Benjamin Leroux Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cazetiers 2022

Along with Clos-Saint-Jacques and Lavaux-Saint-Jacques, Les Cazetiers is considered one of the 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 2022 used two-thirds whole bunches and initially went into a new barrel before being racked into an older one. It’s such a fabulous wine; intensely perfumed, the balance is spot-on, giving the wine a lacy delicacy despite the intensity. Magic.