2015 Gevrey Chambertin Les Combottes
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The 2015 Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes is every bit as compelling as the Charmes. Here, the wine has a very distinct vertical feel, with multiple layers of aromas, flavors and textures that are stacked on top of each other. Black cherry, gravel, smoke and lavender give the Combottes its super-classic signatures. As alluring as it is today, the Combottes is a big wine that needs quite a bit of time in barrel to be at its very best.
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William Kelley, Wine Advocate
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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The 2015 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Combottes offers up a deep-pitched bouquet of wild berries, spice, orange peel and grilled meat. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied and multidimensional, with a fine-grained chassis of tannin that's more assertive than the structuring elements of the Chambolle-Musigny Les Charmes or the Vosne Aux Brulées and which nods to the authority of Clos de la Roche in its profile. The finish is long, ripe and sapid.
The 2015 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Combottes offers up a deep-pitched bouquet of wild berries, spice, orange peel and grilled meat. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied and multidimensional, with a fine-grained chassis of tannin that's more assertive than the structuring elements of the Chambolle-Musigny Les Charmes or the Vosne Aux Brulees and which nods to the authority of Clos de la Roche in its profile. The finish is long, ripe and sapid. Mar 2018, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
For many, Domaine Leroy represents the pinnacle of fine Burgundy. Owned and run by the legendary Lalou Bize-Leroy, the domaine in Vosne-Romanée is one strand of the Leroy empire, along with Maison Leroy and Domaine d’Auvenay.