Antonin Guyon Gevrey Chambertin La Justice 2019 750 ML

This full-bodied red offers juicy blackberry and boysenberry flavors accented by hints of bramble and scorched earth. Sourced from La Justice, a vineyard located just below the village of Gevrey, this mouthwatering, fruit-focused Pinot is matured 18 months in French oak barrels (one-third new). Silky and soft in tannins, it is approachable young but should hold through 2029. Producer Information Domaine Antonin Guyon is one of the most prestigious estates in the Cte dOr, as well as one of the largest family-owned wineries in the region. Started in the 1960s by Antonin Guyon with parcels of land in Gevrey and Mersault, the domaine is controlled and operated today by Antonins sons, Dominique and Michel. This 47 hectare property now produces wines of impeccable quality from 15 different appellations, including some of the most renowned villages of the region. Dominique Guyon and his brother Michel control the business that was started by their father Antonin in the 1960s. Antonin was relatively mature when he set out on his vine-owning journey 55 buying his first parcels in Gevrey and Meursault. The biggest single addition to the familys holdings came in 1970 after Dominique had patiently accumulated hundreds of small parcels from almost 80 different Hautes Ctes de Nuits growers in Meuilley into a single, 22 hectare block of southfacing vines. Today, Dominique and daughter Hombeline Guyon preside over a 47 hectare domaine producing wines of impeccable quality from 25 different appellations. His holdings produce wines of sufficient quantity to bring to the broad market dominated by negociant names, but with a quality that can rival some of the most specialist of grower domaines.