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

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2010 Gevrey-Chambertin, Les Evocelles, Domaine de la Vougeraie, BurgundyThis regular bottling of Les Evocelles has a fine brisk purple colour and charming fruit, medium bodied pretty red fruit notes including a touch of raspberry. It is elegance personified, not too weighty, but stylish, racy and with a fine long finish. 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

flowers and a mineral edge

more Bordeaux-like perfection than 2009

it has a long

not quite ready to let go

and subtle floral notes

The excitement behind the renaissance of the Super Tuscan wines is paraphrased brilliantly by Monica Larner of the Wine Advocate – “The buzz is back

Drink from 2018 onward

Layers of fruit swell across the palate whilst the finish is refreshing and full of concentrated fruit with a touch of spice

yet it also has more than enough depth to keep it from being overly austere

and certainly evolve for longer

There will be many ‘yin and yang’ statements made this year

and I wish I'd have bought more on release