Domaine Gerard Raphet Gevrey 1Er Lavaux St Jacques 2022

Domaine Gerard Raphet Gevrey 1Er Lavaux St Jacques 2022

The key to Raphet's success has always been built on their vineyard holdings. Their Bourgogne Rouge for example is drawn from lieux-dits surrounded by Grand Cru vineyards,  their Gevrey Chambertin is from a plot sliced out of Charmes-Chambertin, with vines creeping up to 100 years old. Their Morey St Denis combines fruit from two 1er cru sites, Clos des Ormes and Les Millandes, and yet is labelled, and priced, at the village level. Clos Vougeot is a vineyard where location can be the difference between transcendent and mediocre, and the Raphet's have a brilliant old vine parcel and make one of the finest wines you will see from this site. With fruit from these stellar holdings at her disposal Marion, who pairs her lifelong experience at Gerard's side with an Oenology degree, is showing she is the final piece of the puzzle for this already much adored estate. 

“Pungent aromas of reduction and wood toast dominate the fruit. Otherwise, there is more concentration still to the more powerful and more mineral-driven flavors that possess a sleek and tautly muscular texture before culminating in balanced, long and youthfully austere finish.” 90-92 Points Allen Meadows, Burghound.