Winemaker Notes
An elegant, full-bodied wine of deep color with aromas and flavors of black currants and other black and red berries as well as the tannic structure to age well. It will develop for 15 to 20 years in the bottle.
Serve with sophisticated dishes such as game and sauced meats.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The Domaine Louis Jadot Gevrey-Chambertin Estournelles Saint-Jacques Premier Cru offers a slightly and riveting elevation on the palate. TASTING NOTES: This wine brings it all to the fore. Pair its aromas and flavors of bold and lasting black fruits, as well as a nifty touch of oak with grilled lamb kebabs. (Tasted: February 3, 2020, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine Spectator
Dense and muscle bound, this red isn't revealing much other than toasty, spiced oak and buried black cherry and mineral flavors lurking in the background. Though difficult to see where this is going, it lingers on the finish with sinewy tannins. Best from 2025 through 2047.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Opening in the glass with notes of cherries, red berries, orange rind, peonies and vanilla pod, the 2018 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Estournelles Saint-Jacques (Domaine Louis Jadot) is medium to full-bodied, sumptuous and enveloping, with velvety tannins and a vibrant, lively core of fruit that reflects its high-altitude origins as much as the undeniable maturity achieved this vintage. It's a fine success that will reward some bottle age.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
This small village is home to the Grands Crus in the farthest northerly stretches of Côte de Nuits and is famous for some of the deepest and firmest Burgundian Pinot Noir.
Gevrey boasts nine Grands Crus, the best of which are arguably Le Chambertin and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze. As with all of the fragmented vineyards of Burgundy, it isn’t easy to differentiate between the two, which are situated adjacent with Clos de Bèze slightly further up the hill than Le Chambertin. Clos de Bèze has a shallower soil and if you’re really counting, may produce wines less intense but more likely to charm. Some compare Le Chambertin in both power and plentitude only to the prized Romanée-Conti Grand Cru farther south in Vosne-Romanée.
Two other Grands Crus vineyards, Mazis-Chambertin (also written Mazy-) and Latricières-Chambertin command almost as much regard as Le Chambertin and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze. The upper part of Mazy, called Les Mazis Haut is the best and Latricières-Chambertin offers an abundance of juicy fruit and a silky texture in the warmer vintages.
Other Grands Crus are Ruchottes-Chambertin, Charmes-Chambertin, Mazoyères-Chambertin, Griotte-Chambertin and Chapelle-Chambertin.
The most respected Pinot Noir wines from Gevrey-Chambertin are robust and powerful but at the same time, velvety and expressive: black fruit, black liquorice and chocolate come into play. After some time in the bottle, the wines are harmonious with bright and sometimes candied fruit, and aromas of musk, truffle and forest floor. These have staying power.