Frederic Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin 2023 campaign-feature The wine is deeply colored

The wine is deeply colored

brings his legendary discipline to Pignolo—Friuli's finicky

Drinking beautifully now but will reward cellaring through the late 2020s

and a knack for producing Gamay with the silk and perfume of fine Burgundy

Native fermentation

Frederic Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin 2023 campaign-feature The wine is deeply coloredThe village level entry from Frederic Esmonin and his parents Andre and Michele, a small family domaine in Gevrey Chambertin that for decades sold fruit to the likes of Drouhin, Jadot, and Leroy before commercializing their own labels in 1988. (Not to be confused with Sylvie Esmonin or Michel Esmonin, different family branches.) The village bottling pulls from parcels around Gevrey and ages in around 20 percent new oak, so the fruit and the place do