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Serafin & Fils
When Polish Stanilaus Serafin moved to Burgundy in the early 1900s, he never expected to operate one of the most powerful domaines in the region. His son Christian inherited the domaine in 1988 after leading the winemaking team for nearly 20 years before that. Like most of the producers in Burgundy, Serafin relies on old vines with low yields. Combined with his intense oak regime, the resulting wines are rich and concentrated and are incredible with some age. Today, the estate is run by Christian’s niece and daughter.
Tasting Notes
- WA91+
- Ripe red raspberry, cherry, green tea, and smoked meats in the impressive nose of Serafin`s 2006 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers put me very much in mind of its 2005 counterpart. On the palate, though, this loosens up more than the other wines in its collection, and its brown spiced sweet fruits are mingled with a very saline, alkaline, smoky expression of mineral and carnal matter. Serafin indicates he would have wished for a bit more ripeness here, but while there is an impressively generous richness, I detect an almost exotic, shriveled berry tone (for now, a source of fascination), as well as (more worrisomely) a faint hint of heat and drying in the back which I wonder whether is going to affect the wine long-term. I would plan to revisit this in 2010 or 2011 to assess its longer-term potential.
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