Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru 'Les Corbeaux', Jane Eyre 2023 vs Tenuta San Leonardo, San Leonardo 2000
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. Tenuta San Leonardo, San Leonardo 2000 currently starts £2.00 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
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| Best current price | £166.00 | £164.00 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Jane Eyre | Tenuta San Leonardo |
| Style | Red | Red |
| Grape | Pinot Noir | Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
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Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru 'Les Corbeaux', Jane Eyre 2023
The 2023 vintage at Jane Eyre continues the tradition of producing refined and expressive wines with hallmark precision. Like 2022, 2023 was shaped by a warm growing season, but with the significant difference of ample rainfall when needed, keeping the soils well-nourished. The reds display lovely perfume, aromatics, and depth—qualities Jane prioritises in her Pinot Noirs—while the whites, after a slower start, have blossomed into vibrant, expressive examples of the vintage. "A powerful and layered wine, with a perfumed nose of cherry and baking spices. The palate is deeply textured, with fine tannins and a long, evolving finish. Whole-cluster fermentation (70%) and judicious use of oak (20%) add depth and sophistication." Our note Jane’s use of whole-cluster fermentation increased in 2023, coupled with colder soaks at the start of fermentation. This approach has resulted in wines with richer colours and enhanced complexity. While the vintage is already showing expressive youthful charm, it also holds great potential for aging, making 2023 both approachable and collectible. The wines evolve quickly, offering fresh insights with each tasting.
Tenuta San Leonardo, San Leonardo 2000
“ …one of the great wines of Italy… Sassicaia and San Leonardo seem like brothers separated in childhood. ” Wine Advocate, December 2014 “ Surely the most successful Bordeaux blend of Northern Italy ” Jancis Robinson, August 2012 The wines are more akin to Bordeaux than Bolgheri with their balance and purity and (says leading Italian critic Nicolas Belfrage) ‘ can have an elegance-cum-depth capable of taking on the best clarets of the world‘ . San Leonardo’s owner Marchese Carlo Guerrieri Gonzaga, a rare example (at the time) of a professionally-trained aristocrat-oenologist, spent time at Tenuta San Guido back in the 1960s and subsequently employed the same legendary consultant, Giacomo Tachis, as Sassicaia for a time. San Leonardo’s outstanding Bordeaux blend has received ‘Tre Bicchiere’ from Gambero Rosso for an extraordinary thirteen vintages consecutively and was also numbered among the Guide’s ‘Fifty Wines which changed Italy’. "One of my personal favourite Italian wines, unquestionably the top winery in the region and renowned as one of the most consistent – stylistically and qualitatively – in the whole of Italy, YET its wines remain extremely well-priced by comparison to more widely publicised names." Tom Harrow, Honest Grapes Wine Director
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