2013 Jacques Prieur Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

Domaine Jacques Prieur

France / Burgundy / Domaine Jacques Prieur

0.49 hectare plot with full east exposure, with deep, highly evolved soil that is brown on the surface and has large blocks of cracked limestone in the subsoil. 20 months' élevage. Three of the eight barrels were new.

April, 2015

Allen Meadows

Burghound

90-92 points

Once again a notably ripe nose is composed of liqueur-like aromas that include plum, cassis, spice and cool sauvage nuances. The supple and seductively textured medium weight flavors possess a lovely sense of underlying tension and good minerality that continues onto the mildly austere, persistent and well-balanced finale. This too should be approachable young if you don't have the patience to wait the 8 to 10 years that will be necessary for the tannins to resolve.

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About Domaine Jacques Prieur

Since 1868, Domaine Jacques Prieur has created one of the rarest mosaics of terroirs in Burgundy. Today it’s probably the only estate with vineyards on the greatest appellations both of Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits, including Chambertin, Musigny, Clos Vougeot, Echézeaux, Corton, Meursault and Montrachet. This amazing collection is completed by other prestigious appellations and three clos monopole sites. Several of these phenomenal parcels of vines were snapped up at the turn of the 20th century by Jacques' great uncle. Current custodians, the Labruyère family of southern Burgundy, became involved in 1988. The domaine, which switched to 100% organic viticulture in 2000, is nowadays run by Edouard Labruyère alongside the heirs of the Prieur family. The warm and acutely intelligent Nadine Gublin serves as oenologist, a position she has held since 1990. Steeped in tradition and armed with a quality-at-all-costs philosophy, the lofty standards of this great domaine keep on climbing.

About

Nadine has been oenologist at the Labruyère family's Burgundy estate Domaine Jacques Prieur's since 1990. She has been technical manager there since 2009, when she also took the same role at Domaine Labruyère in Moulin-à-Vent. Well-known among fine wine enthusiasts for many years, in 1998 she was name Best French Winemaker by the highly respected Revue du Vin de France. She is an advocate of sustained farming, precise winemaking and optimal ripeness.