2012 Red Wine from Gevrey Chambertin

Wine Spectator, 93 points: A rich version, this savory red evokes cherry, blackberry, beet, black currant, smoke and tobacco notes. Dense yet supple in texture, with a firm underlying structure and a compact finish. The long aftertaste suggests tar...

View From The Cellar, 92 points: 92+ The Rossignols’ parcel in Combottes is always the very first vines that are harvested at the domaine, as they sit up high in the vineyard where the soil is very much defined by its fine, small stones here that retain...

View From The Cellar, 93 points: (92-93+) The 2012 Clos Prieur was also just a touch reduced at the time of my visit, so perhaps I am underrating this wine a touch as well. It is certainly very pure and deep under its gentle note of reduction, and may...

Burghound, 90 points: A more elegant nose of relatively high-toned red berry fruit enjoys added breadth in the form of earth, sauvage and spice nuances. The supple, round and accessible middle weight flavors possess a lovely sense of energy on...

Burghound, 93 points: (90-93) A background application of wood frames the very ripe aromas of cassis, black cherry, earth and a touch of the sauvage. There is a lush and opulent mouth feel to the concentrated and palate coating medium weight...

Burghound, 93 points: A pretty and more expressive nose features elegant aromas of assorted red berries, newly turned earth and a lovely floral note, all of which is trimmed in a whisper of oak. There is excellent volume and plenty of punch...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 91 points: The 2012 Gevrey Chambertin En Champs has a smooth, harmonious, latte-tinged bouquet with ample red berry fruit, if not quite the pedigree of the best En Champs that I have tasted in this vintage. The palate is well...

Burghound, 91 points: (BH88-91 points) Here the wood is slightly more pronounced though not so much that it dominates the pungently earthy nose of underbrush, sauvage and dark berry fruit nose that is very Gevrey in basic character. The...