Frederic Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint Jacques 2023 ReasonableCellar2025 This elegant Pinot Noir from

This elegant Pinot Noir from a mid-slope vineyard reveals the minerality of limestone-scree soils and deep clay beneath

all mineral tension and alpine nerve

dinner second

6% ABV cask strength

Fruity and expressive

Frederic Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint Jacques 2023 ReasonableCellar2025 This elegant Pinot Noir fromLavaux 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