Denis Bachelet Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 2020 (750ML)

93 DE / 90-93 JM

Definitely worth discovering. Piercingly focused ripe cassis fruit, with an edge of mineral and spice. The texture is generous, concentrated and surprisingly dense at the village level. This wine is definitely suited to at least mid-term ageing and should open well with time. Bachelet has 1.2ha spread over six lieux-dits where the vines were planted in the 1930s. Yield is pitifully low: 50% of a normal crop in 2020. The fruit is destemmed and fermented on native yeasts prior to ageing in cask (20% new).--Charles Curtis MW, Decanter

There was virtually no fruit in the Evocelles vineyard, so it has not been made separately this year. Jet black centre with purple rim. Rich but not cooked. At first, I found it hard to climb inside this wine. Then came an explosion of dark red and black fruit with a light pepperiness behind, long and fine with excellent energy. Tasted: December 2021.--Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy