Henri Jayer, Richebourg 1985

The Henri Jayer Richebourg 1985 is a legendary wine, and when we found it at a reasonable price at Les Millisime in Gevrey Chambertin (around 4000 FFR) we could not resist – even at lunch time. The wine was massive and quite closed compared to other Jayer wines I have tasted, and offered another dimension of structure and minerality of the quite masculine Richebourg vineyard. Very concentrated and complex, and much better than the La Tache 1985. Very good lenght and stil quite young on the palate, whith a fresh pinot expression in the nose, and very few mature notes. Need time to show the Jayer charm. An extraordinary wine.

(now to 2025) 97p – tasted in November 2001

Tasting Notes for this producer

• Henri Jayer, Richebourg 1985 August 12, 2011
• Henri Jayer, Vosne Romanee Cros Parantoux 1988 August 10, 2011
• Henri Jayer, Vosne Romanee Cros Parantoux 1989 August 9, 2011
• Henri Jayer, Vosne Romanee 1995 August 4, 2011

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Pictures of the bottle tasted at Les Millisime