Jérôme Galeyrand a rising star in Burgundy


Lately, we have been participating in a differents tasting in Rome one of those was a burgundy producer Jérôme Galeyrand, thanks to the Italian importer Daniela Paris.
Jérôme comes from a family in Loire Valley without winemaking history. After eight years working within the cheese industry, Jérôme became passionate about wine and began working harvests at the legendary Domaine Alain Burguet in Gevrey-Chambertin since 1996. Inspired and driven to start his own label, Jérôme start to study at the Wine Institute in Beaune.
In 2002, he purchase his first vineyard site Les Retrait in Comblanchien. In 2003, he took over a Domaine in Brochon. Since then Jérôme has expanded the estate that is now covering 5.25 ha.
Viticulture is organic no pesticides and any sort of chemical involved. Some whole cluster ae used according to the Italian importer  Daniela 30% each year, the vinification is very delicate and precise. All wines are aged in piece Bourgogne - 12 months for whites, 18 to 24 months for reds.
His goal is in the transparency of the terroir.
Jérôme’s holdings do not include any premier crus or grand crus. All vineyards are plowed to maintain oxygen levels in the topsoil to promote biodiversity. Harvest is done by hand with intensive selection and sorting to ensure only the right berries are used.
                                                A video shoot by Emmanuel Delmas
We tasted 3 different Cuvee
Bourgogne rouge Antonin 2017
The color was Intense Ruby with Purple rim violet and rose, wild cherry with a hint of sage and tea leaf. Cedar and cigar box the perception of oak. lively crispy acidity with a savory element with supple red fruit as cherry and plum with a lovely touch of sweetness. A lean body, sinewy with silky tannin. Medium length and savory finish.
A truly good Bourgogne rouge seems almost to be a Village level.
2017 Cote de Nuits Village Vielles Vignes
This coming for a more than 50 years old vines
The wine was more savory with a reduction on the nose which displays lots of mineral components as undergrowth and limestone rocky element.
Color paler than the Bourgogne rouge more elegant on my point of view, lots of sour berries as blackcurrant and blueberry, greenwood and pencil shaving. The palate was savory with dusty rock minerality along with a sappy element of little fruit perception with an ample refine body with a lingering finish with silky velvety tannin. Chapeau.
Les Retraits 2017
in the village of Comblanchien just after Premeaux Prisseau, there is the parcel Les Retraits of more than 90-year-old pinot noir next door of Frédéric Mugnier’s Clos de la Maréchale vineyard, one of Nuits-Saint-Georges’ most famous parcels.
Jerome works this gem very carefully and the final result is a truly complex wine; with a long persistent almost grand cru with a solid structure and generous length a wine able to age for a very long time. A must.

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