Pierre-Henri Rougeot - Gevrey-Chambertin "En Reniard" 2022

Pierre-Henri Rougeot - Gevrey-Chambertin "En Reniard" 2022This Gevrey Chambertin is powerful yet elegant, showing a lovely spectrum of red to black fruits, red clay spice and a slight forest floor earthiness. Pierre Henri Rougeot is a young vigneron with generations of family roots in the town of Meursault. He grew up learning farming and the craft of winemaking with his father, and by studying in Beaune. In 2017, he decided to add one more activity, a small negoce where he could make wines his way. The

Henri Boillot has dramatically increased the quality of his Domaine wines and created a boutique négoce of the highest reputation

Once the maceration or infusion is done

then three months in a stainless steel vat and is then bottled

the bouquet opens nicely with pear and apricot with a thread of infused tea and dried fruits

Jasper Morris

His aim is to work with likeminded vignerons

nicely structured with impressive purity and length on the finish

all located near the village from sites such as "Prés de la Folie

The "Les Brulées" cuvée is from vineyards located on clay and limestone in the village of Mathenay in the Arbois appellation

until after the malolactic fermentation which was fairly early this year

which covers the bone structure completely

You can cellar it for up to 10 to 12 years but it will be at its peak in five years time