Domaine Duroche Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Etelois 2023 [NET]

Name: Domaine Duroche Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Etelois 2023 [NET]
Brand: Beaune Imports [BEI]
SKU: SF-1-BEI--021326-66
Price: 289.99 USD
Availability: InStock

$289⁹⁹

A village-level lieu-dit from one of Gevrey's most exciting young producers — and a wine to know. Aux Etelois sits just below the Grand Cru Griotte-Chambertin, on the same hillside, with the same calcareous soils. Officially it's labeled village, but in the glass it punches well above its appellation, with the depth and structure you'd expect from a wine grown next to one of the world's great Grand Crus. Pierre Duroché works in a classical, restrained style — and Etelois is the quiet star of his village range. 2023 brought aromatic generosity and ripe tannins. Offered en primeur, in bond.

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Antonio Galloni

92 points

"For the first time, the 2023 Gevrey-Chambertin Etelois is matured half in ceramic and half in traditional oak barrels. This has a finely poised bouquet with slightly darker fruit than the Jeunes Rois. The palate is medium-bodied with gentle grip, a dash of white pepper and bay leaf. It has a more complex finish than the previous vintage. It is exquisite." —Neal Martin

Robert Parker

93 points

"The 2023 Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Etelois is beautiful, bursting with aromas of sweet cherries and berries mingled with rose petals, exotic spices and confit orange. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and suave, it's seamless and enveloping, with melting tannins and a pure, ethereal profile. As usual, this is one of the insiders' choices chez Duroché." —William Kelley

More about Domaine Duroche

Pierre Duroché's family has been bottling their own wines since the 1930s, when all but a handful of Burgundy growers — families like Duroché's neighbors, the Rousseaus—sold their produce to negociants. But the pioneering American wine importers, Colonel Wildman and Frank Schoonmaker, who made international stars of the Rousseaus (et al.) skipped his address. The Duroché wines remained a French-only phenom.

That's beginning to change. Just a few years ago a member of the contemporary club of elite importers (thank you Doug Polaner) started importing the wines. Daniel Johnnes introduced the Duroché name at his La Paulée events. American Burgundy-lovers have caught up fast.

Whatever it is that drives Pierre up the faces of sheer cliffs, also drives him to work obsessively in the vineyard and in the cellar. The fastidiousness that keeps him alive when climbing translates to elegant wines with gorgeous fruit and pure terroir expressions. They hit a stylistic bullseye for today's Burgundy drinkers: subtle oak; just a touch reductive; red and blue fruited, with maybe a touch of orange; and always, the terroir. No wonder Duroché is suddenly one of the most talked-about “new” producers on the market.

Duroché has tiny plots in Premier and Grand Crus, but you don't have to shell out for the big bottles to see what all the fuss is about. His ability to make village Gevrey-Chambertin taste so extraordinary and distinct really sets him apart. Of course, this wouldn't be possible without his fantastic terroir: this is not across-the-road Gevrey, but good sites in Brochon, with plenty of old vines.