2012 Georges Lignier et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  5/22/2020 - 560 B&W Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Consumed over three nights. Pretty and worth villages wine. 13%

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  6/25/2018 - alabunka wrote: 92 Points

  drinking very well now it was an excellent pairing with London broil that was medium to medium rare - the wine was gone as fast as the meal - need to find more of the same it was smooth but with just enough subtle bite wo any earthiness that made all of enjoy it so much during dinner

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  9/14/2017 - Cote d'Or wrote:

  Slow-ox 90 minutes, tasted over 2.5 hrs and day 2
  -pretty bright dark red no bricking
  -somewhat restrained red fruit touch of funk trace tomato herbal
  -med/med+ acidity, med weight sappy pure red fruits and some dusty minerality not expressing much earthy spice or complexity, med+ tannins; picks up a more herbal rhubarby note on day 2 with prominent grippy tannins
  -very nice red fruited still somewhat tightly wound, refined for a Gevrey, lack of complexity commensurate with a village wine, better in a few years

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  9/17/2016 - emzee.mc wrote: 90 Points

  This is a classically-styled Gevrey Chambertin in every sense. After being decanted for half a day, the wine pours a dark musky red color with brick orange tints and medium legs, like that of an aged Bordeaux. On the nose, the bouquet yields plenty of cherries, cigar box, sous bois, eucalyptus and damp earth. On the palate, the wine is well-structured with fine but undeveloped tannins. Alcohol is very mellow despite the 13% ABV. Just like the nose, the wine tastes of red fruits, blackberries, plenty of sous bois, truffles, burnished leather and spice. The wine then finishes with a smoky kick and plenty of sous bois. Respectable intensity and concentration throughout. Great price quality ratio to be honest, and a wine that truly reflects the terroir well, one that actually reminds me of Graves in profile, minus the weight. Would definitely improve when the tannins are well-integrated into the wine. But for now, this Gevrey shows aged wine characteristics at such youth. Wow.

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  7/18/2016 - jeffreylubowski Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Taster below nailed it. This is very classically styled, with forest floor and menthol and light cherry, yet perhaps a bit lighter in the body and tannins than perhaps one might expect for a GC. Very aromatic, no perceptible alcohol, and all too easy to guzzle afterm a nice decant. Not a great vintage but a good value and another testament to Neal rosenthal imports.

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