2002 | Sylvie Esmonin | Gevrey Chambertin Clos St Jacques

Good dark red. Wild, evolving nose combines black olive, game, spices, truffle, earth and a whiff of balsamic plum and sandalwood.

Reviews:

• Vinous: Good dark red. Wild, evolving nose combines black olive, game, spices, truffle, earth and a whiff of balsamic plum and sandalwood. Spicy, gamey and complex on the palate, showing a sexy candied quality to the flavors of black raspberry pastille and smoke. Fat with fruit but the wine's serious acidity and smooth tannins should hold it effortlessly for another decade. A captivating note of violet emerged with aeration. Incidentally, this was the first vintage in which Sylvie Esmonin vinified with a portion of the stems. She actually began with two cuvées of this juice, and she included 50% whole clusters in the batch that she vinified without SO2. Lovely energy here.

Producer Information

Domaine Sylvie Esmonin is a wine producer based in the village of Gevrey-Chambertin in Burgundy's Côte de Nuits subegion, producing a range of wines from vineyards sites in both the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune. The majority of the wines produced by the estate are Pinot Noir-based, but it does also have a single white wine within its portfolio made from Chardonnay grapes. The Esmonin family originally came from nobility and has lived in the Burgundy region since the reign of the Dukes of Burgundy (which ended in the 15th Century). The estate was previously known as Domaine Michel Esmonin et Fille, named after the father of the current proprietor, Sylvie Esmonin. Domaine Sylvie Esmonin has five hectares (12 acres) of vineyards in Gevrey-Chambertin, of which 1.6 hectares (3.9 acres) are located within Gevrey-Chambertin's most renowned Premier Cru climat: Clos Saint-Jacques. Esmonin's section of this vineyard lies at its northern end – directly out of the back of the winery. The estate has also recently acquired vineyard plots in the appellations of Volnay Santenots (just under 0.2 hectares/0.5 acres) and Côte de Nuits-Villages, with additional sites situated in Bourgogne Rouge, Bourgogne Aligote and Bourgogne Blanc.

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