Frederic Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint Jacques 2023 Reasonable Cellar perfumed finish

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A fresh release from an often-overlooked region

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Frederic Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint Jacques 2023 Reasonable Cellar perfumed finishLavaux 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