2024 Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet Lavaut Saint-Jacques, Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru, France Lagille The small “Clos de Cochon”

The small “Clos de Cochon” was a former pig pasture and manure dumping ground that sat fallow for years before eventually being planted to Riesling

One of the great white wines in then world

Owned and farmed by third generation farmer George Besson Jr

very fresh and agile

2024 Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet Lavaut Saint-Jacques, Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru, France Lagille The small “Clos de Cochon”From . 13 hectare, located just at the Combe de Lavaux, very high on the slope and with great south east exposure; 50 year old vines with very low yields. The wine is structured, dense and spicey with excellent concentration and firm tannins on the finish. 80% whole cluster fermentation, with 30% new oak used during aging.