Domaine Pierre Gelin
Gevrey-Chambertin/Fixin
Burgundy
Domaine Pierre Gelin, created in 1925 and hold now by Pierre-Emmaunel Gelin, grandson of the founder, is located in Fixin/Gevrey and proposes the following AOC :
Bourgogne, Bourgogne blanc, Bourgogne Aligoté and especially Fixin, Fixin 1er Cru (whose the well-know monopole Clos Napoleon), Gevrey, Gevrey 1er Cru and Chambertin Clos de Beze.
The Wine Spectator who has been following Pierre Gelin for many years has respectively given 95/98/95/97/95 pts to the Clos de Beze 15/16/17/18/19. Proof of the competency from vintage to vintage. And the whole range benefits from the same care by the estate team.
From the Wine Advocate, same story. William Kelley : “This 13-hectare domaine, today directed by Pierre-Emmanuel Gelin, is an excellent source that deserves to be better known. Organic farming, long cuvaisons of largely destemmed fruit and élevage in judicious percentages of new oak, supplied by Tonnellerie Rousseau, are the rudiments of an approach that yields reliably pure and supple wines that are elegant but flavorful in style. While Gelin possesses an enviable parcel of the Clos de Bèze—and produces a fine example—the insiders’ choice here is the excellent Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos Prieur, from a plot planted in 1964 with especially fine selections of Pinot Noir.”
The work in the vines is permanent all along the year and the farming is organic for a while even if the estate is not seeking certification. The grapes are largely destemmed and the wines are aged in oak barrels, with a percentage of new barrels varying according to the crus and vintages for a light woodiness, for 20 to 22 months. The wines are then bottled at the property and are marketed only after a year or two of storage in their cellars.
We could summarize these wines in these words : delicacy, pureness and length.
Domaine Pierre Gelin : the truly authentic Burgundy without breaking the bank !
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