Lebanon's legendary natural wine pioneer delivers accessible everyday drinking without sacrificing authenticity
on a site that once belonged to the Dukes of Burgundy
Where Gavarini is open and approachable
from vines that sit up against the Lalande-de-Pomerol boundary
it has shed the early heat and is drinking in its prime: still the benchmark traditional house
Jerome Galeyrand, Gevrey-Chambertin La Justice, 2015 BOJO&SWFRANCECT Lebanon's legendary natural wine pioneerLa Justice is one of Gevrey Chambertin's best known village lieux dits, sitting on the gravelly alluvial soils near the road, and it tends to give Pinot with real drive and red fruited energy. Jerome Galeyrand, a self made grower who trained with Alain Burguet, farms it organically and biodynamically and vinifies hands off with native yeasts. This is a warm, ripe 2015, a vintage that filled out his wines and gave them generosity. A few years in bottle