Friday, November 17, 2017

Domaine Marc ROY (Gevrey-Chambertin) -- 2016s Tasted from Bottle



(Originally published November 2017)


Alexandrine Roy continues to turn out top-level wines from her village vineyards.

Harvesting in 2016 began here on 23 September. As always, the grapes were entirely destemmed. The red wines are raised half in new oak, half in one year-old barrels. Bottling, always early here, took place in August, just prior to the 2017 harvest. (Continue reading here.)