2018 Domaine Gérard Seguin Marsannay "En Batayard" 750Ml Bottle

"Beautiful appearance, open nose, complex and fruity; the mouth is precise, crystalline with coated tannins and a nice balance." - Jerome Seguin

This is vibrant, fragrant and super-juicy, full of fruit, and you could be fooled into thinking it’s a Chambolle Musigny rather than a Marsannay as the latter can sometimes be far more rustic. I recently tasted a 2016 and I was surprised how much like a Chambolle it looked, with red cherry, pomegranate and strawberry fruit with a brushstroke of sweet, spice like dry forest floor. This hillside site called En Batayard is only .23ha but the vines are very mature and the resulting wine is quite full and rich yet with "Chambolle tannins". They are firm, a result of roots pushing into the limestone rock through the shallow topsoil. The 30% new oak used for the maturation has been swallowed up by the wine!