2017 Taupenot-Merme Gevrey-Chambertin Bel-Air

A cooling complexity defines this wine. The Bel-Air premier cru is a stony site higher than any of the neighbouring Gevrey vineyards, and that freshness and altitude also defines the character of the wine. It is elegant, with delicious fruit and a core of freshness all carried along by a streak of acid towards the complex finish. In pre-phylloxera times, this vineyard was more extensive, but it wasn`t until the 1960s that this much smaller parcel was carved back out of the forest. Well worth discovering, this will only improve with age. (NT 21/02/19)