Domaine Jessiaume Santenay Les Gravières 1er Cru 2020

Ripe black plum fruit, with engagingly earthy notes on the nose and a pleasantly brambly edge. There is impressive richness and depth here, with firm tannins and plenty of extract – no one in search of value should overlook this serious wine. Jessiaume owns 5.5ha of Gravières, one of the best premier crus in Santenay. From the 2020 vintage, they are making an old-vine selection of 80-year-old vines done exclusively with vines planted using massale selection. Drinking window: 2025-2050. Score – 96. (Charles Curtis, MW, decanter.com, Jan. 17, 2022)