2012 Red Wine from Gevrey Chambertin

Vinous, 90 points: Bright medium red. Musky redcurrant and plum aromas are complicated by game and leather nuances. Sweet and fine-grained, offering rich flavors of red and purple fruits. This elegant, concentrated village wine is already...

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...

Jancis Robinson's Purple Pages, 90 points: Stunning nose at such an early stage: really broad and nuanced. Excellent black cherry fruit, creamy texture, firm tannin. Slight leathery touch at the finish. 17+/20 (RH)

View From The Cellar, 91 points: I did not taste the Capita old vine cuvée on this visit (and cannot remember if the yields were sufficient to produce it this year, or if the old vine production was rolled into either this wine or the straight Gevrey in...

Vinous, 94 points: (92-94) One of the most explosive wines in the range, the Gevrey-Chambertin Alea is dazzling. Rich, sumptuous and succulent, this medium to full-bodied Burgundy delivers superb intensity. Layers of blue/purplish fruit...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: Tasted blind at the annual "Burgfest" tasting in Beaune. The 2012 Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Champeaux from the talented Arnaud Mortet has a slightly muted nose at first, perhaps caught at an awkward stage of adolescence...

Vinous, 94 points: (AG92-94 points) Dugat-Py's 2012 Gevrey-Chambertin Cœur du Roy emerges from parcels ranging from 50-103 years of age. Dark cherry, plum, smoke, licorice and black olive are rich and explosive on the palate, The 2012 is...

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...

Vinous, 91 points: Good bright, dark red. Very ripe aromas and flavors of raspberry, coffee and smoked meat. Sweet, silky and highly concentrated, with ripeness bordering on roasted. Finishes fat, rich and persistent. Will this bring enough...

Vinous, 94 points: Bright red. Musky aromas of raspberry, flinty minerality, rose petal and sexy oak, plus a suggestion of maple syrup. Sweet, silky and plush, offering a captivating blend of red fruits, flowers and smoky minerality...