Gerard Raphet Gevrey-Chambertin Les Champs Chenys Vieilles Vignes Cuvee Unique, Cote de Nuits, France 2022 Chateau Le Gay flowers and citrus

flowers and citrus

crushed plum and steeped blackberry fruit is all packed into this wine

very representative of its territory

black cherry and deep complex aromas

Gerard Raphet Gevrey-Chambertin Les Champs Chenys Vieilles Vignes Cuvee Unique, Cote de Nuits, France 2022 Chateau Le Gay flowers and citrusChamps Chenys is directly downslope from grand cru Charmes Chambertin; Raphets rows of vines are located in a small notch carved into Charmes (that is, vines are surrounded on three sides by grand cru terroir). Vines range from 35 to 110 years old. I opened one of these in the office of Le Pigeon the day the wines arrived and sat dumbfounded at my desk. Dark cherry, pomegranates, iron, damp earth, and baking space. The wine was darker than the