping all of Jean-Claude Boisset’s holdings under one name. The property has a total 40 hectares of vines, with extensive holdings in Vougeot as well as plots in six Grands Crus.