Domaine Serafin, Les Cazetiers Gevrey Chambertin 1. Cru, Bourgogne, Frankrig
Beskrivelse:
Domaine Serafin er ratet "Excellent Producer" i Robert Parkers Wine Buyers Guide " He is one of the few true stars of Gevrey-Chambertin"
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"Note: from 40+ year old vines that sit directly behind the cuvérie
Producer note: The laconic Christian Serafin reports that 2006 was "a year of the vigneron, which is to say that you absolutely had to be in your vineyards every day without exception, especially here in Gevrey where there was hail. We began picking on the 23rd of September and the sorting table that we bought helped enormously to eliminate substandard berries. Sugars were excellent at between 12.8 and 14.2% and there was essentially no chaptalization. For me, the vintage is like 1997 or 2000, which is to say ripe but forward that made wines that will drink well on the early side." As I reported last year, Serafin hired Pierre Nawrocki, formerly of Domaines Hudelot-Noëllat and Frédéric Esmonin, and Serafin told me that Nawrocki made the '06s and it's clear that they display the same deft touch that he applied to the Hudelot wines as these '06s are simply terrific. They are also very much in keeping with the Serafin style if perhaps just a touch more elegant though that may be the natural elegance of the '06 vintage influencing my view. We'll see in time. (Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, D.C.; Goedhuis& Co., Enotria Wine Cellars, H & H Bancroft, House of Townend and Berry Brothers & Rudd, UK).
Tasting note: Serafin is arguably the reference standard for this vineyard and even if he's not, he consistently produces a great wine that often knocks on the door of grand cru quality and the '06 will do nothing but enhance that reputation as the wonderfully complex and broad ranging nose of game, red and blue berry fruit and obvious minerality merges seamlessly into equally deep, rich, powerful and sleekly muscled favors that culminate in a mouth coating and driving finish. A wine of impeccable transparency and balance that will age and improve for at least a decade."
(91-93) point
Vine fra Christian Serafin er kraftige, koncentrerede og meget eftertragtede. De mængder man rationeres er yderst begrænset, men vi har været så heldige at få lov at af hans betydelige bagkatalog. Serafin er en af de der høster senest i Gevrey Chambertin, så vinene er fyldt med moden koncentreret frugt og en intens dyb krydret aroma.
De gamle vinstokkene, hvis alder er mellem 25-65 år gamle, beskæres kraftig i foråret og efter håndplukning sorteres druerne og 90% afstilkes. Efter endt vinifikation lagres vinene i 80% nye egefade. Vinene hverken klares eller filtreres. Vinene bør gemmes mindst i 5 år før de afproppes.
"Many people in Burgundy believe Serafin is producing the finest wines in Gevrey-Chambertin"
David Schildknecht i Robert Parkers Wine Advocate om årgang 2005
"The 2005 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers offers an intensely bright nose of salted fresh and distilled red raspberry and pungent spices, saturates the palate with intense, tart and bright yet subtly caramelized red fruits, and finishes with rapier, pure, distilled-fruit intensity, ginger spice and salty minerality. The carnal side of this Pinot and its depth of mineral character emerges as it slowly unfolds in the glass. An invigorating, energetic wine - more embryonic and raw than most of its stable mates - this has fuel to burn for the long haul. Also recommended: 2005 Bourgogne (86); 2005 Gevrey-Chambertin (86). It seems fitting that the wines of Serafin - who trained as a carpenter - would be surrounded by new wood. For all of their intense fruit (heightened by a week's pre-fermentative cold soaking), there is a certain stylistic stiffness which, taken together with the natural concentration and structure of the vintage, suggests one would do well to wait six or eight years before pulling any corks. Serafin - who likens them to more concentrated, corseted cousins of his 1999s -- does not demur. He also seemed happy to note that he had managed to keep this year's collection under 14% alcohol."
(94-95) Point
