Pierre-Henri Rougeot - Gevrey-Chambertin "En Reniard" 2022

This Gevrey-Chambertin is powerful yet elegant, showing a lovely spectrum of red to black fruits, red clay spice and a slight forest floor earthiness.

Pierre-Henri Rougeot is a young vigneron with generations of family roots in the town of Meursault. He grew up learning farming and the craft of winemaking with his father, and by studying in Beaune. In 2017, he decided to add one more activity, a small negoce where he could make wines his way. The fruit comes from his family Estate, vineyards which are farmed organically. The production is miniscule. Pierre-Henri makes his wines with little intervention, meaning No SO2 until bottling and no fining and no filtration. The reds are macerated with whole clusters, and age in neural barrels; the whites are pressed directly to barrels, with no battonage and aging sur lees. 

Airy but here with some herbal aspects of the whole clusters. In the mouth too – a wine that’s showing it’s elevage choices – but also a wine with energy and juicy fruit – I’d be waiting for 5 years to see how it develops – how complex and interesting the currently more herbed complexity will become – I like the shape of this though – I’m quite positive! Bill Nanson, Burgundy Report. 100% Pinot Noir.