Domaine Duroche Gevrey-Chambertin Champ 2023 [NET] CS20230804 12% malted barley

12% malted barley

dark-fruited and unmistakably wild at the edges

and Les Dazes — a parcel of roughly 45-year-old vines on east-facing clay and chalky limestone near St-Vallerin — is one of its more precise sites

The 2018 is a Pinot Noir-dominant vintage drawn from the house's historic Grand Cru parcels

made in the traditional method and left on the lees for well over three years before disgorgement

Domaine Duroche Gevrey-Chambertin Champ 2023 [NET] CS20230804 12% malted barleyPierre Duroch has quietly become one of the most coveted names in Gevrey Chambertin, and Champ is a perfect introduction to his classical style. The cuve comes from two parcels at the northern edge of the village, planted in 1969 and 1973 on crinoidal limestone and sandy marl. Of his lieux dits, this is the high toned, mineral one. The 2023 dials up the fruit intensity compared to a normal village bottling: finely drawn raspberry and wild strawberry,