Product Profile
Domaine Christian Sérafin, Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 2006
Medium Bodied, Dry, Red, Pinot Noir, Drink now or cellar, 13% alc.
Tasting Notes
A fine, powerful Gevrey Chambertin dominated by rich red fruit with some threads of blackcurrant running through it. Packed full of energy, this will be at its best from 2012-2016.
Tasting note: Always one of the great villages level wines in virtually every vintage and 2006 is no exception as the slightly riper dark berry fruit aromas are laced with distinct notes of warm earth, game and underbrush that are picked up by the bold, rich, intense and solidly structured flavors that are both balanced and powerful, all wrapped in a mouth coating finish brimming with extract. Terrific and recommended.
(Outstanding – 88-91 Points - Drink 2013+ Allen Meadows - Burghound)
Producer
Domaine Christian Sérafin
Stanilaus Serafin, a Polish émigré, settled in Burgundy before the war. He initially worked as a mason, before, in 1947, purchasing some land and establishing himself as a vigneron. His son Christian inherited the domaine in 1988, though he had been making the wine for the previous twenty years.
Christian Serafin has made great advances in recent years and has a keen following in the United States. Like so many of the best producers in Burgundy, the twin peaks of Serafin`s philosophy are old vines and low yields. The grapes are fermented at highish temperatures ensuring good depth of colour and fruit. Crucially Christian Serafin's wines are not filtered and recently the levels of new oak have been on the increase, with even the Gevrey village being matured in 50% new oak. These are rich, concentrated, oaky wines which age well.