Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: At close to 50 years, the vines that inform Chauvenet's 2008 Nuits-St.-Georges Les Chaignots are the oldest sources for any of his crus. Smoky black tea, star anise, black pep...

Burghound: An airy, cool and pretty nose of forest floor and herbal notes marries into stony and attractively detailed middle weight flavors that are also delicious but there is some bac...

Burghound: A very fresh nose speaks clearly of pungent Gevrey style earth with a mix of upper and lower register aromas of red and dark berry fruits and underbrush hints that carry over ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Medium red. Sexy aromas of spicy red fruits, flowers and herbs. Nicely ripe, supple and accessible, with a creamy texture and good breadth for village wine. Firm acids give sh...

Geoffrey Binder: Light garnet core with a pale pink rim. A gorgeous, expressive nose offers wild strawberry, piquant red fruits and a touch of cola and spice. Soft on entry, this is fresh an...

About this Wine: Gevrey-Chambertin wines are deep in colour with fine expressive aromas.

When young they suggest blackcurrants and other red or black soft fruits, with hints of liquoric...

Neil Mechanic: Light garnet hue with indian brick rim. High beam red cherry and pomegranate are infused with wood smoke and crimini mushroom. A generous palate of strawberry compote, cranber...

Burghound: Here the wood is not subtle though it does not dominate the distinctly sauvage red currant and dark berry fruit aromas trimmed in earth and briar notes that are also reflected...

Burghound: Moderate wood frames fresh red and dark berry fruit that carries ample Gevrey-style earth and underbrush influence, both of which continue onto the robust, fresh and admirably...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: A strong sense of red meatiness and of fresh blackberry fruit informs the Gouges 2008 Nuits-St.-Georges Les Chenes Carteaux, with a savory saline streak serving for invigorati...

Burghound: The very earthy and slightly herbal aromas lead to rather somber flavors that offer good energy as well as a light touch of minerality on the serious, mouth coating and firmly...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good dark red. Sexy, soil-driven aromas of raspberry, dried flowers, minerals, spices and mint. Suave on entry, then quite fine-grained in the mouth, conveying outstanding v...

Burghound: A slightly riper nose of mostly fresh red berry fruit aromas laced with hints of earth and game give way to textured and relatively suave medium-bodied flavors that possess mo...

Burghound: An elegant and refined upper register nose features cool and very pretty red currant, plum and humus-suffused aromas that introduce admirably pure middle weight flavors that a...

Wine Spectator: A dark, almost brooding red, whose plum, black cherry and black currant fruit is sweet and permeating. Rich and supple, this picks up spice and mineral notes as it glides to t...

Burghound: Ripe and dense dark berry fruit aromas trimmed in moderate wood give way to attractively textured, precise and intensely mineral-driven big-bodied flavors that culminate in a ...

Burghound: Here the very fresh and distinctly sauvage nose speaks of primarily dark berry fruit aromas that lead to richer and riper medium-bodied flavors that are mouth coating, serious...

Wine Spectator: Though rich, this has a sinewy quality and a firm structure supporting its blackberry, black currant and violet aromas and flavors. Bright, fresh and still tight on the long f...