Farmed biodynamically and organically
The former Spanish Sommelier Champion went all-in on his grandfather's old-vine inheritance in 2004 and now farms biodynamically across a handful of tiny plots
The nose is striking: toasted almonds
it is full-bodied and impeccably structured
it works neat and it works even better as the backbone of an Old Fashioned
Duroche, Gevrey-Chambertin Les Jeunes Rois, 2021 msk_champ_ps_22 Farmed biodynamically and organicallyPierre Duroche is one of Gevrey Chambertin's rising stars, and in 2021 this bottling captures why the whole village watches him. Frost and mildew slashed yields across Burgundy that year, and here 'Les Jeunes Rois', the young kings, came down to just four barrels from vines planted in 1952. Concentration arrived naturally through millerandage, those tiny shot berries that pack in flavor. The result is classic, cool vintage Burgundy: poised, fine