Frederic Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin 2023 NO20231018 fermented with native yeasts in

fermented with native yeasts in steel and otherwise left alone

Pure village-level pleasure at the regional tier

Somehow more than the sum of its parts

The low dosage highlights its purity and tension

Frederic Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin 2023 NO20231018 fermented with native yeasts inThe village level entry from Frederic Esmonin and his parents Andre and Michele, a small family domaine in Gevrey Chambertin that for decades sold fruit to the likes of Drouhin, Jadot, and Leroy before commercializing their own labels in 1988. (Not to be confused with Sylvie Esmonin or Michel Esmonin, different family branches.) The village bottling pulls from parcels around Gevrey and ages in around 20 percent new oak, so the fruit and the place do