About this Producer:
The estate is located in Chorey-les-Beaune and produces wines in Chorey-les-Beaune, Savigny-les-Beaune, Aloxe-Corton, and Beaune. It began in 1992 after Michel Gay and his brother split up their century old family estate and decided to go it alone. Beginning with a meager 6.5 hectares in ’92, the domaine has grown a bit to just over 10 hectares today. In 2000, the fifth generation winemaker, Sébastien Gay returned to the domaine following his studies in Beaune and immediately set about improving things.
Sébastien ferments all of the wines in tanks of concrete or stainless steel except for the small parcel of Corton which he uses an open top wooden fermenter. The wines are then transferred by gravity to barrels deep below ground where they undergo anywhere from 14 to 18 months elevage before being bottled. Sébastien uses a combination of coopers for his barrels and new wood is kept to below 40% of the cuvee for all wines except the Corton. Once bottled, Sébastien prefers to keep the wines for as much as one year before releasing them ensuring that they are that much more ready to drink once they hit the market.
About this Wine:
The site is situated on the mountain of Corton, surrounded by the famous GC Corton and Charlemagne on the height of 240 m on the calcareous clay soil with flint inclusions in a south-southeast orientation.
93 Points - Wine Spectator (2017):
"A silky, charming red, whose strawberry and cherry flavors are graced with earth and sweet spice accents. There is finesse here, but also a firm line of tannins for underlying support. A beacon of fresh fruit returns on the finish. Best from 2023 through 2038. 250 cases made, 20 cases imported." - Bruce Sanderson (Nov 2021)
