2020 Domaine Sérafin Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Corbeaux
£99.00
“Notions of smoke, flint and black cherry combine reduction and ripe fruit on the expressive nose. The palate then brims with wonderfully aromatic black fruit – think cherry and forest berries with hints of liquorice. Tannins are fine and the body is juicy, luscious but also wonderfully fresh. A joy.”
94 Points, Anne Krebiehl, Falstaff
“A rich even purple. The Corbeaux has an excellent nose, perfumed ripe fruit, cherries, dark raspberries, fills out the middle very well, a little blackcurrant coulis to finish and comparatively gentle tannins, as befits this vineyard.”
This 1er Cru is situated just outside the village of Gevrey adjacent to the Grand Cru of Mazis-Chambertin. Within the Corbeaux vineyards there is a small walled vineyard (a Clos) which is owned exclusively by the Sérafin family. Planted on deep clay and rocky soils, the vines are 50 years old, or as Frédérique says, “…they are now at the end of their adolescence!”