December 12, 2023 - Salon Ficofi Paris walkabout tasting and dinner, no detailed tasting notes. Impressive for a village, soft, succulent.
August 26, 2022 - This was great and easy drinking; juicy red fruits, soft tannins, some forest floor, good acidity. The finish could have been a bit longer for me.
July 9, 2022 - Lunch at Bar-a-Thym (Bar-a-Thym, Singapore): Very yummy. This is really drinking well now. The nose was lovely as always, with notes of dark cherries, mineral and flinty spice speaking eloquently of Gevrey. The palate is starting to be really soft and approachable now, with velvet tannins and juicy acidity beautifully integrated into a mouthful of dark cherries, red berries and spice, these drifting into a minerally finish with just that little bit of chew at the back. Yummy. A great Gevrey village.
June 3, 2022 - Still bretty.
March 18, 2022 - Another shut down 2016. Opened juicy and a little tart, eventually giving way to softer/darker fruit in the glass after 90 minutes of air. Wish I decanted this in the AM. But really.. hands off this (and other 2016s it seems) for 5 years...
February 4, 2022 - CNY drinks (Casa Esperanza): Delicious, and really starting to come into a nice drinking window. I loved the nose on this: classic Gevrey, in a slightly less delicate mold than the Drouhin village that preceded it, with notes of earth and wilting roses, cherries and wild berries, and just a hint of mineral at the edges of the bouquet. The palate was absolutely delicious. Juicy, generous, open, with fresh lip smacking orange acidity and the finest tannins. These still gave a little sense of grip to deliciously addictive flavours of red cherries and berries, infused with notes of spice and mineral, and then just a little kiss of florals at the end. Not the greatest finish on this bottle, but there was definitely a very nice sense of substance to it for a village. This felt very nicely integrated, and very satisfying indeed. A very gulpable wine, and starting to show beautifully now.
February 2, 2022 - At home with the Chans (Casa Esperanza): Such a lovely village to drink now. This had a classic Gevrey nose of red cherries and berries, and the some orange peel, all patted down with savoury earth, spice and mineral aromas. With time, a drift of florals came out as well. Really alluring. The palate was just starting to show really nicely, with velvet tannins and fresh acidity framing yummy flavours of red cherries and juicy berries on the attack. Like the nose, the midpalate showed delicious savoury undertones of earth, meat and mineral, all drifting into a lovely finish kissed with a little bit of spice. A polished, elegant village, really starting to come into its own now. Great stuff.
December 25, 2021 - Bottle breathe for 1 hour. Nice nose with cherry and bright fruit, the palate is smooth, balanced with food, wood, a bit earthy and nice acidity. Medium finishing. Best 1 hour after in the glass, and the palate added some mint. Not a complex wine but so enjoyable now
December 16, 2021 - Lunch at Les Amis (Les Amis, Shaw House, Singapore): This was absolutely lovely today. A Gevrey village par excellence. I loved the nose on it, with its cool tones of dark cherries and dried blueberries, earth and meat and mushrooms, ferrous mineral and spicy pepper and cloves, and some floral violet notes at the edges. Really nice. The palate was a touch simpler, but very pleasing also. There was decent weight for a village, with a pleasing if not exactly bright balance to its delicious flavours of dark cherries and wild berries, wet earth, mineral and a little seasoning of spice, especially as the wine trailed away into a nicely full finish. A lovely village - starting to show very nicely at this point of its evolution, but with plenty left in its tank yet.
August 16, 2021 - Dinner at Summer Pavilion (Summer Pavilion, Ritz Carlton, Singapore): This is really starting to fire on all cylinders now. Similar notes to a bottle I had a few months back, starting out with a nicely floral nose with aromas of cherries and berries, with a little earthy mineral at the side. This just that this felt a little lighter on the palate when first popped and poured, and needed just a little time and and air to put on a bit of weight. Otherwise, it was a fresh, elegant expression of Gevrey, with lovely transparent notes of red berries and cherries, some floral touches, and then an accompaniment of mineral and a little spice - all this nicely woven together on a seam of fine tannins and nice acidity. A really nice Gevrey village. No blockbuster, but a real delight to drink. Great with roasted duck too.