2023 Benjamin Leroux Gevrey-Chambertin Cazetiers 1er Cru

97 Points - Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy

“75% whole bunches. Three barrels as usual. A fine mid purple, with a first-class bouquet, ripe enough fruit but perfectly poised. The generosity is perfectly judged with a happy white pepper lift at the back. Sheer nobility, this has great potential. Drink from 2032-2038. Tasted Oct 2024. Overview: Along with Clos-Saint-Jacques and Lavaux-Saint-Jacques, Les Cazetiers is considered one of the three finest Premiers Crus of Gevrey. Inside Burgundy’s Jasper Morris tells us: Good Cazetiers gives a feeling of refinement and precision which has an intellectual appeal as well as being vinously satisfying. This steep, 8.43-ha vineyard is directly up-slope from the village of Gevrey, flanked by Clos Saint-Jacques and Combe aux Moines. Leroux’s plot has 40-year-old Pinot Fin vines situated mid-slope, on what he deems a gorgeous terroir. The vines have been worked biodynamically for several years. The 2023 used two-thirds whole bunches and initially went into a new barrel before being racked into an older one.”