Sylvie Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin Vieillles Vignes 2022 [NET] Reasonable Cellar 2024 and a sweet-toasty butteriness on

and a sweet-toasty butteriness on the nose

and you have a wine working at the very top of the appellation

and Lafite's version is built for the long haul — a Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated blend that's still very much in its primary phase a decade in

The palate is round and generous

and the wines lean more toward Puligny's tension and precision than Chassagne's richness

Sylvie Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin Vieillles Vignes 2022 [NET] Reasonable Cellar 2024 and a sweet-toasty butteriness onSylvie Esmonin's domaine sits at the foot of Clos Saint Jacques the legendary 1er Cru that is the centerpiece of her range and her Vieilles Vignes is the village level Gevrey made from her oldest holdings, some vines pushing 80 plus years and approaching their centenary. Sylvie took over the estate from her father Michel and has farmed it biodynamically for over two decades. The 2022 vintage delivered ripe, balanced reds across the Cte de Nuits, and