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Neal Martin

Vinous

The 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Corbeaux 1er Cru, matured in 50% new oak, has a complex bouquet with brambly red fruit, cranberry, sous-bois and iris flower scents that unfolds wonderfully in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy dark berry fruits that exert a gentle grip, structured and linear with a granular texture on the finish. Wonderful focus and sense of energy here. Superb. 03/2022

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Jasper Morris

Inside Burgundy

Rich black purple. For once there is if anything more intensity here than the village Gevrey. Usually it is a question of slightly more finesse without greater weight. More oak take up, more in red fruit. Soft sweet red fruit to finish. Tasted Dec 2021.

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William Kelley

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

The 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Corbeaux is the finest rendition of this cuvée I've tasted chez Bachelet. Unfurling in the glass with aromas of blackberries and raspberries mingled with exotic spices, rose petals and orange rind, it's medium to full-bodied, velvety and concentrated, with a deep core of fruit that's girdled by tangy acids and fine, powdery tannins. Long-time Bachelet fans will know that the two greatest vintages of Denis's career are 1999 and 2002. So, when those are the two years he cites as comparable in quality to his 2020 portfolio, one knows one is likely to find oneself in the presence of greatness. Yields, alas, were punishingly low, the suffering vines producing only five barrels of Charmes-Chambertin (eight was the average in more abundant years), and in Les Evocelles there were so few grapes that Bachelet opted to blend them into his Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes. But the resulting wines are magical, displaying vintage-typical saturation of color and intensity of flavor, allied with rather rarer structural finesse and textural sensuality. They won't be easy to find, but they will be worth a special effort to track down. 01/2022