2010 Gevrey-Chambertin, Les Evocelles, En Foule, Domaine de la Vougeraie, Burgundy

Red • Dry • Full Bodied • Pinot Noir
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Code: 20100301500018020734

Description

This special bottling from the high density planting (30,000 vines per hectare) is only available in magnums. The wine has been vinified with 80% stems included as they were fully ripe. Bright red purple in colour with a beautiful deep cherry fruit nose, very sensual. Lovely, mouthfilling, yet with very good acidity behind. Superb finish, fine, floral and exceptionally well balanced.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Director

Two recent trends which have been continued here by winemaker Pierre Vincent are a slight reduction in the amount of new oak, which now mostly comes from the local forest of Cîteaux, and a slight increase in the use of stems during vinification. The latter is subtly judged though, as there is very rarely any outright feel of the stems in the bouquet or on the palate. 2010 is a tiny crop here, averaging out at 24 hl/ha across the cellar but the wines are magically concentrated.

  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Vintage
    2010
  • Alcohol
    13%
  • Grape
    Pinot Noir
  • Body
    Full Bodied
  • Producer
    Domaine de la Vougeraie

Critics reviews

Antonio Galloni
88-90/100
The 2010 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Evocelles La Vigne en Foule emerges from a high-density vineyard planted with 36,000 vines per hectare. It shows awesome depth and richness, with endless layers of fruit that caress the palate all the way through to the long, resonant finish. The Vigne en Foule is more about the expression of this unique site rather than a wine that reflects a ton of village character, but it has tons of personality just the same. There are just two barrels of this wine and it will be bottled only in magnums. Pierre Vincent used 80% whole clusters here. The vineyard was planted in 2002. It will be interesting to see what develops as the vines get older. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2030.
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (February 2012)

About The Wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating and, at times, infuriating wine grape in the world. However, when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape, which grows in small, tight bunches, performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone-based subsoils. It is more susceptible than other varieties to overcropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive, and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of Burgundy's Côte d'Or.
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Côte de Nuits

Named after its principle village of Nuits St Georges, the Côte de Nuits forms the northern half of Burgundy’s legendary Côte d’Or, a 20km strip stretching from Dijon to Nuits St Georges, with the best vineyards found halfway up its slopes where growing conditions are at their best. With 22 of the region’s 23 red Grands Crus, most of the world’s great Pinot Noirs are made here, along with a small number of high-quality Chardonnays.
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Domaine de la Vougeraie

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