2011 Serafin Pere et Fils, Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru, Fonteny

Moderately saturated medium red. Black cherry, raspberry and a whiff of meat on the nose, lifted by pungent pepper and blood orange treble notes. Less open than the village wine, showing lovely spicy lift to the flavors of red fruits and flowers. Juicy, elegant Gevrey with serious length and lingering spice character.

For reports and full tasting notes, go toTim Atkin MW's website.

Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2011 horizontal tasting in Beaune. There is clearly more extraction and fruité on Serafin’s Gevrey-Chambertin Le Fonteny compared to Rossignol-Trapet pair of premier cru tasted prior. The fruit is a little glossier with small dark cherries, raspberry and iodine. The palate is medium-bodied and rounded in the mouth, very smooth, but at the end of the day missing some personality and sense of place.