Jerome Chezeaux, Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Les Chaumes, 2010 GIRBONCHAMP melon and guava on the

melon and guava on the palate

and Domaine de Montbourgeau makes a benchmark one

4+ year minimum aging

and faint menthol character layer over a core of perfectly ripe Black Doris plum

the Galician region where since 1988 he's brought back native grapes that had nearly disappeared

Jerome Chezeaux, Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Les Chaumes, 2010 GIRBONCHAMP melon and guava on theA Vosne Romanee premier cru from 2010 at sixteen years old, which is to say a wine from one of the Cote de Nuits' great classic vintages arriving right in its stride limpid, pure and still structured, with mature complexity layered over the fruit. Les Chaumes lies at the southern edge of Vosne Romanee on a vein of limestone and marl, directly below Aux Malconsorts, which in turn borders the grand cru La Tache; Jerome Chezeaux farms four tenths of a