2023 Bourgogne Rouge Christian Sérafin
£175.00 In Bond £230.74 Inc VAT (£38.45 Per Bottle)-
Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
Crafted using 50/50 new and one-year-old barrels, this is an archetypal entry-level Pinot Noir from one of Gevrey’s finest estates. The new oak lends a subtle charred note and delicate nutmeg spice to an otherwise red berry focused wine, which will offer joyous drinking right from the off.
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Burghound, January 2025, Score: 86-89
A very pinot-like nose of red berries, earth and discreet spice wisps leads to sleek, delicious and vibrant flavors that possess both good volume and persistence on the lightly rustic, firm and balanced finale. This isn't elegant but it's an age-worthy Bourgogne that should repay several years of keeping.
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Jancis Robinson, January 2025, Score: 16+
Bright, clear mid ruby. Fresh red fruits on the nose and again on the palate, red cherry and strawberry with a crunchy character from zesty, fresh acidity. (MH)
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Jasper Morris MW, November 2024, Score: 87-89
A solid crimson colour, with a raft of quality fruit. Such concentration that you don’t see the new wood (new barrel for this sample, 50% for the cuvée) except perhaps in the tannins at the back. Quality fruit carries the day. Drink from 2028-2030.
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Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
Crafted using 50/50 new and one-year-old barrels, this is an archetypal entry-level Pinot Noir from one of Gevrey’s finest estates. The new oak lends a subtle charred note and delicate nutmeg spice to an otherwise red berry focused wine, which will offer joyous drinking right from the off.
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2023 Gevrey Chambertin Christian Sérafin
£250.00 In Bond £320.74 Inc VAT (£53.45 Per Bottle)-
Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
For this superb appellational cuvée, Karine and Frédérique have a policy of destemming all the bunches in order to accentuate the wine’s clarity of fruit. Due to the warmth of the vintage, a slightly higher proportion of new oak was used for this wine, yet it has not lost any of its purity and elegance. With red berry and cherry sweetness on the nose, there is a darker edge to the palate, where the tannins add structure and power as they chaperone the fruit to the finish.
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Burghound, January 2025, Score: 88-91
This is also very pretty with its mix of elegant and admirably pure aromas of mostly red currant along with subtle, and similar, nuances of earth and spice. There is a lovely sense of underlying tension suffusing the reasonably dense medium weight flavors that conclude in a lingering and relatively refined finish. This is a wine that could be enjoyed after only a few years of aging to held for up to a decade.
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Jancis Robinson, January 2025, Score: 16.5
Bright crimson. Red cherries on the nose. More on the palate with just a touch of sharp redcurrant. All very balanced with low tannins and some fresh, lively acidity. Very solid and quite classic. (MH)
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Jasper Morris MW, November 2024, Score: 90-92
Mid crimson, no deeper than the Bourgogne. Tasted in new wood of which there will be 60% overall. A lovely mixed red berry fruit on the nose, which then fills the palate, and extends very well across the tannins. An excellent balance in 2023 Drink from 2029-2033.
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Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
For this superb appellational cuvée, Karine and Frédérique have a policy of destemming all the bunches in order to accentuate the wine’s clarity of fruit. Due to the warmth of the vintage, a slightly higher proportion of new oak was used for this wine, yet it has not lost any of its purity and elegance. With red berry and cherry sweetness on the nose, there is a darker edge to the palate, where the tannins add structure and power as they chaperone the fruit to the finish.
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2023 Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes Christian Sérafin
£310.00 In Bond £392.74 Inc VAT (£65.45 Per Bottle)-
Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
If one wine were to embody the viticultural philosophy at Domaine Serafin, then this would be it. Made from two separate plots, which are home to vines aged from 70 to well over 100 years old, there is tremendous concentration of fruit here, with notes of cranberry, loganberry, and toasted oak coming to the fore. Meanwhile, the palate possesses a darker side where the fine-grained tannins are indicative of the wine’s ageing potential. A true representation of Gevrey Chambertin.
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Burghound, January 2025, Score: 89-92
A more deeply pitched nose combines airy and fresh aromas of plum, red and dark currant and more forest floor and earth scents. The succulent and punchy medium-bodied flavors display notably better mid-palate concentration as the old vines are in evidence, all wrapped in an attractively textured and balanced finale. This is a fine Gevrey villages and well-worth considering.
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Jancis Robinson, January 2025, Score: 16.5+
Concentrated mid ruby. Red cherries, strawberries with some undergrowth and earthiness. This shows lots of complexity, and there are flowers too. Showing no excess weight, this is a very fine village-level red burgundy. Long with some delicious creamy oak. (MH)
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Jasper Morris MW, November 2024, Score: 91-93
Mostly Brochon side plus Vignes Belles and Etelois. Old vines very well placed. Little deeper in colour, but with a more concentrated and more youthful fruit. Luxury cherries with some raspberry notes, slightly more tannin but in proportion to the fruit, with a really long finish. Drink from 2030-2036.
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Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
If one wine were to embody the viticultural philosophy at Domaine Serafin, then this would be it. Made from two separate plots, which are home to vines aged from 70 to well over 100 years old, there is tremendous concentration of fruit here, with notes of cranberry, loganberry, and toasted oak coming to the fore. Meanwhile, the palate possesses a darker side where the fine-grained tannins are indicative of the wine’s ageing potential. A true representation of Gevrey Chambertin.
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2023 Morey St Denis 1er Cru Les Millandes Christian Sérafin
£425.00 In Bond £531.54 Inc VAT (£88.59 Per Bottle)-
Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
A number of famous domaines have holdings in Les Millandes, a highly-regarded site which lies just below Clos de la Roche Grand Cru. Expressive on the nose, with notes of pomegranate, summer fruits, and a subtle hint of ground coffee, the palate is equally charming with a sweetness of fruit that oscillates between red and black fruit. There is power here as the tannins give structure before finishing with a very pleasing bite of crunchy cranberry.
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Burghound, January 2025, Score: 91-93
Once again there is an airy and cool aspect to the essence of red berry fruit-scented nose. The succulent, vibrant and well-detailed medium-bodied flavors also flash excellent power on the moderately austere, sappy and balanced finale that is slightly firmer. This is a classic Millandes of muscle but not rusticity.
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Jancis Robinson, January 2025, Score: 16.5
Profound mid ruby. Very Morey with darker red and black fruit and a slightly rustic note after the Gevreys. Lots of spicy fruit but a whisker less successful. (MH)
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Jasper Morris MW, November 2024, Score: 91-93
A fine even purple, more colour and energy here. Plenty of youthful fruit as well, a few tannins, darker raspberry fruit, a wine for the medium term. Drink from 2030-2037.
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Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
A number of famous domaines have holdings in Les Millandes, a highly-regarded site which lies just below Clos de la Roche Grand Cru. Expressive on the nose, with notes of pomegranate, summer fruits, and a subtle hint of ground coffee, the palate is equally charming with a sweetness of fruit that oscillates between red and black fruit. There is power here as the tannins give structure before finishing with a very pleasing bite of crunchy cranberry.
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2023 Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Les Corbeaux Christian Sérafin
£450.00 In Bond £561.54 Inc VAT (£93.59 Per Bottle)-
Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
The walled Corbeaux vineyard lies in a small dip beside Mazis Chambertin Grand Cru and is famed for producing wines of finesse, which are always very affable in their youth. This year is no different, displaying aromatics of red berry fruit and delicate charred oak, while the palate has an irresistible tart cherry note that presents the perfect foil for the wine’s fine-grained tannins. Meaning ‘the crows’, Les Corbeaux was a cemetery in the Middle Ages home to a murder of these birds, but now the site produces wines that are full of life.
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Burghound, January 2025, Score: 90-92
A fresh, even bright, nose features liqueur-like aromas of red cherry and only suggestions of earth and game. There is again good volume and richness to the caressing but punchy middle weight flavors that display good length on the lightly austere, balanced and powerful finish. This is perhaps a bit more forthcoming and less compact at this early stage than it usually is.
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Jancis Robinson, January 2025, Score: 16.5
Mid ruby. Not a huge nose to speak of. Red cherries and strawberry. There is a floral note that keeps this quite light on its feet, but it is all quite subdued. The powdery tannins get amplified a little on the finish. (MH)
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Jasper Morris MW, November 2024, Score: 91-93
More in crimson, a less vivacious colour. This is an attractive wine with a strawberry profile, some finesse but I don’t really get the extra over and above the Gevrey Vieilles Vignes. Lower acidity too as the grapes ripened a little more fully in the walled Clos of their holding. Drink from 2030-2036.
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Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
The walled Corbeaux vineyard lies in a small dip beside Mazis Chambertin Grand Cru and is famed for producing wines of finesse, which are always very affable in their youth. This year is no different, displaying aromatics of red berry fruit and delicate charred oak, while the palate has an irresistible tart cherry note that presents the perfect foil for the wine’s fine-grained tannins. Meaning ‘the crows’, Les Corbeaux was a cemetery in the Middle Ages home to a murder of these birds, but now the site produces wines that are full of life.
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2023 Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru Christian Sérafin
£550.00 In Bond-
Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
The Sérafins own a third of a hectare of this magnificent Grand Cru and have once again produced a wine with substance and depth. Already so eloquent even at this early stage, the nose displays bright aromatics of cranberries and blackberry fruit. This sweetness is echoed on the palate, where fine-grained tannins add structure before melting away to reveal further layers of complexity. This has all the components to be a great Grand Cru.
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Burghound, January 2025, Score: 92-94
Subtle though still easily perceptible wood influence surrounds the ultra-fresh and quite elegant aromas of humus-tinged earth, the essence of red pinot fruit and a range of sauvage wisps. There is even better punch and mid-palate density to the larger-bodied flavors that brim with sappy dry extract that helps to buffer the firm and serious but not especially austere finale. This is also very good provided that you have the patience to age it.
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Jasper Morris MW, November 2024, Score: 93-96
Fairly deep crimson purple. The oak sits a little on top but there is a wealth of red berry fruit energy. Not massively concentrated but the charm and class of the vineyard do show through properly on the second half. Wood tannins remain to resolve, then all will be good in what should prove a long-lived Charmes-Chambertin. Drink from 2033-2043.
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Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
The Sérafins own a third of a hectare of this magnificent Grand Cru and have once again produced a wine with substance and depth. Already so eloquent even at this early stage, the nose displays bright aromatics of cranberries and blackberry fruit. This sweetness is echoed on the palate, where fine-grained tannins add structure before melting away to reveal further layers of complexity. This has all the components to be a great Grand Cru.
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2023 Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Fonteny Christian Sérafin
£560.00 In Bond £672.00 Inc VAT (£112.00 Per Bottle)-
Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
The east-west aspect of Fonteny means that the vineyard receives sunshine exposure throughout the day, resulting in wines which are always packed to the brim with fruit. Pure and defined on the nose, there are notes of bright redcurrant and cranberry fruit, interspersed with sweet smoke and nutmeg spice that make this such a moreish wine. This can often be powerful, but the 2023 shows an elegance and approachability even at this early stage.
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Burghound, January 2025, Score: 90-93
A super-fresh and equally bright nose freely offers up its blend of red currant, cherry, anise and pretty floral nuances. There is a bit more refinement, as well as more evident minerality, if perhaps just slightly less mid-palate density to the delicious medium weight flavors that exhibit solid depth and persistence on the firm, balanced and youthfully austere finale. Worth checking out and this is very Fontenys in character.
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Jancis Robinson, January 2025, Score: 16.5+
Mid ruby. Red cherry with some blushing pink flowers on the nose. Crunchy palate of cherries, raspberry and strawberry. It is quite modest for now. There is a lovely freshness from the moderate acidity and it is very balanced. (MH)
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Jasper Morris MW, November 2024, Score: 91-94
Have now pulled out a bit as yields getting too low. Medium deep raspberry and strawberry fruit, slightly on the softer side. An attractive fruit with a little blood orange, softer again at the finish with lower acidity. Drink from 2032-2038.
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Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
The east-west aspect of Fonteny means that the vineyard receives sunshine exposure throughout the day, resulting in wines which are always packed to the brim with fruit. Pure and defined on the nose, there are notes of bright redcurrant and cranberry fruit, interspersed with sweet smoke and nutmeg spice that make this such a moreish wine. This can often be powerful, but the 2023 shows an elegance and approachability even at this early stage.
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2023 Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Les Baudes Christian Sérafin
£610.00 In Bond-
Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
With a similar soil make up to that of nearby Bonnes Mares, the superb Baudes site produces wines which are comparable to its Grand Cru neighbour. Serafin are famed for their firmer style of Chambolle where weight and depth of flavour are the order of the day. In 2023, there is a wonderful concentration of fruit both on the nose and palate, while the wine’s natural power is tempered by silk-soft tannins and mouthwatering freshness on the finish. This is already so attractive.
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Burghound, January 2025, Score: 91-94
A perfumed, airy and equally cool nose combines notes of both red and dark cherry, violet, lilac, crushed anise and a hint of wet stone. The finer and beautifully textured medium weight flavors also exude evident minerality on the sleeker, tautly muscular and impeccably well-balanced finale. Excellent.
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Jancis Robinson, January 2025, Score: 17
Mid ruby. Not hugely expressive, but with rounded, soft red and black fruit on the palate. Very discreet acidity (more reminiscent of 2022!) and almost imperceptible tannins. Extremely refined with a touch of savoury character making itself felt on the finish. (MH)
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Jasper Morris MW, November 2024, Score: 91-93
Mid ruby purple. Raspberry and cherry, not too distorted by the sunshine. All red fruit with a certain plumpness on the palate. A few tannins at the back, but this all holds together very coherently. Drink from 2030-2037.
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Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
With a similar soil make up to that of nearby Bonnes Mares, the superb Baudes site produces wines which are comparable to its Grand Cru neighbour. Serafin are famed for their firmer style of Chambolle where weight and depth of flavour are the order of the day. In 2023, there is a wonderful concentration of fruit both on the nose and palate, while the wine’s natural power is tempered by silk-soft tannins and mouthwatering freshness on the finish. This is already so attractive.
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2023 Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cazetiers Christian Sérafin
£720.00 In Bond £864.00 Inc VAT (£144.00 Per Bottle)-
Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
Arguably one of Gevrey’s most esteemed Premiers Crus sites, the wines of Cazetiers are renowned for their elegance and complexity. Serafin’s rendition is darker than its peers, but still possesses the aromatic intensity and sweetness of fruit that has come to define this vineyard. The palate is expressive, offering wild black fruit and sweet vanilla, while the gentle tannins and judicious oak management are beautifully expressed on the palate.
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Burghound, January 2025, Score: 91-93
A wonderfully spicy nose exhibits a lovely range of red berry fruit aromas along with touches of wood and just a hint of newly turned earth. The succulent and more voluminous flavors possess slightly better mid-palate density if not quite the same finesse on the solidly powerful firm and stony finale. This is also very good and worth considering.
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Jancis Robinson, January 2025, Score: 17+
Cask sample. Mid, bright ruby. Red cherries, strawberries and a touch of darker cassis on the nose. Moderate, fresh acidity. Quite savoury, with plenty of profound fruit wrapped in powdery tannins, with spice and salt on the finish. (MH)
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Jasper Morris MW, November 2024, Score: 92-94
Not the deepest colour but the bouquet is significantly finer here. There is plenty of vibrant fresh raspberry energy, no more than medium body and concentration, but the balance across the palate is fine. Acidity is not prominent, the tannins are refined and with decent persistence. Drink from 2032-2038.
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Goedhuis Waddesdon, December 2024
Arguably one of Gevrey’s most esteemed Premiers Crus sites, the wines of Cazetiers are renowned for their elegance and complexity. Serafin’s rendition is darker than its peers, but still possesses the aromatic intensity and sweetness of fruit that has come to define this vineyard. The palate is expressive, offering wild black fruit and sweet vanilla, while the gentle tannins and judicious oak management are beautifully expressed on the palate.
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