2014 Gevrey-Chambertin, Clos Saint-Jacques, 1er Cru, Domaine Sylvie Esmonin, Burgundy Women in Wine except some progress towards organic

except some progress towards organic viticulture

followed by hints of Sichuan pepper

Upon Alexandre Penet’s taking over the reins at Champagne Penet

sweet tannins and a long

While the wood treatment is certainly evident it remains reasonably subtle on the overtly cool and restrained nose that is markedly spicy with its broad-ranging combination of exuberantly fresh aromas of dark cherry

2014 Gevrey-Chambertin, Clos Saint-Jacques, 1er Cru, Domaine Sylvie Esmonin, Burgundy Women in Wine except some progress towards organicThe 2014 Gevrey Chambertin Clos Saint Jacques 1er Cru has a very attractive, delineated bouquet with pure black cherries, orange rind, crushed stone and sous bois scents. It's very classy. The palate is medium bodied with fine tannins, good body and depth and certainly less austere than many of its peers on the finish. This can be broached now, though I might leave it another couple of years. 91 100, Neal Martin, Vinous (June 2024)