Domaine Jean-Michel Gérin - Côte-Rôtie Les Grandes Places 2022
96-98/100
Vinous
"With great precision, this is a sumptuous red."
"Les Grandes Places" by Jean-Michel Gérin is a complex Côte-Rôtie with powerful aromas of black fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant), cocoa and chocolate, incense, olive, and licorice. The nose is rounded out by spicy notes of pepper and allspice and a delicate floral touch. On the palate, it is a dense, rich, complex, and silky wine. It offers concentrated flavors of blackberry, cherry liqueur, smoky notes, spices, and candied violet. The tannins are structured yet remarkably refined. The finish is long and lingering.
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Eye
Dark purple dress
Nose
A complex bouquet with intense aromas of dark fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant), cocoa and chocolate, incense, olive, and licorice. It is rounded out by spicy notes of pepper and allspice and a delicate floral touch.
Palate
Powerful, dense, rich, and complex, it offers concentrated flavors of blackberry, cherry liqueur, thyme and bay leaves, smoky notes, spices, and candied violet. The tannins are structured and silky, yet remarkably refined. The finish is long and lingering.
Serve
At 16-18°C
Drink before
2037+
Food and Wine Pairings
Enjoy it with hare à la royale, herb-marinated roast beef, carrots glazed with beef jus, duck with cherries, gratin dauphinois...
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated winery (2017 guide) Green Guide (Up-and-coming stars or high-quality winemakers producing excellent wines—you won’t be disappointed when you taste the wines from these wineries)
About the estate:
The Jean-Michel Gerin estate was founded in 1983 with the purchase of a vineyard parcel in Côte-Rôtie. Jean-Michel comes from a family that has been settled in the region for six generations. The estate’s first vintage was released in 1987, following the incorporation of the family’s vineyards (those of Marcel and Alfred Guerin) into the Jean-Michel Gerin estate. In 1988, the estate carried out its first separate vinification, initially from the “Les Grandes Places” vineyard, then in 1996 using grapes from the “La Landonne” plot. The winemaker undertook renovations in the early 1990s; the Jean-Michel Gerin estate was then equipped with a fermentation room and a barrel cellar. The vineyard expanded in 2003, when planting began on the “La Viallière” plot in Côte-Rôtie, on slopes ranging from 40% to 60%. The first vintages were produced in 2009. Michaël and Alexis Gerin later joined the Jean-Michel Gerin estate, which had expanded to about a dozen hectares by the 2010s.
Vinous
Wine rated (2022 guide) 96–98/100 (2020 vintage)
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