Frederic Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint Jacques 2023 CS20230828 Chardonnay-led

Chardonnay-led

ageworthy face of Nuits

aged in a mix of pièce and demi-muid with only 10–15% new oak—letting fruit and terroir dominate

The Brut Prestige by Duc de Romet is a blend of mostly pinot meunier and a quarter pinot noir

Frederic Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint Jacques 2023 CS20230828 Chardonnay-ledLavaux Saint Jacques is one of the Combe de Lavaux's great 1er Crus, sitting just below Estournelles on the same slope and producing a Gevrey of real depth and texture. Frederic Esmonin and his parents Andre and Michele farm a small slate of family parcels that runs all the way up to Chambertin and Clos de Beze, and Lavaux is where the domaine's house style sings: spice, structure, and dark red fruit with a graphite undercurrent. Lavaux typically