Domaine Harmand-Geoffroy Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 2018

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Domaine Harmand-Geoffroy Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 2018As is the case with almost every wine that issues from the Harmand Geoffroy cellars, this cuve is the product of very old vines; in this instance, the vines were planted 55 to 85 years ago. The result is one of the most powerful wines in the cellar that shows dark, almost somber fruit, a wine that is reticent in its youth and quite profound with seven to ten years of age. The parcels for this wine (En Champs, Champerrier, Combes du Dessus) are

The soil is clay and schist

situated in the middle of the slope overlooking the Rhône

produced from Chardonnay from her younger vines

There is a single bottling of the entire lot

yielding anywhere from 25 hectoliters per hectare to 40 hl/ha

the "original" double bend glass

there is firm acidity that is balanced by several grams of residual sugar

This wine pulls in multiple directions

The wine is never fined nor is it filtered

gewürztraminer

buoying the succulent peach/apricot fruit and counterbalancing the wine’s honeyed qualities

framed by a note of dried honey and a persistent whisper of chalk