Frederic Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint Jacques 2023 Reasonable Cellar not just for the toast

not just for the toast

German Pinot at its most disarming

destemming and macerating their old-vine fruit for about 24 hours before vinifying in stainless steel—minimal intervention

3-hectare Graves estate has emerged as one of Pessac-Léognan's most compelling voices

perfumed finish

Frederic Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint Jacques 2023 Reasonable Cellar not just for the toastLavaux Saint Jacques is one of the Combe de Lavaux's great 1er Crus, sitting just below Estournelles on the same slope and producing a Gevrey of real depth and texture. Frederic Esmonin and his parents Andre and Michele farm a small slate of family parcels that runs all the way up to Chambertin and Clos de Beze, and Lavaux is where the domaine's house style sings: spice, structure, and dark red fruit with a graphite undercurrent. Lavaux typically