2015 Gevrey Chambertin Les Cazetiers

Tasted blind, the 2015 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cazetiers was showing quite well, though I suspect it's beginning to shut down. Offering up aromas of orange rind, peony, red cherries, raw cocoa and forest floor, the wine is medium to full-bodied, supple and ample, with an expansive attack and a creamy, textural mid-palate, concluding with an oak-inflected finish. The Cazetiers is often one of my favorite bottlings chez Rousseau, but this rendition seemed more overtly woody than it usually is. But I suspect its evolution in bottle will make this score look conservative. Oct 2018, www.robertparker.com