Appellations
Premier Cru · Côte de Nuits
Clos Saint-Jacques
Gevrey-Chambertin · red · 6.7
The premier cru everyone agrees should have been a grand cru.
Under the vines
A walled south-east facing slope on the far side of the Combe de Lavaux from the grand cru band.
In the glass
Perfumed and structured at once: Gevrey's power with Chambolle's aroma.
Why it sits here
Excluded from the grand cru band for a geometric reason: the band follows one continuous stretch of hillside, and this sits across a valley from it.
Commonly misread
That the classification is a verdict on quality. Here it is a verdict on which side of a combe you stand.
Names worth knowing
Armand Rousseau, Bruno Clair, Fourrier, Sylvie Esmonin, Louis Jadot