Louis Jadot, Gevrey Chambertin Estournelles St Jacques Vintage:2020 A strikingly good effort for

A strikingly good effort for the vintage that is worth a look

sapid wine that is emerging as one of the best "young" renditions of Grande Cuvée for drinking today

The palate is medium-bodied with impressive tension and wonderful freshness right from the start

As it almost always is this is more refined than the Chambertin if less powerful and a bit less mineral driven

Surprisingly open and expressive for a young Brunello

Louis Jadot, Gevrey Chambertin Estournelles St Jacques Vintage:2020 A strikingly good effort forThis too is quite aromatically cool and even more elegant with its spicier array of red currant and discreet newly turned earth scents. The understated and equally refined medium weight flavors dont possess the same power, yet the almost delicate mouthfeel is highly appealing, all wrapped in a youthfully austere and markedly stony finale. Like the Feusselottes, this is textbook ESJ.