Hello all,
I am in the market for a case or so of some Gevrey-Chambertin. I’m not looking for the absolute best producers(Rousseau, Dugat-Py, etc) but somewhere in the mid-tier of producers for premier cru and maybe even village wines.
I came across a 2002 Tortochot(I forget the vineyard) in a friend’s cellar but I’ve never tasted a wine from this producer before.
Does anyone have any insight on how Tortochot compares to producers such as Marc Roy, Henri Rebourseau, Domaine Arlaud, Denis Mortet, Alain Burguet, Lucien Boillot and other producers in the same price category(U.S $)?
I don’t know how they are doing now but certainly in 2002 they were pretty mediocre. I do remember a lovely magnum of 1964 Charmes-Chambertin though.
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I would say it depends on the vintage range you are looking at. I read this as meaning mostly somewhat younger vintages. Denis Mortet would be the one that I would go to straight away from the list, shortly followed by Domaine Arlaud (and his excellent negociant, Cyprien Arlaud). Post-2019, Henri Rebourseau has taken a real step up in quality, but the prices have jumped too, based on what I have seen from distributors and other merchants. Newer Tortochot is well worth a look too, but generally more in the top cuvees (and therefore might need more time).
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Thanks for the insight! Have you tried any Gevrey cuvees from Marchand-Tawse? I understand they’re a newer domaine and negociant and the prices reflect that. Apparently the Quebecois winemaker had success in the past as head winemaker for Comte Armand.
By Burgundy standards these days, I would not consider them to be that new. Pascal Marchand has been working on this project for some years now. They have started to make a formal distinction between the domaine and negocient operations on the branding front (Tawse for domaine, Marchand-Tawse for negocient). My complaint about Pascal Marchand’s approach is he varies rather wildly in his approach from vintage to vintage. For example, the 2023s at this estate are awesome (and I bought two cases worth), but the 2022s failed to live up to the promise of the vintage in the early drinking window. If you can find the 2023 Tawse Lavaux St Jacques, it is an automatic buy in my view.
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