2022 Gevrey Chambertin Mes Favorites

Tasted blind. Mid purple. Aniseed, leather, ripe black fruit and a touch of chocolate. Lots going on here, as well as firm tannins. It has a modern fruitiness to it, yet that tannic structure keeps it rooted in traditional burgundy. There’s a vegetal note that seems somehow burgundian, too. Yet so fruit-centric! This is a real puzzler. I can’t quite place it in Burgundy, so an ambitious New World producer seems like a good call – Oregon. (RH)