Frederic Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint Jacques 2023 Reasonable Cellar 85% Glera and 15% Blanchetta

85% Glera and 15% Blanchetta

A fresh release from an often-overlooked region

Saint-Émilion Premier Grand Cru Classé

concrete and large wood keep everything bright and honest

German Pinot at its most disarming

Frederic Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint Jacques 2023 Reasonable Cellar 85% Glera and 15% BlanchettaLavaux 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