Domaine Duroché - Gevrey-Chambertin "Les Jeunes Rois" 2020

The “Les Jeunes Rois” is both playful and serious.

Domaine Duroché has become an overnight superstar in Gevrey-Chambertin, and is a true winemaking fairy tale. Only five years after taking the helm of his family Domaine, Pierre Duroché gained global recognition with exceptional his exceptional Pinots grown on a myriad of Gevrey-Chambertin’s best plots. These comprise well-located village holdings, powerful Premier Crus and blockbuster Grand Crus. Domaine Duroché’s wines are some of the purest expressions of Pinot Noir in the Burgundy region. The “Les Jeunes Rois'  lieux-dit is located below “Champs” in the Brochon appellation on a 0.6ha plot planted in 1953.

The bouquet is both playful and serious, showing quite a dark fruit profile of cassis, strawberries and bramble followed by spice and earthy, iron-driven mineral notes. The palate is full of generosity and energy with ripe black and red berries, and structured acidity finished off with the iron-driven tannin from the nose. It can be paired with duck confit, eye filet, rack of lamb, venison, root vegetables and hard cheeses. Drink now with a 30-minute decant or age till 2028+. 100% Pinot Noir.

Darker black colour here, because of very millerand grapes. Once again, the nose is a little more backward. Absolutely an explosion of dark fruit, a blueberry or two mixed in here, first class grip without disturbing the fruit component, and excellent length. Very high class. 6 barrels made. 92-94 pts, Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy.