2023 Sylvie Esmonin, Gevrey-Chambertin, 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jacques 750ml Nicolas Reau The estate’s Soave Classico

The estate’s Soave Classico

The most elegant of Black Holes of aroma and flavour

this too is aromatically quite cool and restrained with its reticent aromas of herbal tea

It is savoury

30 % Syrah

2023 Sylvie Esmonin, Gevrey-Chambertin, 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jacques 750ml Nicolas Reau The estate’s Soave ClassicoDUE APRIL 2026 '60% new wood and whole bunches. Black centre with purple rim. This has real quality, a classic Sylvie Clos St Jacques, with a lively fruit not picked too late, while the stems add a complexifying factor, but there so also a suave quality to the fruit which extends very agreeably through to a long finish. There is enough red fruit in the mix to lighten the black fruit concentration. Enough juiciness through the middle.' 94 96 points