Visit to Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand – Tasting the 2024s

I am near the end of the 2024 Reds, and I must say that it has been a nice journey, but also an enduring climb.

2024 is an enjoyable vintage despite the conditions. It was a struggle to produce good wines, but some have succeeded anyway.

They are, at best, rather cool and considered by some to be rather classic wines – in my opinion, wines for medium and short-term drinking, as I doubt that cellaring the red 2024s for 10 years would be a brilliant idea … just saying.

The wines are lacking core ripeness in general, so, the complexity and charm gained with 10 years of cellaring will be limited

So, here we go again…

Wines were tasted in Gevrey on November 26th 2025.

Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand – history and background

Having arrived in Burgundy from the Loire Valley, Jérôme founded his domaine in 2002. He began his wine education at Domaine Alain Burguet during harvests in the 1990s.

In 2002, he vinified his first wine from his newly-acquired vineyard: a minuscule parcel of 0.05 hectares of Les Retraits in Comblanchien. Since then, Jérôme has expanded the estate to its current 5.25 ha.

He plows his vineyards, and the viticulture is largely organic and on its way to an AB certification; so, no pesticides here. Some wines include whole clusters, and the vinification is delicate (limited use of SO2), contributing to the refined character of the wines. There is a cold soak for three to five days before the native-yeast fermentation begins.

The resulting wines are refined, elegant, and perfumed. They are wines that really make a positive statement, in a delicate and rather discreet way.

Lets face it, I love these wines, and Jérôme made very good wines in 2024. They are very good for the vintage, but there are limits as mentioned above. Use the 2024s with repect and knowledge, and they will please your palate over the next 5 years.

The top reds – the fabulous three

I like all of Jérôme Galeyrand’s wines, but the fabulous four – Justice, Billard, Croisette, and Retraits – are sort of in a class of their own.

The 2024s are cool and classic … typical top-end 2024 if there is such a thing!

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Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand Gevrey-Chambertin Justice 2024

Justice is the more robust and classic of the Galeyrand Gevreys. From vines planted in 1960, the deep red fruit is energetic and hedonistic. This is lively and rather classic … not quite matching the 2022 and the 2023. More comparable with 2021.

(Drink From 2030) – Very Good – (88p) – 

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